OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A nonprofit is planning an entertainment area for families during two national sporting events in Omaha this summer.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that the small festival will occur during the NCAA men's baseball College World Series and the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, which run back to back from the end of June to the beginning of July.
The Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority's family area will include a 100-foot-tall Ferris wheel, balloon animals, face painting and food trucks.
Last month, the authority's board approved $450,000 for the temporary Ferris wheel and $65,000 for three rentable party bungalows.
Officials with the nonprofit have been discussing the small festival since last fall. They say the area is designed to supplement, not compete with, other festivities during the sporting events.
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