Thunder Stadium Vote

[Ryan500L]

The Paycom center is the smallest of the NBA arenas, and is smaller than most of the sites that big name talent and special type performances require. OKC has lost many events to the BOK in Tulsa. OKC is growing and with the Riversports area, the First American Museum, and the tribal resort center under construction, we will have a much better opportunity to bring more events, more conventions, and more tourism.

I'm guessing the tribal resort center is going to include a large casino operation

 

[Dorkus]

Wow, so many people here agreeing with the liberal academics...

/sarcasm

I wonder how many of them have ever worked in the real world.

 

[Lightsluvr]

This survey gives different figures.

https://basketball.fandom.com/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_arenas
For what it's worth, Montreal has a much larger arena. Already built and no NBA team.

LL

 

[2busy]

We don't need them. Just another rung in the liberal ladder Oklahoma is trying to implement.

 

[donner]

I wonder how many of them have ever worked in the real world.

no idea. likely some. but does that make them more or less right regarding the same stance that many here are taking?

 

[HoLeChit]

We don't need them. Just another rung in the liberal ladder Oklahoma is trying to implement.

Suddenly basketball being played here is actually Oklahoma forcing us to become liberals? How do you figure?

 

[DDriller]

It would probably bring a lot of money to OKC but most would go to businesses. The general population just gets stuck with more taxes.

 

[don ewald]

Hasn't crime increased in OKC since they brought the Basketball here? Based on the news it apears as if it is true but they always report the worst. But on the other hand, they have had an awful lot of shootings around that area in recent years. Gotta be a reason, where ya gonna go on a Saturday night if you want to be shot?

I have season tickets to the Dodgers. None of them are for Friday or Saturday night games. That area of OKC is not where I want to be on those nights. Basketball I hate, but would be the same mindset.

 

[THAT Gurl]

Suddenly basketball being played here is actually Oklahoma forcing us to become liberals? How do you figure?

Nah. It's not that -- Mayor Mick was DESPERATE to make us less conservative. His protege is just continuing that quest.

The fact that Bennett and the team has been deathly quiet about this whole thing tells me all I need to know. If this deal was as good for the City as Mayor Dave wants us to believe it is Bennett and his minions would be running around with their hair on fire telling us what a wonderful thing this is gonna be.

He's "behaving" hoping us little guys aren't paying attention, so he can get his brand spanking new arena basically for free.

 

[red dirt shootist]

Just the facts ma'am, just the facts.

Thunder. "Bennett is the chairman of the Oklahoma City-based Professional Basketball Club LLC (PBC), which owns the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder. Formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, the team was purchased from Howard Schultz in 2006 for approximately $350 million with Bennett promising a good-faith effort to keep the team in Seattle, provided there would be a public commitment to a new arena. After failing to get $500 million in public funding from local taxes to build a new suburban arena for the team, Bennett notified the NBA on November 2, 2007, of the ownership group's intent to move the team to Oklahoma City. On March 21, 2008, Bennett made known his plan to relocate the basketball franchise. The NBA commissioner David Stern was supportive of the move to send a message to all cities that if you do not subsidize the NBA then you could lose your team like Seattle. On April 18, 2008, NBA owners gave approval for moving the franchise from Seattle for the 2008–2009 season pending the outcome of the city's case to uphold the lease and the former ownership group's lawsuit to rescind the purchase. On July 2, 2008, Bennett's ownership group reached a settlement agreement in the lawsuit filed by the city of Seattle, thus allowing the franchise to move from Seattle to Oklahoma City." The moral of the story is, Bennett relocated the team before, he will relocate the team again if he does not get a new arena. I am not for nor I am against the sales tax for the new arena. I am only posting the facts.

From another source.

Nice find