New Thunder Practice Facility

[Larry OKC]

I read that the temp facility would now be used for Thunder Girls practice facility among other things, like kids basketball camps.

Thats kewl and since they have moved into the permanent facility it is available, but I was asking more about it being used by the City for any events since they have been here (as allowed by the lease agreement)??

[Bellaboo]

Thats kewl and since they have moved into the permanent facility it is available, but I was asking more about it being used by the City for any events since they have been here (as allowed by the lease agreement)??

Does the city 'own' the old temp practice facility ? Somewhere I thought I read where the Thunder had actually bought it.....but I wouldn't bet on that info....

[ThunderUP23]

Does anyone have any updated pictures of the new Thunder practice facility? I tried to find some on the thunder website but they did not have any pics/videos.

[Bellaboo]

I found some doing a google search from last summer......I tried to paste here but it wouldn't let me.....so go do a search.

[dankrutka]

Ive searched and also found very few media of the completed facility. I just googled it and found nothing besides a couple pictures of the exterior.

[Dustin]

[MDot]

The top 2 are from April aren't they? And they bottom one looks more recent.

[Richard at Remax]

Dan, a friend of mine who was working on the building said there haven't any photos or videos of interior because they want to have this big open house and surprise everyone (media and public) all at once

[Bellaboo]

Those are the same pictures that I found but could not paste in for whatever reason.

[Pete]

You can see from the Google aerials from mid-October everything looks pretty finished:

[OKCDrummer77]

^^ If they do have a big Open House event (which I hope they do), where's everyone going to park?

[Bellaboo]

^^ If they do have a big Open House event (which I hope they do), where's everyone going to park?

I'll doubt the public will be invited, just dignitaries.

[dankrutka]

Dan, a friend of mine who was working on the building said there haven't any photos or videos of interior because they want to have this big open house and surprise everyone (media and public) all at once

Kind of what I was thinking, but you would have thought there would be some leaked pics. Lol. I guess we'll see in due time.

[Dustin]

[MDot]

I personally like how they went to the blue inside the free throw line.

[Larry OKC]

Does the city 'own' the old temp practice facility ? Somewhere I thought I read where the Thunder had actually bought it.....but I wouldn't bet on that info....

Fuzzy best describes it. According to the lease, the City was obligated to pay for the temporary & permanent facilities. But you are correct, there was an article stating that the team had bought it. However, that report may have been in error (considering the lease terms) or maybe the team bought it using money from the City? The report stating the team paid for it may have been just as much in error as one that was over on ESPN(?) that said the team paid for the Arena improvements too.

[mcca7596]

From the Oklahoman:

[kevinpate]

That;s a nice night shot. Thanks for sharing.

[ljbab728]

Where are all of our urban architecture fanatics who always start complaining?

[Larry OKC]

But it isnt an "urban" facility is it? LOL

[ljbab728]

But it isnt an "urban" facility is it? LOL

Larry, that doesn't matter to most of them. Everything is supposed to be urban in their eyes.

[Laramie]

What a beautiful facility--seond-to-none in the NBA; now they can thank the voters by bringing home an NBA championship.

[MDot]

What a beautiful facility--seond-to-none in the NBA; now they can thank the voters by bringing home an NBA championship.

I'm not going to say it's the best in the league but I definately agree that they should thank us with an NBA Championship.

[Bellaboo]

I'm not going to say it's the best in the league but I definately agree that they should thank us with an NBA Championship.

Nazr Mohammed tweeted it was the best in the NBA and more than likely the world. He might know, he's been in the league for 14 years.

[MDot]

Nazr Mohammed tweeted it was the best in the NBA and more than likely the world. He might know, he's been in the league for 14 years.

That doesn't prove anything, Charlie Sheen tweeted that he invented Tulsa. LOL it would be more of a 'wow' factor if someone like Lamar Odom practiced at our new facility and said that, it's pretty expectable for someone who actually plays for the Thunder to say that. LOL