Paycom Center (formerly Chesapeake Arena)

[therondo]

Thanks Pete! Can't wait to see that same view once the boulevard, park and cc-hotel are completed!

[catcherinthewry]

I heard today that somebody shot a bullet through the new glass and it continued in and hit one of the video boards. Grrrrrrrrr

[okcpulse]

Also, we're a small market. I don't think that can be stressed enough. We want to have a winning team as much as anyone, but our owners don't get $100 million television contracts like they do in LA, Chicago and New York. We don't have multiple Fortune 500 companies in our city as potential sponsors. And yet, we have to pay our players on the same scale as the major markets. So, our owners risk operating in the red every year just to keep a competitive team. I think, as a small market, we have to subsidize our team more than a bigger market if we want to have one.

You make a good point, betts, however people repeatedly make the mistake of forgetting that Oklahoma City is a growing market. What will our market size be by 2020? 2030? Granted, San Antonio is still considered a small market despite the fact that Sam Antonio is larger than OKC, however things do change. I have a feeling there will be a spike in population growth at some point this decade. It may not be rapid growth, but it will be growth in record numbers. We can't be a "tiny market" forever, as one publication put it.

[betts]

It depends on what size we are relative to other NBA markets. If they all grow at the same rate as we do, the bigger markets will continue to have more financial advantages. But there's a cluster of small markets we'd have to leapfrog by quite a bit to be perceived differently.

[skanaly]

Hows it looking?

[metro]

I'll be down there tomorrow I can get a pic

[Dustin]

Was down there Sunday. It looks great! Looks 97% done. lol

[Pete]

From Metro. Really shaping up now:

[bombermwc]

OK so is anyone else as weirded out as me that there isn't a highway there now?

[betts]

I think it looks even odder in Bricktown, where the Cotton Gin now looks like it's a part of LBT. Actually it's good because it adds some interest to the skyline there.

[dcsooner]

The remaining portion of the elevated highway takes away from the entrance, imho

[Bellaboo]

The remaining portion of the elevated highway takes away from the entrance, imho

That should be down in the next 2 weeks.

[metro]

The remaining portion of the elevated highway takes away from the entrance, imho

LOL, do you honestly think that's going to be permanent?

[Jchaser405]

Does anyone know if any type of signage is going on the entrance?

[catch22]

Yesterday

[Praedura]

Yesterday

all your troubles seemed so far away?

That's looking really slick. Some of the recent shots had me a bit concerned. But I guess with the final finishing touches, it's going to look good afterall.

[Pete]

I agree.

Looking sharp. Can't wait to see the finished product in person.

[Praedura]

Those are cool looking light posts at the front.

[BDP]

Yesterday

Wow, a cab! I thought that was a myth. ; )

[Jake]

The 3rd pic.

I thought the reflection of the hand in the window was actually a gigantic orange arm sculpture in the Arena's entrance, haha.

[dankrutka]

I thought the reflection of the hand in the window was actually a gigantic orange arm sculpture in the Arena's entrance, haha.

Trippy.

[BoulderSooner]

just a note Robinson is now 2 lanes in each direction and restriped past the peake ... they even put in a temp curb on the south side or the road where the old I40 was ..

[iMAX386]

If you're going tonight snap some pics!

[Pete]

Yes, I wonder how close the arena is to being completely finished??

[Richard at Remax]

The new entrance is pretty slick. there are two new pretty large bars/restaurants. didn't get any pics though