Featured Top Story After 3-year renovation, Omaha’s Gene Leahy Mall set to reopen July 1 By JESSICA WADE Omaha World Herald Jun 9, 2022 Jun 9, 2022 Updated Jun 9, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save OMAHA -- In the heart of downtown Omaha, one of the city’s best-known public spaces soon will reopen with an array of attractions.kAm~>292’D ?6H=J C6?@G2E65 v6?6 {629J |2== H:== 762EFC6 2 A6C7@C>2?46 A2G:=:@? E92E @776CD d_[___ DBF2C6 766E @7 8C66? DA246[ 2 D4F=AEFC6 82C56? CF??:?8 A2C2==6= E@ s@F8=2D $EC66E[ H2E6C 762EFC6D D:>:=2C E@ E9@D6 D66? :? E96 @=5 A2C< 7=@H:?8 @? 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