OKANA Resort & Indoor Waterpark

[Jake]

Thank you for the pics as always, Pete!

I am so excited for this project. Stoked to see how this area grows over the years as well. I think it'll be a massive hit.

[Mesta Parker]

Looks like the contractor is done with prep work and construction has started on the pedestrian bridge.

[Pete]

^ Thanks for the update.

I'll try and get out there this week for new photos.

[progressiveboy]

Looks great! Will be a great destination for local and out of state visitors. Hopefully, the proposed aquarium will get built and come to fruition!

[Pete]

[jn1780]

Should be interesting to see them attach all those boxes together to make a floating temp bridge for the cranes.

[Laramie]

Glad to see the 404 luxury Okana hotel rooms listed as part of the Downtown Hotel Summary - https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=34292

[soonergooner]

Noticed they already have a caisson in the middle of the river!

[gaeddert2]

My Construction update video with the Bridge

[jn1780]

That's a cute little tug boat.

[Bowser214]

That’s Sandra K lol

[Pete]

[therhett17]

[Questor]

This place is going to be awesome. I hope it plays a role in the upcoming Olympics.

[Swake]

This really is looking incredible. Makes a Great Wolf Lodge look sad.

[Laramie]

This really is looking incredible. Makes a Great Wolf Lodge look sad.

Thank you, Swake. Appreciate your view of OKANA.

[Bellaboo]

And when the aquarium is built it will really add to what is being built now.

[Tyson]

And when the aquarium is built it will really add to what is being built now.

Really hoping to hear updates about that soon.

[CaptDave]

This place is going to be awesome. I hope it plays a role in the upcoming Olympics.

Might be a pretty cool Olympic Village for the canoe and softball athletes.

[Pete]

[Pete]

[BG918]

Any chance in the future the rip rap on both river banks gets replaced with sheet piles or concrete? It would look so much better with something like this:


Then the pathways could come right up the water's edge with railings.

[Snowman]

Any chance in the future the rip rap on both river banks gets replaced with sheet piles or concrete? ... Then the pathways could come right up the water's edge with railings.

In most of the early proposal stage they released art of they have upgrades to the edge of the river, it seems like there was some intent to do that, so it is plausible could come back around later. Granted there have been dramatic changes on what that would be done with the edge over time, and almost any time we got design changes shown in art less would be done with the water's edge. With some of the more recent engineering drawings look like the rip-rap will still be there.

Basically the late era of pre construction concept art with edge improvement still included. (I omitted the initial since seemed really unlikely to happen)


Some of more recent concept art from what seem to be an approval stage update, with it looking to at best refreshing the rip-rap

[jn1780]

^
You can see the sheet piles in Pete's pictures above. We just don't know if they are going all the way across.

[Laramie]

A 'Big League' development anchored by a 404 room hotel resort that will benefit many district projects like First Americans Museum (FAM), Remington Park, USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, OKC Zoo, Firefighters Museum, Science Museum Oklahoma and several area attractions.