Interesting article:


You got to love a city that can be interpreted through sports culture, like in Sam Anderson’s Boom Town where he make the case that arrival/theft of the Oklahoma City Thunder continues OKC’s strange, exciting, disturbing, and ugly history. The arrival of a Major League Soccer franchise would continue that legacy and bring OKC deeper into the global stage. FC Dallas would gain another natural rival, and the eventual Kansas City, Dallas, Houston, Austin, and Oklahoma City division would be one of the most difficult in MLS.

MLS Expansion - Why Oklahoma City Should Be in the Mix: https://www.bigdsoccer.com/2019/4/24/18514463/mls-expansion-oklahoma-city Article pre-dates MAPS 4 approval vote.

Sam Anderson's Boom Town:
The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding… Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis


https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780804137331 Book discusses the James Harden era.

Boom Town: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/228335/boom-town-by-sam-anderson/

Interesting article:
MLS Expansion - Why Oklahoma City Should Be in the Mix: https://www.bigdsoccer.com/2019/4/24/18514463/mls-expansion-oklahoma-city Article pre-dates MAPS 4 approval vote.

From the article:

OKC and FCD clash with such fervor that the existence of the Red River Rivalry will be forgotten, and in its place, these two clubs’ annual battle, the I-35 Invasion, would capture the imagination and passion of both states.

The article has some good points but let s face it, Fc Dallas is not very popular in the Metroplex so it wont move much crowds either like the Mavs thunder rivalry and even less the red river one.

I'm not even from here. I just thought it was pretty bold of someone to shrug away a century old rivalry like that...

OKC's first challenge will be to sustain a USL franchise. MAPS 4 Multipurpose Stadium if built on City owned land near parking preferable (Core) cotton mill site, Strawberry Fields will afford more dedicated money to the venue itself rather than dedicated support infrastructure like parking. We need a venue primed for expansion.

As for MLS in OKC, the expansion fee is a now $300 million--Charlotte became 30th franchise today. The Energy FC ownership combined doesn't equal or come close to any one of the 8 richest Oklahomans in our state of which more than half own the Thunder.

We'll need to take this one step at a time--beginning with MAPS 4 multipurpose stadium site selection.

*$325 million

https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-league-soccer/story/4015203/charlotte-gets-mls-30th-franchise-for-record-$325-million

"CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Major League Soccer on Tuesday made it official that Charlotte will be the home of the league's 30th and likely last franchise. Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper purchased the franchise for an MLS-record $325 million, sources told ESPN."

https://www.kcur.org/post/state-tax-credits-st-louis-soccer-stadium-are-limbo#stream/0