05grad

The place next to holiday Inn is a crooked pint. It's not bad but can get pretty busy on event days. Otherwise there is a Bostons pizza in the Ramada. Not a whole lot up there by the arena unfortunately. Parking should be easy on site. I'd recommend eating downtown- way more options and plenty of ramps most of which are free on weekends.

Sioux falls resident.... little disappointed in the marketing for this tournament. Just had summit BB tournament and they had free shuttles from arena to downtown and a bunch of businesses doing specials and extra family activities at the new plaza downtown. Crickets in terms of advertising for this. I get that this is technically Omahas bid to host, but feel like we (the city) should have done more to boost this.

FYI they also have a clear bag policy.

I think Sioux Falls is a great choice! (I may be a bit biased as I live here) premier center is a great venue, only downfall is lack of restaurants/ bars within walking distance to arena. But downtown and now the 8th and railroad area are really great areas to hang out and have a nice variety of bars, food and even a few brewery/tap rooms. Hopefully the slightly larger capacity than scheel's means I'll actually be able to get my hands on some tickets!

No joke. And midcosn is currently showing a replay of last week's game. Ridiculous....

Boring is better than obnoxiously hideous

I live in SF and while I agree that the venue itself is a great place to watch a hockey game ( I prefer it over the scheels area in Fargo) Sioux falls is not a great town to host this tourney. There is a lack of restaurants close to the arena. Much like Fargo taxi service is also not incredibly convenient. Also quite honestly Sioux falls is boring as hell.

rocco

Rocco please

kristo

I just moved from St. Paul to Sioux Falls and now have midco and get to watch the hockey games again. Personally I don't care who calls it because I'm just so excited I'm not forced to watch the gophers anymore (or listen to the FSN crew during gopher/UND games)! Not having seen the last few seasons of the FSSN broadcasts I can't really compare to new Midco broadcasts, but I'm not annoyed with the new announcers. And as long as I don't feel the need to watch with the sound turned off, I'm happy with it.

http://metrotransit.org/Schedules/WebSchedules.aspx?route=55&service=2 On Friday and Saturday nights the last train leaves target field at 2:13 am. As with any late night outside of any bar area in a large or a small town you need to have situational awareness and use some common sense. Having moved from ND to St. Paul seven years ago I can tell you that my idea of what constitutes a 'safe' environment has changed over time. Honestly the downtown area is 'safer' ie has a larger police presence (both city and transit forces) and better street lighting and taxi options than other areas in the Twin Cities. The area surrounding the U of M campus is far more 'dangerous' lately. Although there are some shady areas near downtown, but like another poster stated- after leaving the bars and heading to your hotel you wouldn't be anywhere near those neighborhoods anyway.

I was watching online and I saw a recap/highlights from our games during the later games. But online you can watch everything from both espn3 and espnu live so I'm not sure which feed it was on. Maybe the channel you were on didn't show highlights because they were doing a delayed broadcast of the game?

As someone who doesn't have TV, only the internet I have to say I really like the online espnu viewer and how it lets you spitscreen to watch multiple games at once. The fact that Comcast ISP allows access is probably the only thing I like about its service.

Rowney