Stadium District (formerly Producers Coop)

[Plutonic Panda]

My only gripe is having to add the word district at the end of everything. Like in LA, you have Hollywood, Echo park, Koreatown etc. Granted, those are neighborhoods, and there are districts here. But for example, like the wheeler district, I think they could’ve came up with a better name than having to have the word district at the end of it.

I’m not a big fan of stadium district either. What other stadiums are there going to be in this area other than the soccer stadium? Something like producers cove, or cotton farms or something I’m just throwing names out there. I know they’re not that great. Though I will say if there is an area, where adding the word district at the end of it were appropriate, and this is going to be primarily an entertainment based area. This would be a good area to identify as a district.

But that’s just my two cents. It’s certainly not something. I’m gonna lose sleep over.

[Pete]

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L.A has a bunch of districts, mainly clustered around downtown:

Financial District (I worked there)
Jewelry District
Fashion District
Toy District
Flower District
Warehouse District

And to be fair, almost nobody says 'district' after The Plaza or Midtown or SoSA or Film Row or Uptown or Deep Duece or Auto Alley.

I suspect this development will end up be named something other than the Stadium District.

[Jake]

As long as the cool projects/proposals keep coming and the momentum continues building they could name them the “District District” for all I care.

Among all the many great things happening in the city this and OKANA are probably the developments I’m most excited about.

Edit: OAK is really cool too. Idk, it’s hard to choose lol

[dankrutka]

Mick Cornett might call it the Oklahoma City District of Oklahoma City.

[Pete]

Mick Cornett might call it the Oklahoma City District of Oklahoma City.

In Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and at the intersection of Oklahoma Avenue and Oklahoma City Boulevard very close to the Oklahoma River.

[Plutonic Panda]

^

L.A has a bunch of districts, mainly clustered around downtown:

Financial District (I worked there)
Jewelry District
Fashion District
Toy District
Flower District
Warehouse District

And to be fair, almost nobody says 'district' after The Plaza or Midtown or SoSA or Film Row or Uptown or Deep Duece or Auto Alley.

I suspect this development will end up be named something other than the Stadium District.

oh absolutely. It’s not something that really bugs me that much. But yeah, surely they’ll name it something other than the stadium district. That must just be a placeholder name.

[PhiAlpha]

In Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and at the intersection of Oklahoma Avenue and Oklahoma City Boulevard very close to the Oklahoma River.

Don’t forget about the potential opportunity visitors may have to fly into Will Rogers Oklahoma City International Airport to see the largest ever production of Oklahoma, inside the new Oklahoma City Stadium located between Oklahoma City Boulevard, the Oklahoma City Convention Center, the Oklahoma River and the former OKC Rocks in the Oklahoma City District of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

[Mississippi Blues]

In Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and at the intersection of Oklahoma Avenue and Oklahoma City Boulevard very close to the Oklahoma River.

Oklahoma City Boulevard should really be named ODOT Boulevard.

[dankrutka]

Oklahoma City Boulevard should really be named ODOT Boulevard.

Or, just call it "ODOT Unnecessary Neighborhood Divider Boulevard"

[warreng88]

So, remind me again who owns the boulevard? The reason I ask is if the city decides to come in and make it less wide, can they do that? Is it a fed or ODOT project?

[Pete]

Or, just call it "ODOT Unnecessary Neighborhood Divider Boulevard"

Or really, 'Flattened I-40'.

[Plutonic Panda]

So, remind me again who owns the boulevard? The reason I ask is if the city decides to come in and make it less wide, can they do that? Is it a fed or ODOT project?

I may be mistaken, but I believe the city of Oklahoma City now owns that Boulevard or they will soon. The design of it is so dumb. They should’ve just made it a full on freeway or made the whole thing a pedestrian and bike friendly Boulevard.

But they half assed it.

If I had my way, I would tear down the bridges over Classen and turn that into a roundabout.

I’d also like to see a roundabout at Shartel, Reno, and OKC BLVD, but that would be a pretty complex roundabout, but I’m sure it could work.

Klein needs to be converted to an interchange. This should be more of an industrial area, so I’m OK with it being a controlled access facility. Cyclist and pedestrians can divert at Classen on the new roundabout.

