My son and I went last year as well. It was a great father son trip for fathers day. I splurged and got really good seats about 15 rows from the field between the Virginia dugout and home plate. Tickets were about $135 each. There were many in the $25-$30 dollar range. I will say we walked the entire stadium before the game and there are no bad seats as far as the seeing the field. The sun was brutal for the first 4-5 innings though.
We stayed across the river in Council Bluff, Iowa, at the Holiday Inn & Suite next to the Ameristar Casino. It's a 5 minute drive to the park. Room was like $235 a night I think. In Omaha they were hard to come by and as much as $850 a night and more. Granted we decided to go the day we found out the Vols were going. I told my son that we keep say one day we're going, by dam we went and I didn't care what it was going to cost. That's what credit cards are good for. We had an absolute blast. My son wants to make it a yearly event. I'm all in.
The Old Market area has a lot of restaurants, micro breweries and bars with lots of great food and entertainment. Steaks are always big on the menu. The buildings are really cool. The Old Market area is South of the stadium, South of I-480. You can park and walk the whole area. They have parking meters that you can pay with an app. It actually makes parking somewhat easy. It will also help you find your dang car if you loose it.
We found a pretty good breakfast place on West Broadway in Council Bluff called Village Inn.
We enjoyed every second of the trip except the outcome of the Tennessee game.
The Old Market in Omaha NE - Omaha's Arts & Entertainment District
. With that said, I’d appreciate any do’s and don’ts, recommendations, places to stay, restaurants, things to do, etc. I’ve heard it’s a spectacular experience.
