Gene Leahy Mall | |
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![]() View of holiday lights looking west along the lagoon at the Gene Leahy Mall, after to the 2023 redevelopment | |
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Type | Municipal (Omaha) |
Location | Downtown Omaha |
Coordinates | 41°15′29″N 95°55′52″W / 41.25806°N 95.93111°W |
Area | 9.6 acres (39,000 m2) |
Open | All year |
Gene Leahy Mall, also known locally as Central Park or The Mall, is a 9.6-acre (39,000 m2) park located at 1302 Farnam on the Mall in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., and bordered by South 10th Street. There are also two huge slides, a sculpture garden, a remote-control boat cove, a large children's play area, and an amphitheater where outdoor concerts are held in the summer. The mall is decorated with thousands of lights during the winter holiday season.[1][2] Connected on its eastern edge with the Heartland of America Park, it is also borders the former site of the W. Dale Clark Library (demolished in fall 2022), the former Burlington Headquarters Building, the Old Market and the ConAgra campus.