Freedom Center may refer to:

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The John Gottschalk Freedom Center is a newspaper production facility located at 14th Street and Capitol Avenue in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built for the Omaha World-Herald, the building is considered to be one of the most automated and technologically advanced newspaper facilities in the world. The Freedom Center has been labeled a "catalyst" in the redevelopment of Downtown Omaha, along with such other new downtown development as the opening of the Missouri riverfront, the First National Center, the Omaha Convention Center and Arena and the Gallup University campus. The facility covers four blocks, and houses the new shaftless printing presses, material handling center, assembly equipment, and a parking garage.

Design

The facility was opened in August 2001, and cost almost $125 million to build. It consists of three structures designed by HDR, Inc. They include a five-level, 321,000-square-foot (29,800 m²) press hall featuring 3 MAN Roland presses from Germany; a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m²) paper-storage facility capable of storing 3,000 rolls of newsprint and a 600-stall parking garage. Large portions of the exterior are glass, allowing downtown traffic to see the storage facility and presses.

The Freedom Center is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operation center. It houses TSA personnel including the Federal Air Marshal Service/Office of Law Enforcement, Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense. It is located in Herndon, Virginia and coordinates all modes of transportation and with all homeland security agencies.

The facility was renamed the "Freedom Center" on June 21, 2007.

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Coordinates: 38°55′33″N 77°25′28″W / 38.9257°N 77.4245°W / 38.9257; -77.4245