I spend a lot of time on the New Orlean's Hornet site because I've become obsessed with the team.. and I have no life.. :tweeted:


The latest article from Sport's Illustrated nominated our city as the Sportsman of the Year (which I thought was sooo cool!) but of course, you have the fans of NO suggesting we will never be a world class city.

We've gone back and forth, and I don't want to turn this into a NO bash.... but I want to know, what makes a city world class?

The point I made earlier was that the city of NO concentrated on tourism so much that they neglected the citizens and city.. the public schools and the crime rates are atrocious. The money they made from tourism wasn't allocated properly to the people..

But, what made NO a world class city drawing tourists and a major tourist attraction?

What can make OKC more of a world class city... since we have no huge body of water, does that discount any hope of ever becoming a tourist attraction/destination ?

I know MAPS and Bricktown have been amazing in our efforts to attract people .. any thoughts?

I tend to think that the citizens define the city and I feel we are a First class city all the way! But the tourism.... what can be done? More conventions, festivals?? What are your thoughts?