Geo. Kaiser wants to turn Tulsa into Austin!

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For those outside of the area and unfamiliar with where the park is located, there was a LOT of massive heavy construction that went into reshaping the stretch of land to make it viable for the park as planned. 2 miles of a major 4-lane road was entirely closed for two (or has it been three?) years. They basically recreated the bank of the river over those miles also.

While I'm not sure all of that planning was necessary, I can see how the civil engineering drove the costs to those figures.

 

[C_Hallbert]

For those outside of the area and unfamiliar with where the park is located, there was a LOT of massive heavy construction that went into reshaping the stretch of land to make it viable for the park as planned. 2 miles of a major 4-lane road was entirely closed for two (or has it been three?) years. They basically recreated the bank of the river over those miles also.

While I'm not sure all of that planning was necessary, I can see how the civil engineering drove the costs to those figures.

I have to laugh following your comment on civil engineering in Oklahoma. Imhotep and the Roman Legions forgot more about the subject than I’ve seen demonstrated in this state over the past 41 years.....


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[JD8]

$400,000,000 for a park is insane. 1/10 of that is over the top.

Do keep in mind that figure includes....

-Buying a prime piece of real estate and scraping it, which had a mansion on it.
-relocating one of the busiest roads in Tulsa and building two land bridges over it
-build up several parts of the bank of the river
-Spending ~150 million on the park it self
-establish a trust to pay for security an upkeep for 99 years

I'm forgetting a number of things but oh well....

 

[NikatKimber]

I have to laugh following your comment on civil engineering in Oklahoma. Imhotep and the Roman Legions forgot more about the subject than I’ve seen demonstrated in this state over the past 41 years.....

Ain't that the truth.

At the very least we have the drop outs when it comes to traffic management/control/planning and road maintenance.

 

[SlugSlinger]

https://www.gatheringplace.org/

Here's the list of donors and I suspect they are in descending order of donated amount.

The Gift Of Gathering
At $465 million, Gathering Place is the largest private gift to a public park in U.S. history. Gathering Place would not exist without the generosity of families and businesses committed to continual growth in our city. We are grateful for their generosity in allowing Tulsa a place to gather together for generations to come.

Williams
QuikTrip Corp.
Halliburton
H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Charitable Foundation
ONEOK
Bank of Oklahoma
George Kaiser Family Foundation
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Joe Craft
FW Murphy Family Foundation
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Helmerich Families
Magellan Midstream Partners
Nadel Gussman LLC
SemGroup
Charles and Peggy Stephenson
T.D. Williamson
Richard A. Williford Family
Cimarex
Zinke Family Fund
Zarrow Family Foundations
AAON Inc.
Kathy Craft
Hille Family
Pat and Don Hardin
Laredo Petroleum
McElroy Manufacturing Inc.
WPX
Stuart Family Foundation
Unit Corp.
Will Smith
Mervin Bovaird Foundation
Anonymous
ONEGas
John Steel Zink Foundation
Anonymous
Susan and William, Jill and Robert Thomas Families
Anonymous
Davis Brothers Entity
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma
JPMorgan Chase
The Grace and Franklin Bernsen Family Foundation
Bumgarner Family
Fulton and Susie Collins Foundation
Mike and Pat Case
Dekraai Family Foundation
D and L Oil Tools
Frank and Gayle Eby
Hale Family Foundation
Stephen and Shelley Jackson Family Foundation
Bonnie Klein
Mabee Foundation
Pete and Nancy Meinig
Melton Truck Lines Inc.
Omni Air International
DTAG Legacy Fund/Scott and Vanessa Thompson
J.T. Nikel Family
Founders of Doctors Hospital Inc.
Judith and Jean Pape Adams Charitable Foundation
Stuart and Linda Price
Pam and Tom Russell
Bryan Close
Meshri Family
Bob and Jackie Poe
Sherman Smith Family Foundation
John Smith
Cox Foundation
Sarah and John Graves
Ernie Kivisto/Jane Ann Maconi Kivisto
Mabrey Bancorporation
Joe and Darcey Moran
Peter Walter
Becky Dixon and Pat Keegan
Fred Jones Family Foundation
Kathy and Ed Leinbach
Samson Resources
Darden Family Foundation
Mike Turpen

http://www.newson6.com/story/37254913/10m-dollar-kings-post-bridge-donated-to-tulsas-gathering-place

 

[cktad]

Naw the dinosaurs are right here, complaining about a man philanthropically building a public park with his own money.

Actually, he was one of many who donated money.

 

[JD8]

Actually, he was one of many who donated money.

of which, per OSA, you had to swear allegiance to the Democratic Party while goose stepping.