all right. I am coming to OKC for my anniversary.

[RadicalModerate]

I think it may be linked to a visit by that radical TV preacher from somewhere in Texas a few years ago. John Something or Other. Ultra-Political . . . Hagee. The John Hagee visitation. I can't think of any other Century Center experiences (personally) . . . Frankly, I didn't get any negative vibes from the venue OR the guest speaker . . . So I guess it is a big-time business deal. Probably being managed in Europe.

[Steve]

No it's not. It's owned by the folks who own the Sheraton. It's a failed shopping center experiment from the Urban Renewal days. I'm very familiar with its history ....

[kevinpate]

I get that it failed as a shopping center, and did so long, long, long ago. What I don't get is why it seems impossible to reinvent the space into anything else. Prior to 2004 or so, I even get that, but since then ... it's just a mystery to me.

[Pete]

Good questions, Kevin. The place was only semi-full for a brief period of time when it opened in 1977.

Since then it's been reconfigured a couple of times but has been almost completely empty. And now, you can remove "almost" from that description.

The city owns the parking on the top two floors which limits what a develop can do without buying them out in some way.


There is an old thread on this property:

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.ph...century+center

[Chautauqua]

Nice article/blog post on Myriad Gardens, Steve. i agree. And I can only wish that Tulsa had a downtown park like that.