New Downtown Arena

[cornhusker740]

Tonight's vote is such a relief to say the least and easily the biggest win in franchise history.

[Swake]

Good for OKC. Well done.

[mugofbeer]

Since the city will be shelling out all this money, can they look into calling it the <something> Thunder Dome?

[gopokes88]

https://x.com/bdawsonwrites/status/1...014828848?s=12

Renderings are gonna take a while. Open for 2029

[floyd the barber]

The best I can offer you is the Will Rogers World Arena.

[floyd the barber]

https://x.com/bdawsonwrites/status/1...014828848?s=12

Renderings are gonna take a while. Open for 2029

Large glass panes are in style. Surely it will work in OKC.

[BoulderSooner]

71-29 with almost 99% in

[PhiAlpha]

Jobeth hitting up twitter already. Apparently she still thinks the billion dollars is going to billionaires still and doesn’t understand OKC owns the arena and rent income and the economic value this creates.

She really cannot stand others having different views then her and apparently can’t stand the heat that comes along with having such a differing view.

Eddie with the double leg take down.

[Plutonic Panda]

71-29 with almost 99% in

Wow. That really is amazing. The negative news(fake media) really had me thinking it was going to be closer. Just shows you how the negative nay sayers can have such a loud voice but the silent majority has the real pull.

[PhiAlpha]

The best I can offer you is the Will Rogers World Arena.

Oklahoma City Will Rogers International Arena*

[Plutonic Panda]

Eddie with the double leg take down.

She’s a POS. It’s embarrassing she was elected. What a joke.

[DowntownMan]

Eddie with the double leg take down.

Her next opponent will definitely use this against her. The strong no stance hurt her future.

[Tyson]

VOTES ARE ALL IN! Officially 71/29 *fireworks*

[kukblue1]

NBA All-star game 2030 or 2031?

[Laramie]

Let the building boom begin . . .

[PhiAlpha]

Her next opponent will definitely use this against her. The strong no stance hurt her future.

Eddie lives in Ward 6. He won’t but it would be hilarious if he ran.

[chssooner]

I know the votes aren't even fully certified, but I am curious what the next steps will be. Like, when will the deciding the site be (I presume that will be the first step, then basing designs off that)? Or will they reverse that order? I am excited the citizens saw through the BS and realized that, while not a great deal, the info presented by "Buy your own arena" people was lies at worst, half-truths at best ($1,300 per person, not accounting for non-citizens paying some of the tax, as well).

[GoOKC1991]

So proud of our city! We did it! BIG LEAGUE CITY! As Mayor Holt said, we didn’t just win, WE MADE A STATEMENT! LET’S GO BUILD AN ARENA AND THUNDER UP BABY!

[David]

Eddie with the double leg take down.

I have no idea who that Eddie guy is but I am not impressed by those two tweets.

Nobody seems to understand how to be gracious in victory, some of the Yes vote reaction has been pretty embarrassing to watch. Embarrassing for them, if they had the self-awareness to recognize it.

[Urbanized]

I know the votes aren't even fully certified, but I am curious what the next steps will be. Like, when will the deciding the site be (I presume that will be the first step, then basing designs off that)? Or will they reverse that order? I am excited the citizens saw through the BS and realized that, while not a great deal, the info presented by "Buy your own arena" people was lies at worst, half-truths at best ($1,300 per person, not accounting for non-citizens paying some of the tax, as well).

The site has to be officially identified before design work can begin. I’m sure City within the next few weeks the City will announce a preliminary process for site selection, design award and etc.

[PhiAlpha]

I have no idea who that Eddie guy is but I am not impressed by those two tweets.

Nobody seems to understand how to be gracious in victory, some of the Yes vote reaction has been pretty embarrassing to watch. Embarrassing for them, if they had the self-awareness to recognize it.

Sports writer for Sooner Scoop. If you know him and don’t take life too seriously, it’s hilarious.

Sports are crazy. That’s why fan is short for fanatic. Do something that may make fans lose their team…they will react like fanatics. JoBeth is getting a classic dose of…”know your audience/constituents” and she frankly deserves every bit of it when she went that hard in the paint against this and was so insanely far off the mark. Contrast that with Cooper who I’m sure learned “this is something my constituents want” and thought “okay, what can I do to improve it even if I don’t think it’s the perfect plan”

[jn1780]

The site has to be officially identified before design work can begin. I’m sure City within the next few weeks the City will announce a preliminary process for site selection, design award and etc.

Anyone want to take the long bet that it won't be prairie surf studio site?

[Urbanized]

By the way the $1200 or $1300 (or whatever) figure not only failed to take into account the substantial percentage of sales tax paid by visitors, interstate travelers, rural shoppers and others; it didn’t even account for the MSA. $900,000,000 divided by $1200 is 750K. The metro is 1.4 million. It actually works out to about $600 per person, if nobody from outside of the metro spent a dime here. $600 over six years. So…$100 per year, per person.

The disinformation and intellectual dishonesty coming from the no crowd was incredibly disappointing, because I still felt their misguided effort generally came from a sincere place.

[Shortsyeararound]

Myriad II Arena, I.M. Pei Court.

[David]

Let's hear it for that polling that was discussed a bunch a number of weeks ago. I know I knocked it as pretty bad polling and that was an accurate judgment.