Community/Transportation Information

If you're looking for a great central location, affordable pricing, experienced professionals, and incomparable Midwest hospitality, you'll find it in Lincoln. As Nebraska's state capitol, Lincoln is home to over a quarter of a million people. Lincoln is one of the midwest's fastest-growing cities. Locals say there is no place like it. Guests love the diverse entertainment and dining options, cultural events, and the close-knit community. Here's just a sample of what Lincoln has to offer.

Downtown Amenities

• 800+ hotel rooms
• 100+ restaurants and night spots
• 70 specialty shops
• 26 movie screens
• 10 art galleries and museums
• 4 live performance venues

Haymarket Art Walk

Community Attractions

• 6,000+ acres of parks featuring spectacular gardens and arboretums, lakes, swimming pools, playgrounds, and an observatory.
• 80+ miles of scenic trails for hiking, biking, running, or rollerblading
• Some of the nation's best and most affordable public golf courses
• Historic Haymarket—cornerstone of our downtown landscape, beautifully restored turn-of-the-century warehouse district featuring unique eateries, boutiques, galleries, booksellers, micro-brewery, and the Farmer's Market
• Haymarket Park—seats 8,000+ people and is home to the UNL baseball team and the Lincoln Saltdogs
• Lincoln's community events calendar offers a wide variety of leisure, recreational, and educational activities - Jazz in June (series of open-air jazz concerts held in beautiful sculpture garden of Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery), and July Jamm (downtown music, arts, and food festival)

Golf & Recreation

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Since 1869, Lincoln has been home to the flagship campus of the University Nebraska and has been designated a Carnegie I research institution. In 1886 it became the first graduate college west of the Mississippi river. Originally built to ensure excellence in technical and agricultural studies, UNL now offers 149 undergraduate degree programs and 116 graduate degree programs from 10 nationally acclaimed colleges. Approximately 20,000 students attend classes each year.

The University of Nebraska Lincoln is internationally known for excellence in teaching, research, and service. The Cornhusker athletic teams exemplify this tradition of high classroom achievement. More Huskers have been awarded the title 'Academic All American' (football alone and all sports combined) than student-athletes of any other university.

The university campus borders downtown, within walking distance of many hotels, restaurants, shops, theatres, museums, and other attractions.

Transportation

Traveling to Lincoln couldn't be easier. Lincoln Municipal Airport is located about eight minutes from campus and downtown, and is serviced by national carriers connecting to over 400 US locations. An added bonus, the airport "Red Coats" offer friendly baggage handling service at no charge and tipping is not accepted. Taxi and hotel shuttle ease the trip to and from the airport, with rental car desks available just yards from the terminal doors.

Amtrak provides daily rail service to Lincoln from Denver and Chicago. Dining, lounge and sleeping cars are all available. The historic train station, located in the Haymarket district, is on the edge of campus.

Conveniently located along Interstate 80, the nation's main coast to coast artery, travel from the east or west is simple. Travelers from the north and south can use Interstate 29 via US Highway 2 along with US Highway 77.

National Accolades

• #3 among "Best Small Places for Business & Careers" from Forbes.com, May 2003.
• "Five Star Community" from the editors of Expansion Management magazine, May 2003.
• #22 of "LHJ's Best Cities for Women 2002," Ladies Home Journal.
• #8 among "Kid-Friendly Cities," from Zero Population Growth's Kid-Friendly Cities Report Card, 2001.
• #55 out of 375 cities ranked for "Best Sports City 2002," by Sporting News.
• Designated a "Well City USA" by the Wellness Councils of America, 2001.