I’d like to see the street parking removed in front of the park with bus or bike lanes added. That parking can be substituted somewhere else maybe in a parking garage built somewhere. I would remove a lane of traffic traffic And rework The new rapid system they built along northwest Expressway and Classen to go down this road and then continue up shields Boulevard which I would keep at six lanes for cars but add a new lane in the median for busses. There are trees that would have to be cut down, but they don’t seem like they’re in the best of shape anyways and with good planning you could plant new trees and place of them.

But I don’t really see any major changes coming to this road for sometime. Really it’s not all that bad. If anything, it would make more sense for the city to focus on Reno And add bike lanes there.

[Dob Hooligan]

I think OKC Boulevard is a decent way to move traffic. I use it a couple times a week, on average. May not be perfect, but it will fill in on the sides and was not a billion dollar expense. There are many other roads in OKC that need real attention. This ain't it, IMO.

[jdross1982]

I may be mistaken, but I believe the city of Oklahoma City now owns that Boulevard or they will soon. The design of it is so dumb. They should’ve just made it a full on freeway or made the whole thing a pedestrian and bike friendly Boulevard.

But they half assed it.

If I had my way, I would tear down the bridges over Classen and turn that into a roundabout.

I’d also like to see a roundabout at Shartel, Reno, and OKC BLVD, but that would be a pretty complex roundabout, but I’m sure it could work.

Klein needs to be converted to an interchange. This should be more of an industrial area, so I’m OK with it being a controlled access facility. Cyclist and pedestrians can divert at Classen on the new roundabout.

I’d like to see the street parking removed in front of the park with bus or bike lanes added. That parking can be substituted somewhere else maybe in a parking garage built somewhere. I would remove a lane of traffic traffic And rework The new rapid system they built along northwest Expressway and Classen to go down this road and then continue up shields Boulevard which I would keep at six lanes for cars but add a new lane in the median for busses. There are trees that would have to be cut down, but they don’t seem like they’re in the best of shape anyways and with good planning you could plant new trees and place of them.

But I don’t really see any major changes coming to this road for sometime. Really it’s not all that bad. If anything, it would make more sense for the city to focus on Reno And add bike lanes there.

On your first if I could do something points. I would rather they tear down the bridges over classen and fix Classen N of the Blvd to align with Classen south and extend Western to allow for flow through that area.

[jdross1982]

Whether it be replaced with round-a-bouts or something else, I think this would improve investment in this area.

[CaptDave]

On your first if I could do something points. I would rather they tear down the bridges over classen and fix Classen N of the Blvd to align with Classen south and extend Western to allow for flow through that area.

Ii was part of a group that fought for something similar to this, but Eric Wenger wouldn't entertain any real consideration of it. Learned a thing or two about NEPA in the process. Maybe the city will eventually make these changes.

[Laramie]

How about Oklahoma City Stadium Authority:

1. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
2. MAPS 4 - Multipurpose Stadium
3. Proposed $1 billion Downtown Arena
4. OG&E Coliseum
5. Paycom Center Arena

Selected volunteer members serve in an advisory capacity to the City manager, mayor and City Council in the oversight of the operations of the above arenas and stadiums owned by the city.

[PhiAlpha]

How about Oklahoma City Stadium Authority:

1. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
2. MAPS 4 - Multipurpose Stadium
3. Proposed $1 billion Downtown Arena
4. OG&E Coliseum
5. Paycom Center Arena

Selected volunteer members serve in an advisory capacity to the City manager, mayor and City Council in the oversight of the operations of the above arenas and stadiums owned by the city.

That would certainly be one more way to add “Oklahoma City” into the mix LOL

[Laramie]

Looked at metropolitan areas that have stadium authorities:

Maryland (Baltimore), Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, Santa Clara Stadium Authority--Levi Stadium, River City Regional Stadium Financing Authority (Sacramento), Tulsa Stadium Trust to name several . . .

Once you determine the need for a stadium authority, where does its functions differ from the operations of the firm charged with property management? Advisory vs operational management.

[Mississippi Blues]

I think OKC Boulevard is a decent way to move traffic. I use it a couple times a week, on average. May not be perfect, but it will fill in on the sides and was not a billion dollar expense. There are many other roads in OKC that need real attention. This ain't it, IMO.

