Bricktown During NCAA Week

[Karried]

This was dismayed's original thread starter... I merged a few posts that are specific to Bricktown this week:

Bricktown During NCAA Week

So I was in Bricktown this weekend and the place was packed. I wish every weekend was like that. Here are some updates I thought I would pass on and see if anyone has any comments.

Al's - I stopped by Al's Saturday night and the place had lots of people in it. They seemed to be doing well.

Halo - Tried to stop by this place but they were closed, and there was a large ominous "water cutoff notice" sign on the front door. Anyone know what's going on?

Drinkz - The place was packed. It's about time, what a great bar.

LIT - They had an awesome DJ playing electronica there. Not like pop stuff, but real ambient-trance and occasionally breakbeat.

Hey guys, I moved our posts over here so they aren't so lost in the Articles thread:

Anyway, I went to Bricktown Friday night. We parked near Spaghetti Warehouse for $5. We ate at Bricktown Brewery and walked to Ford Center afterwards. We watched OSU win in the last seconds of the game on a big screen in a little cordoned off area across from the Ford. We then walked back to the canal to get a seat on the water and listen to live music.

Frankly, I was disappointed. I thought the entire area would be swamped with people along the canal. It was practically barren.. it was about 9:15 I believe. We had no problem sitting on the canal because no one wanted to sit there... why would they? There was no music playing anywhere!

Granted, they had TV's set up everywhere but no one was really watching the game.

We ended up leaving around 9:30 because it was just not what we were looking for. I had imagined a party atmosphere with musicians and street activities and tons of people milling about.. I know most of the people were inside watching the games.. but this was Friday night.. should have been hopping along the canal. I know the merchants were disappointed along the water.. most people hung around the Ford center.. there was nothing to draw them to the canal..

Any ideas on how to change that situation?