We could really make this a cool building. I know a lot of people hate it, and that's part of what makes it valuable. It's a really weird structure. It's unique. People don't come to see it for two key reasons. First, it's not really in shape to be used right now. Second, we don't draw any attention to it. We have to incorporate it into the rest of the attractions downtown. Restore it and alter the landscaping around the thing to draw more people in, have something worth seeing inside, and you'll get more visitors. Right now we have a lot of trees around it, and their sole purpose is to hide the thing. Get rid of the trees, but up some lights and some video boards and people WILL go to see it.

Here's the thing, tourists want to see weird-ass architecture. If we celebrate it, then people who come to this city will remember it. Remember that Parisians hated the Eiffel Tower for decades and decades and decades. Now, Stage Center is not the Eiffel Tower, but it is far and away the most interesting looking thing we have in this city. I'm not even really concerned with out of town visitors, I think this could be a really cool thing for school field trips. I remember when I was a kid our class would come to the Arts Festival. Incorporating this and having a ton of weird art exhibits inside would be neat.

It took a long, long time before enough money came together to save the Skirvin, much longer than Stage Center has had. Don't be so quick to dismiss OKC's most eclectic possession.