Werner Park

Werner Park sits in suburban Papillion / Sarpy County southwest of downtown Omaha, integrated into the broader Werner Enterprises corporate-headquarters campus area — the ballpark sits adjacent to the Werner Enterprises (the major Omaha-headquartered trucking company) operations footprint, and the naming-rights and broader suburban context tie directly to that corporate presence. The blocks immediately around the ballpark are suburban office park and retail rather than a walkable pre-game district; the canonical Omaha-area pre-game pairing is either downtown Omaha (Old Market) for the full restaurant scene or the closer suburban Papillion / La Vista clusters. Charles Schwab Field Omaha (home of the College World Series) sits about 20 minutes north downtown — the College World Series is the canonical Omaha baseball-tourism event and Storm Chasers schedules typically coordinate with the CWS run in June.

Plan to arrive about 45-60 minutes before first pitch — Werner Park parking flow is gentle on most weeknight dates and busier on fireworks Fridays and giveaway nights. Werner Park opened in 2011 as the new home of the Omaha Storm Chasers, replacing the demolished Rosenblatt Stadium (which the franchise had shared with the College World Series for decades until the CWS moved to Charles Schwab Field downtown in 2011). The Werner naming-rights agreement is with Werner Enterprises, the Omaha-headquartered trucking company. The Storm Chasers are the Triple-A International League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals — the parent-club affiliation has been continuous since 1969 (with the franchise initially playing as the Omaha Royals at Rosenblatt), making Omaha-Kansas City one of the longest continuous parent-affiliate relationships in all of MiLB and an extraordinarily geographically-direct pipeline (only about three hours south on I-29). Top Royals prospects and rehabbing major-leaguers pass through Omaha frequently. Mobile-only tickets are the norm. Bag policy and gate-open times shift season to season; confirm on the Storm Chasers' site before going.

Werner Park opened on April 16, 2011, in suburban Papillion, Nebraska, in Sarpy County southwest of downtown Omaha. The ballpark replaced the demolished Rosenblatt Stadium (the iconic Omaha ballpark that for decades had hosted both the Omaha Royals / Storm Chasers franchise and the College World Series — the CWS moved to the new Charles Schwab Field Omaha downtown in 2011 at the same time the Storm Chasers moved to Werner Park). The Werner naming-rights agreement is with Werner Enterprises, the Omaha-headquartered trucking company. The Omaha franchise is the Triple-A International League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals — the parent-club affiliation has been continuous since 1969, one of the longest continuous parent-affiliate relationships in all of MiLB. The franchise played as the Omaha Royals from 1969 to 1998, the Omaha Golden Spikes from 1999 to 2001, the Omaha Royals again from 2002 to 2010, and rebranded as the Omaha Storm Chasers with the move to Werner Park in 2011 (the Storm Chasers name nods to the regional Plains storm-chasing culture). Capacity sits around 9,023.