Paycom Center (formerly Chesapeake Arena)

[Pete]

Some photos from Urban Pioneer:

[skanaly]

Nice pics! Is there a set deadline for this? I know sometime right after playoffs, but will the outside at least be complete?

[ourulz2000]

from TNT last night

[KayneMo]

[OKCisOK4me]

So how did you get access to the exterior of FNC and when they caught you, did you take the slide all the way down to the bottom?! ;-)

[bombermwc]

Looks like it's from on top of the garage just south of FNC to me....too low for FNC.

[Urbanized]

The slide is in Ramsey Tower (City Place), across the street from the First National.

[KayneMo]

OKCisOK4me is right, it's from near the top of FNC on the fire escape. I have connections, lol. ;-P

[SoonerBoy18]

Idk where to ask this but, what's going to happen to Cox Convention center once the new one is complete?, A brand new parking lot for future Thunder games will be a great idea.

[kevinpate]

or not.


What is it with your fascination for parking lots? In a word, ick. I could think of worse things to do at the Cox site, but I'd have to really work at it, and consume an obscene amount of bad tequila as well.

[BoulderSooner]

idk where to ask this but, what's going to happen to cox zconvention center once the new one is complete?, a brand new parking lot for future thunder games will be a great idea.

no

[SoonerBoy18]

or not.


What is it with your fascination for parking lots? In a word, ick. I could think of worse things to do at the Cox site, but I'd have to really work at it, and consume an obscene amount of bad tequila as well.

You dont think people get aggrivated when heading to/leaving a Thunder game? Every one wants to cut infront of someone at a stoplight and some be doing u-turns to find the quickest way out of that madness. I just wish we could do a lot better when finding a place to park down there.

[kevinpate]

adding even more cars closer is your solution? Not a good plan, plus a poor use of the land.

[BrettM2]

You dont think people get aggrivated when heading to/leaving a Thunder game? Every one wants to cut infront of someone at a stoplight and some be doing u-turns to find the quickest way out of that madness. I just wish we could do a lot better when finding a place to park down there.

The parking down there is just fine. I park in the Santa Fe garage and never have a problem getting a spot. Sure, traffic is a bit slow leaving but adding another surface lot won't do anything to help that.

[CuatrodeMayo]

The last few games I went to, I parked in the Walker garage. It's $5, I get to walk though the gardens, and leaving DT in a westerly direction is fairly easy even with game traffic. It wasn't even very full.

[SoonerBoy18]

The last few games I went to, I parked in the Walker garage. It's $5, I get to walk though the gardens, and leaving DT in a westerly direction is fairly easy even with game traffic. It wasn't even very full.

Next time, try to get on i-40

[jn1780]

Having so many parking lots in close proximity to each other and the arena is why traffic is why there is so much congestion in the area. Forcing people to walk a little will allow the traffic to be spread out more. It wouldn't hurt that obesity statistic either. lol

I don't know what they will do with the convention center. They will probably keep it until way in the future when we start thinking about a new arena 20 years from now. No point in demolishing the north side that is only about five years old and it actually has a hotel just next door connected by a skybridge.

[OKCisOK4me]

If we had a parking garage that tall in OKC, there wouldn't be a parking issue, lol.

OKCisOK4me is right, it's from near the top of FNC on the fire escape. I have connections, lol. ;-P

It's hella good to have connections ;-)

[ljbab728]

Next time, try to get on i-40

I suggest that you might try going west to Western or Penn then to get on I40 no matter which direction you're going. If there is less traffic it might be faster for you.

[SoonerBoy18]

I suggest that you might try going west to Western or Penn then to get on I40 no matter which direction you're going. If there is less traffic it might be faster for you.

Well we parked furthur north tonight around Walker or Hudson and it was pretty smooth considering there were about 50,000 people out there lol.

[SoonerBoy18]

As Iwas headed to the arena today, I was a little more observant of the parking options, like I said, its AWFUL!, 2 miles from the arena and you still couldnt fina a decent spot. There were thousands of cars parked in empty grass lands I was like Is this is a good as it gets. Cars shouldnt be parked up on side walks and on someones vacant property. just embarrassing for our city!

[betts]

So we need a big parking garage. I believe the city is planning to build one or two. No big deal. However, another problem is that we don't have reliable public transport to bring people downtown. Mass transit would alleviate some of the parking problems.

[soonerguru]

As Iwas headed to the arena today, I was a little more observant of the parking options, like I said, its AWFUL!, 2 miles from the arena and you still couldnt fina a decent spot. There were thousands of cars parked in empty grass lands I was like Is this is a good as it gets. Cars shouldnt be parked up on side walks and on someones vacant property. just embarrassing for our city!

Two miles? I think your exaggeration has gotten out of hand. The arena only holds 20,000, for crying out loud. Add in another five thousand or so streetside revelers and you get a fairly manageable number of people downtown.

There's nothing "embarrassing" about a bustling inner city. I know that concept is new for a lot of people. But ease of parking is not something that's always synonymous with bustling, happening cities.

[soonerguru]

So we need a big parking garage. I believe the city is planning to build one or two. No big deal. However, another problem is that we don't have reliable public transport to bring people downtown. Mass transit would alleviate some of the parking problems.

Yes, yes, yes!

[Spartan]

As Iwas headed to the arena today, I was a little more observant of the parking options, like I said, its AWFUL!, 2 miles from the arena and you still couldnt fina a decent spot. There were thousands of cars parked in empty grass lands I was like Is this is a good as it gets. Cars shouldnt be parked up on side walks and on someones vacant property. just embarrassing for our city!

You have no idea what you're talking about.