Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority

“Meca provides each director a copy of the then-current instructions to form 990 on an annual basis. Prior to filing a final form 990 with the irs, meca provides each director with a draft of the form 990. Meca responds to any questions, suggestions, and recommendations of the directors and makes any subsequent required changes.”

“Meca provides each director a copy of the conflict of interest policy on an annual basis. Each director signs a certificate of compliance acknowledging that they have received and read the policy and that they are in compliance with the policy. In addition each director is required to disclose annually those relationships that are required to be reported on schedule l of the form 990.”

“The board of directors has appointed two members to the internal governance committee. That committee reviews and approves all compensation. Compensation is approved using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions. Such review, including deliberations and decisions regarding compensation, are documented.”

“The board of directors has appointed two members to the compensation committee. That committee reviews and approves all compensation. Compensation is approved using data as to comparable positions. Such review, including deliberations and decisions regarding compensation, is documented.”

“The organizations governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are not made available to the public if they include prioprietary information.”

“Meca's mission is to relieve the burdens of government through management and operation of government owned convention, sports and entertainment facilities located in omaha, nebraska. Meca manages and operates chi health center center omaha (formerly centurylink center omaha) and td ameritrade park omaha.”

“As of the date of this filing, the current covid-19 pandemic government mandates and guidelines that prohibit large gatherings will have a significant, yet unknown impact to meca's financial statements that will be more thoroughly presented in next year's 990 return.”

“Line 4a: additional information through meticulous maintenance and cutting-edge updates, meca continued to draw premier events and sizeable crowds to downtown omaha in 2019. Total attendance at the chi health center convention center and arena for the years ended june 30, 2019 and 2018 was approximately 850,000 and 930,000, respectively. While the number of concerts saw a slight decrease from the previous year, total event days for meetings, consumer shows and other events in the convention center remained consistent - drawing some exciting new clients and an impressive amount of repeat business. A star-studded lineup of renowned artists brought their tours to chi health center omaha (chihco) this past fiscal year; including eric church (for his sold-out, back-to-back tour opener), elton john, justin timberlake, pink, luke combs, cher, panic at the disco, travis scott, luke bryan, dierks bentley, hall & oats and train. An increased focus on family-friendly shows drew visitors of all ages to the arena in 2019, with the return of disney on ice and a multi-night event featuring the visually spectacular cirque du soleil show "crystal". The community continues to turn out in big numbers for athletic events, with creighton men's basketball once again ranking in the top ten for average game attendance in their 2018-2019 season, according to data released by the ncaa. Over its past 14 seasons, creighton has consistently led the big east conference in average game attendance. Creighton volleyball versus in-state rival university of nebraska also drew record- breaking crowds to chihco this year, welcoming 14,022 fans - the largest regular season attendance in ncaa division i volleyball history. Additionally, the local boxing fanbase continues to grow with hometown hero terence 'bud' crawford's welterweight title match beating his prior attendance record (in nebraska) by 10%. After 12 rounds, crawford emerged victorious by tko - delivering contender jose benavidez jr. His first career loss. The convention center is a reliable economic driver for the city of omaha - drawing 12 citywide groups (which is defined as meetings over 1,500 hotel room nights) to chihco for a total of 45,000 room nights in fiscal 2018- 2019. Hours of hard work and tireless service from staff members translated into a significant amount of repeat business, with 53% of the year's revenue attributed to returning clientele. This recurring business, along with a new, very large citywide conference (which alone generated 3,300 hotel room nights and significant amount of food and beverage sales) explains the convention center's overall success in 2019. The coming fiscal year also promises some exciting opportunities for chihco, bringing top acts such as chris stapleton, phil collins, jonas brothers, dan and shay, jason aldean, blake shelton, the lumineers, billie eilish and jeff dunham to our city. The first and second rounds of the ncaa men's basketball tournament has again selected chihco as their host site for march of 2020, and just three months later the building will fill with prospective olympians with the return of the u.s. Olympic team trials for swimming. This will be the fourth consecutive trials to be hosted in omaha, complete with 2-million gallons of water spread between indoor warm-up and competition pools. With 15 sessions and 8 event days, this event is the largest swimming competition in the nation. December 2020 will also bring the ncaa division i women's volleyball championship back to chihco for the fourth time. The convention center is rapidly booking up, with 18 citywide groups contracted for fiscal 2019-2020, contributing to 238 event days and over 85,000 room nights turning to td ameritrade park omaha (tdapo), home team creighton baseball hosted 16 games in 2019. The big ten tournament (which remains at tdapo through 2022) also saw an uptick in attendance, when the university of nebraska took on ohio state for the tournament title. Tdapo also hos”

“Ticket expense 1,963,685 0 0 reserve funding 1,927,560 0 0 contract labor 1,855,076 0 0 building services 1,720,913 0 0 audio visual 1,568,754 0 0 equipment rental 1,562,658 0 0 parking 993,591 0 0 other expenses 890,914 0 12,347 operating supplies 661,572 0 0 city expenses 474,517 0 0 facility fees 458,273 0 0 credit card fees 302,670 0 0 seating fees 141,600 0 0 total 14,521,783 0 12,347”

“Riverfront expenses -9,648 riverfront expenses 9,648”