
Omaha Performing Arts, Steelhouse Omaha
As part of O-pa’s arts and entertainment campus expansion, this live music venue will provide flexible entertainment spaces and programming opportunities that embrace O-pa’s mission to enrich the community and support the evolving community needs.
“Beginning with the Holland Center, it has been our great pleasure to work together with O-pa to create a campus that expresses the richness and breadth of their mission and share it with an even wider audience. Steelhouse Omaha, working in tandem with the Holland, will accommodate the future needs of touring performers, arts organizations and a new generation of audiences.”
In keeping with O-pa’s vision to create a destination that engages and inspires, Steelhouse Omaha is designed to increase accessibility and encourage exploration.
The building’s striking use of exterior steel cladding draws inspiration from the area’s industrial past while infusing it with a welcoming and forward-looking vitality that establishes Steelhouse Omaha as a home for performance and a new generation of visitors.
As part of a larger campus expansion and master plan strategy, the new venue is strategically sited along a main arterial to compliment The Holland Performing Arts Center and connect the city’s revitalized riverfront to growing developments in downtown Omaha.
The iconic building design emphasizes flexibility to accommodate the differing needs of touring performers and arts organizations, as well as future users. The unique performance space will also provide local artists and organizations the opportunity to present new and innovative programs in non-traditional layouts.
Featuring a performance hall with standing room occupancy of 1,500 to 3,000, the new venue will offer multiple amenities, including a lounge and terrace, outdoor courtyard, and lobby for simultaneous use and programming.
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Location
- Omaha, NE
- Size
- 103,200 GSF
- Program
- 3,000-person live music venue, lounge, terrace, courtyard, lobby
Team
- Ennead Design Team
- Stephen PD Chu, Timothy Hartung, Molly McGowan, Francelle Lim, Gary Anderson, Peter Broughton, Eileen Dirks, Alfonso Gorini, Jennifer Heon, Edward Kim, Cameron Livdahl, Marcus Miller, David Monnar, Maayan Perez, Yong Roh, Trevor Hollyn Taub, Suzanne Troiano, Charles Wolf
- Architect-of-Record
- Holland Basham Architects
Press
- 2021
- Brummer-Clark, Courtney. "Last girder placed as Steelhouse Omaha construction continues" (Omaha World-Herald, 11/16/2021)
- Crisler, Dan. "Omaha's newest $103 million concert venue gets a name" (Omaha World-Herald, 5/20/2021)
- "New live music venue in downtown Omaha to open mid-2023" (Fox 42, 5/20/2021)
- "Omaha Performing Arts breaks ground for new facility" (KMTV News Now Omaha, 5/20/2021)