Paycom Center (formerly Chesapeake Arena)

[okcboy]

Urban is right on target, however, I still find it strange that nobody brought up the fact that two graduations were going on at the Cox Center that day/night and alot of the participants and attendees hung around that night because of the event.

[Plutonic Panda]

It's simple. The shooting happened because there are people in society that don't know how to behave.

[OKCisOK4me]

Plutonic should get brownie points.

[LuccaBrasi]

I bet there's going to be a Chesapeake sign somewhere on that side of the building.

Edit: I think they just haven't put up a sign yet unless they changed the plans. I doubt it though since the point is for the sign to be visible from the boulevard.

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Rendering from Chesapeake Energy naming announcement

In the renderings , I like the Chesapeake sign a whole lot better than the plain block letter Ford Center sign. Don't know how it would look in actuality though.

I recently checked with someone familiar with the scope of work on the construction contract and the sign shown in all the renderings that went from Ford to Chesapeake, was not included as originally shown during design and the naming rights. It was not in the contract at all, so it's unclear as to if or what will happen in regards to that. I would bet Ches and the City are working something out. Also, you can see in the renderings that that vertical entry element was somewhat reduced in scale. Apparently the team wanted to cut cost from the original design and use some of the money savings for revenue producing areas, thus they reduced the volume of the space and shrunk that entry element. Apparently the team and city are now in the process of reworking all of the floor plans of the teams offices from the initial layout.

[Snowman]

you can see in the renderings that that vertical entry element was somewhat reduced in scale. Apparently the team wanted to cut cost from the original design and use some of the money savings for revenue producing areas, thus they reduced the volume of the space and shrunk that entry element. Apparently the team and city are now in the process of reworking all of the floor plans of the teams offices from the initial layout.

It is probably just the revenue generating areas were cut back less, they only had 85% of the projected budget to work with. There was also going to be a practice court over the loading dock that was scraped entirely, apparently their was some revisions on the training facility near Briton road as well.

[okcfollower]

Just drove by the arena and they had the lights around the top of the building rotating between red and green...I know there was once a question if they could only be blue or other colors. Guess this answers that question.

[OKCisOK4me]

Just drive by the arena and try had the lights around the top of the building rotating between red and green...I know there was once question if these could only be blue or other colors. Guess this answers that question

Are you still alive after texting while driving? Jeez, that was hard to read!

[okcfollower]

Are you still alive after texting while driving? Jeez, that was hard to read!

See updated sentence, had some autocorrect issues from using my phone while NOT DRIVING.

Now maybe you can see what I was talking about instead of calling me out.

[OKCisOK4me]

Well, glad you weren't but the sentence did look like it. Sorry, I forgot to put an lol after all that. SINCERELY

[okcfollower]

Have to say walking downtown and typing on phone is just as bad as driving though. So much to look going on to look at while trying to use phone leads to bad sentences like that one.

[dankrutka]

Have to say walking downtown and typing on phone is just as bad as driving though. So much to look going on to look at while trying to use phone leads to bad sentences like that one.

Sorry to say it, but you might want to start proofreading your posts... More bad sentences...

[OKCisOK4me]

I laugh in bad taste at that^^

[kevinpate]

The green and red are pretty. We were up the other night and enjoyed lights in several locations in or near DT after having dinner in the south metro.

[OKCisOK4me]

Well, one thing I enjoy is News9. They will show a true live shot from their actual cam on the actual Sandridge Building looking south toward the new I-40 and it showed the lighting of the arena on the weathercast last night. KFOR has nice shots but a lot of them are repeat shots from warm summer nights.

[SoonerBoy18]

Well, one thing I enjoy is News9. They will show a true live shot from their actual cam on the actual Sandridge Building looking south toward the new I-40 and it showed the lighting of the arena on the weathercast last night. KFOR has nice shots but a lot of them are repeat shots from warm summer nights.

I think KFOR has the best shots of downtown

[SoonerBoy18]

Its time for a birds eye view pic of the progress going on around this arena

[OKCisOK4me]

I think KFOR has the best shots of downtown

Don't misjudge what I'm saying. KFOR does have the BEST shots, yes, yet they're not always current shots, while News9 has a cam on top of the Sandridge Building and if they show that shot, it is as current as the newscast is live--just not as clear as KFOR's HD shots.

Better?

[SoonerBoy18]

Don't misjudge what I'm saying. KFOR does have the BEST shots, yes, yet they're not always current shots, while News9 has a cam on top of the Sandridge Building and if they show that shot, it is as current as the newscast is live--just not as clear as KFOR's HD shots.

Better?

Perfect

[Bellaboo]

Don't misjudge what I'm saying. KFOR does have the BEST shots, yes, yet they're not always current shots, while News9 has a cam on top of the Sandridge Building and if they show that shot, it is as current as the newscast is live--just not as clear as KFOR's HD shots.

Better?

Is this true ? I hear them say 'great shot from the SandRidge cam', but it looks like a shot from their broadcast tower. As in the SandRidge part is just a sponsoship for advertising. Unless I'm missing something, I've never seen a cam with closeups of the buildings other than from a helicopter.

[OKCisOK4me]

Is this true ? I hear them say 'great shot from the SandRidge cam', but it looks like a shot from their broadcast tower. As in the SandRidge part is just a sponsoship for advertising. Unless I'm missing something, I've never seen a cam with closeups of the buildings other than from a helicopter.

If you go to News9's page, they have various cams set up around the state. Their "Sandridge Cam" is, yes, on their antenna tower but they also have a cam perched high in downtown OKC. I believe it to be on the Sandridge tower because you can see City Place and First National tower in the shot along with the arena directly to the south.

[Sonny_Crockett]

Overall I like the Peake but hate the fact that WiFi doesn't work in the arena.

Plus they need more beer variety instead of the usual Bud/Bud Light/Coors Light/Miller Lite. They need to add Coors Original, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Miller High Life etc.

[Urbanized]

How about some great local/Oklahoma brews like COOP, Marshall, Redbud, Choc and Mustang once Mustang starts brewing a significant amount of their beer in Oklahoma as recently announced? That puts Oklahomans to work, and some of those beers are great brews in their own right.

[Dustin]

Overall I like the Peake but hate the fact that WiFi doesn't work in the arena.

Plus they need more beer variety instead of the usual Bud/Bud Light/Coors Light/Miller Lite. They need to add Coors Original, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Miller High Life etc.

Piss beer.

[soonerliberal]

Piss beer.

[soonerliberal]

how about some great local/oklahoma brews like coop, marshall, redbud, choc and mustang once mustang starts brewing a significant amount of their beer in oklahoma as recently announced? That puts oklahomans to work, and some of those beers are great brews in their own right.

this!