AWAY FROM OPENING IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA WITH THE HOPES OF BRINGING IN MILLIONS IN ECONOMIC REVENUE. TODAY WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK INSIDE STEEL HOUSE. OMAHA KETV NEWSWATCH 7 JOSH KRISTIANTO SPOKE WITH OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE CITY. OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SAYS THE STEEL HOUSE OMAHA IS NEARING COMPLETION AND ONCE IT’S DONE, IT’LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 1500 TO 3000 PEOPLE PRETTY SOON. THIS EMPTY STAGE WILL BE HOME TO A THOUSAND SONGS PLAYED OVER ADORING FANS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE BEHIND STEEL HOUSE OMAHA ENVISION FOR THIS $100 MILLION VENUE IN THE HIP HOP ROCK AND ROLL COUNTRY. YOU NAME IT, YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE PLAYED IN HERE. THE MAIN FLOOR SEATS 2700 PEOPLE WITH 300 MORE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. CONCESSION STANDS LINE THE SIDES IN THE LOBBY, STEEL HOUSE ALSO HAS RETRACTABLE RISERS THAT’LL GIVE THE VENUE FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATIONS. LOPEZ SAYS THERE ARE NO SIMILAR CAPACITY VENUES IN THE CITY. THEY’RE HOPING TO HAVE 90 TO 100 EVENTS EVERY YEAR HERE, POTENTIALLY ATTRACTING OVER 150,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY. THAT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT VENUE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT COULD TRADITIONALLY HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, AROUND TOWN OR EITHER AT THE HARLAN OR THE ORPHEUM. THEY CAN COME IN THIS VENUE AND REIMAGINE KIND OF WHAT THEY DO. OPA WANTS TO BRING IN THE 18 TO 45 YEAR OLD DEMOGRAPHIC BY FEATURING BOTH UP AND COMING BANDS AND MORE FAMOUS MUSICIANS. A UFO IMPACT STUDY SUGGESTS THIS BUILD WILL BRING IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR AND BOOST DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND THE RIVERFRONT. REVITALIZE THE NATION. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT’S MUSIC TO EVERYONE’S EARS. I THINK IT’S GOING TO TRANSFORM THE MUSIC SCENE JUST AGAIN, BRINGING SOME ARTISTS THAT NORMALLY WOULDN’T HAVE STOPPED IN OMAHA. STILL, ALICE OMAHA IS SLATED TO BE OPEN MAY 12TH THIS YEAR AND TICKETS FOR THE FIRST CONCERTS ARE GOING ON SALE THIS WEEKEND. JOSH KRISTIANTO. KETV. NEWSWATCH SEVEN. AND THE KILLERS WILL KICK OFF PERFORMANCES AT STILLHOUSE OMAHA ON MAY 12TH. THE GRAMMY NOMINATED BAND IS BEST KNOWN FOR HITS LIKE MR. BRIGHTSIDE, AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME. TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY AT 10 A.M. ON TICKETMASTER.