Arcades in Omaha

Arcades are pure joy per dollar. Omaha, Nebraska has 3 mapped right now. That's 3 arcades mapped around Omaha. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Off-peak hours mean shorter waits on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats.

This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Omaha (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Capitol Arcade and Beercade 2, plus Chuck E. Cheese. If an arcade's missing from Omaha's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Omaha arcade lineup

3 in Omaha, plus 3 more around Omaha below:

What the map tells us about arcades in Omaha

None of the 3 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Arcades tend toward long evening hours; call ahead if you're making a special trip.

The two mapped arcades sit on 1002 Dodge Street and 1423 South 13th Street — close enough to make a single outing of it.

The Omaha arcade run

Making a day of it in Omaha? Work this order: Capitol Arcade on 1002 Dodge Street, Beercade 2 on 1423 South 13th Street, and Chuck E. Cheese. That's the arcade run in one sensible loop, no backtracking.

Arcade tips for Omaha

The regulars' rules for Omaha's arcades:

• Ask about tournaments at Capitol Arcade. Fighting game and pinball tournaments run weekly in many towns. Beginners are usually welcome and it's the fastest way to improve.
• The classics are cheapest at Beercade 2. Pac-Man, Galaga, the old cabinets — usually the lowest price per play and still the most fun per minute.
• Bring ear protection for kids. Arcades are loud. Little ears appreciate plugs, and you'll enjoy it more too.
• Save your high-score photo. Take the photo. High scores are ephemeral and the bragging rights are forever.

Good to know

We searched about 25 km around Omaha — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new arcade in Omaha can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 3 that's closed, or a great arcade we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

We don't list machine lineups — they change too often. What we list is the where: real venues, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 3 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.

Worth the trip: more arcades around Omaha

3 more within about 25 km of Omaha, nearest first: