The barstools are tightened up. The outdated posters offering drink specials have been taken down. The bar has been cleared out to maximize space, removing everything that isn’t needed to handle thousands of people coming through over 12 hours.
And 40,000 plastic cups and gallons of beer are in the Haymarket, waiting, as it were, for the red-clad throngs to arrive Saturday.
Longwell’s is ready for the Nebraska Red-White Spring Game — an all-hands-on-deck event that is sure to be the Railyard sports bar's biggest day since 2019.
“This is our Super Bowl,” said Longwell’s owner Eric Marsh.