A proposed new downtown Omaha sports stadium would be owned by the City of Omaha and leased by Union Omaha soccer club as a home base for its professional men's soccer team, a new women's soccer team and other community events. A mixed-use campus with a projected investment of up to $400 million also is envisioned. (Courtesy of Union Omaha)

OMAHA — Omaha city officials are taking steps to unlock a state incentive to help pay for two multimillion-dollar sports complexes, touting the public value of the projects in drawing tourism and other dollars.

But as the City Council on Tuesday gave its full throttled, 7-0 support to request help via the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act, Gov. Jim Pillen doubled down on his resistance.

Pillen, whose approval is required to tap the incen

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