Quote Originally Posted by BG918 View Post
I just have a problem with OU ignoring students and instead catering to “fans from OKC” and moving the arena next to I-35 five miles from campus. Poll the students, who this arena is supposed to be for considering OU is still a university, and see if the results are in favor. And even though this isn’t a tax the people of Norman are “paying” for it by siphoning 100% of the ad valorem and sales tax from UNP for 25 years until the arena is paid off or $600M is diverted, whichever comes first. Those are taxes that could be going to Norman schools, police, fire, streets, etc. So yes Norman voters should have a say and their vote should mean something.
It's a nice thought, but students do not make up the majority of the ticket holders. And quite a lot of them drive to the games. If you polled students, i think you would find that many of them do not live on campus and would have to drive no matter where it is.

Football for sure is true. People come from all over the state and beyond. The student section is small and never full...not usually even 1/2 full.
Softball, it's pretty much exclusively families and NOT students.

Just a couple of examples, but asking the students is probably not going to happen and frankly, won't determine the outcome. The arena is not FOR the students in any way shape or form. But that's a whole other rabbit hole of a conversation that we could need to go down where the arena is only a small player in a much larger enterprise.