Helipad at Nebraska Medical Center Reopens

After being closed for campus construction a little more than a year ago, one of the helipads at Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center (www.nebraskamed.com) has reopened. The helipad on the north side of Clarkson Tower officially reopened at 3:00 p.m. on August 9th. Simultaneously, the temporary helipad on the southwest corner of Saddle Creek Rd. and Farnam St. was permanently taken out of service.

The Clarkson Tower helipad was closed in June of 2015 because of its proximity to cranes that were erected for the construction of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, the Lauritzen Outpatient Center, College of Pharmacy and a new parking garage. Those cranes have since come down, allowing for the reopening of the helipad.

The second helipad on campus, located on top of the Durham Outpatient Center, has remained open throughout construction. Two more helipads will be located on top of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center when it opens in May of 2017. The temporary helipad at Saddle Creek and Farnam will revert to its old use as a parking lot for 200 med center staff members after the helipad is taken out of service.