Westside High School Opens New Natatorium and Pool
Westside Community Schools proudly opened its new Westside High School Natatorium and Pool, a facility designed to set new standards for high school swimming and diving, recreational swimmers, and the greater Omaha community.
The project was managed by the Westside Foundation and funded primarily through private donations, reflecting strong community support for public education, innovation, wellness, and facilities.
Flour Bluff Celebrates Opening of Renovated Athletic Complex
Flour Bluff ISD is celebrating renovated baseball and softball facilities tonight with a public walkthrough and games at the Flour Bluff Athletic Complex.
The district completed renovations to its baseball and softball fields made possible through its 2025 bond. The upgrades include new turf, dugouts, scoreboards, batting cages, and an extended softball backstop.
The district says the improvements will also reduce water usage and lower long-term maintenance costs.
400-Foot Media Installation Transforms Climate Pledge Arena
Inside Climate Pledge Arena, a large-scale media installation titled Turn the Tide transforms two interior walls into an architectural interface combining environmental imagery, lighting, and motion. Designed by Digital Kitchen within the arena by Populous, the installation spans nearly 400 feet across the building’s east and west walls. The intervention is integrated into the spatial environment of the arena, which is recognized as the world’s first net-zero carbon certified arena. Rather than functioning as a standalone display, the project embeds media systems directly into the architectural surfaces, connecting visual content with the venue’s broader sustainability framework.
The installation extends across two large interior walls. The east wall measures approximately 190 feet in width and is constructed from 150 interlocking panels. Across this surface, macro imagery of earth, water, and air forms a continuous visual gradient that shifts in response to movement through the space. The imagery was produced using high-speed and time-lapse cinematography captured with Blackmagic Design cinema cameras and Canon L-series lenses. Close-range footage of natural materials and environmental elements forms the basis of the evolving visual composition displayed across the wall. On the west wall, circular LED panels are embedded within the arena’s living wall system. These displays present sustainability milestones associated with the arena’s environmental commitments and climate pledge signatories. Through this configuration, environmental data becomes part of the building’s interior environment. The installation translates information about sustainability performance into a visible spatial element encountered by visitors moving through the arena.
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