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Brown told OKCTalk the Temple Live renderings were always conceptual and declined to elaborate on specific renovation plans.
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Kismet Koncerts to Acquire Iconic Oklahoma City Gold Dome Building for New Music Venue
Plans to save Oklahoma City Route 66 Icon
[Oklahoma City, December 13, 2024] Kismet Koncerts - a Tulsa-based concert and event company – is in the process of acquiring the iconic Gold Dome building at 1112 NW 23rd St. in Oklahoma City. Originally built in 1958 by Citizens State Bank, the Gold Dome Building was the fifth geodesic dome built in the world. The iconic building design was created by American inventor and architect, Buckminster Fuller, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002.
Mike Brown, with Kismet Koncerts, remarked “The building deserves to be saved. We have been working on this project for several years. The first attempt was at a previous venture that I was involved with. At the time we could not put all the pieces together. Oklahoma City is a key market geographically for us, not only as it relates to its strategic location relative to our other properties, but Oklahoma City has continued to grow with a fantastic local and national scene for live entertainment. We reached out to Jonathon Russell and Troy Humphrey at Land Run Commercial, current owners, a little over a year ago to resurrect the idea of repurposing the building, and here we are.”
The redevelopment of the Gold Dome fits into Kismet Koncerts’ strategy of preserving historic buildings to return, even though for a different use, back into a viable contributor to the local Economy.
Brown continued, “We can’t say enough of the tireless efforts from Oklahoma City’s Economic Development Team, Mayor Holt’s office and the patience of JR and his team at Land Run Commercial, the Dome’s current owner. Had it not been for them, this project would have died months ago. We applied for Historic Tax Credits through the National Park Service and State Historic Office as well as the Oklahoma Route 66 Grant, twice, we were not awarded either. The TIF is a major factor to make the project go forward, even with the TIF, there a few more hurdles to overcome, the largest is reaching an agreement with previous owner Chase Bank. The bank has a deed restriction that prohibits any construction on over half of the site. We are working on a resolution currently.
Kismet Koncerts is a live entertainment company operating venues in Wichita, KS, Pineville, MO. With properties under development in Cleveland, OH and Tulsa, OK.