I doubt anyone that wants the boulevard to be improved believes it doesn’t move traffic efficiently enough. From the perspective of someone that drives it a few times a week to get in and out of downtown, yeah, it’s not ineffective. However, to those not just looking for a convenient route to get back to their home 10 miles away, it’s poorly designed, especially in an urban context. It tries to both move traffic efficiently while also having to compromise with pedestrians and cross traffic traveling at 25-30 MPH, so in that sense it trying to do both makes it poorly designed in both methods. Either it needs to be an urban boulevard that takes all other modes of transport - including pedestrians - into account or a highway that simply exists to move traffic alone without taking local traffic into consideration.

[Plutonic Panda]

Looked at metropolitan areas that have stadium authorities:

Maryland (Baltimore), Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, Santa Clara Stadium Authority--Levi Stadium, River City Regional Stadium Financing Authority (Sacramento), Tulsa Stadium Trust to name several . . .

Once you determine the need for a stadium authority, where does its functions differ from the operations of the firm charged with property management? Advisory vs operational management.

Las Vegas has a stadium authority.

[The]

On your first if I could do something points. I would rather they tear down the bridges over classen and fix Classen N of the Blvd to align with Classen south and extend Western to allow for flow through that area.

Since we didn't just use Reno Ave. as our "crosstown boulevard" for some god-forsaken reason, adding a roundabout for Exchange Avenue/Reno Avenue and making your desired change would go a long way to making me hate it less.

[jdross1982]

Since we didn't just use Reno Ave. as our "crosstown boulevard" for some god-forsaken reason, adding a roundabout for Exchange Avenue/Reno Avenue and making your desired change would go a long way to making me hate it less.

I believe making these changes (not insignificant but also not total redo) would allow for increased development opportunities along this section and improve traffic flow.

[fortpatches]

I may be mistaken, but I believe the city of Oklahoma City now owns that Boulevard or they will soon. The design of it is so dumb. They should’ve just made it a full on freeway or made the whole thing a pedestrian and bike friendly Boulevard.

But they half assed it.

If I had my way, I would tear down the bridges over Classen and turn that into a roundabout.

I’d also like to see a roundabout at Shartel, Reno, and OKC BLVD, but that would be a pretty complex roundabout, but I’m sure it could work.

Klein needs to be converted to an interchange. This should be more of an industrial area, so I’m OK with it being a controlled access facility. Cyclist and pedestrians can divert at Classen on the new roundabout.

I’d like to see the street parking removed in front of the park with bus or bike lanes added. That parking can be substituted somewhere else maybe in a parking garage built somewhere. I would remove a lane of traffic traffic And rework The new rapid system they built along northwest Expressway and Classen to go down this road and then continue up shields Boulevard which I would keep at six lanes for cars but add a new lane in the median for busses. There are trees that would have to be cut down, but they don’t seem like they’re in the best of shape anyways and with good planning you could plant new trees and place of them.

But I don’t really see any major changes coming to this road for sometime. Really it’s not all that bad. If anything, it would make more sense for the city to focus on Reno And add bike lanes there.

I despise Klein. They even made it worse like 4 years ago or so when they changed it away from 1-way on Sheridan there. In the mornings, people will just sit at the stopsign at Klein / Sheridan wanting to get across Sheridan and backup traffic on the Blvd. I realize this data is like 1.5 yrs old now, but Klein at that spot is 3/8 of the worse Intersections in OKC. 10 Most Dangerous Intersections In Oklahoma City | Lawter & Associates Attorneys at Law PLLC (lawterlaw.com)

Also, if we are just tossing out ideas, with all the excess land of OKC Blvd, we could throw a rail line down the center and get most of the way from Scissortail to the State Fairgrounds (with one over/under pass about where the rail line intersects (and OKC Blvd passes over) Reno. That would also provide easy public transit to the Mental Health hospital what is supposed to be put at Reno/Portland (if that is still a thing).

[yukong]

So, remind me again who owns the boulevard? The reason I ask is if the city decides to come in and make it less wide, can they do that? Is it a fed or ODOT project?

The Boulevard was a built by ODOT with federal and state funding. I doubt OKC could change the footprint of the boulevard.