New Driller Stadium architects

[chlfan]

Just curious, how does that area of town handle heavy rains? (drainage/storm sewer wise)

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

I thought that the ballpark needed a new thread because the other was months old and there had been a lot of new stuff announced recently.

Here is the Tulsa World story with more of the financing details and a link to the slide show of renderings provided by HOK architects.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080627_11_hr05082

Here is the HOK website of the arenas they have had a part in creating...

http://www.hoksport.com/arenas/

Here is their list of stadiums they are part of...

http://www.hoksport.com/stadiums/

This is going to be the most famous baseball stadium in the world...the new Yankee Stadium...

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/future/YankeeStadiumII.htm

These guys are the best in the business. I always thought it was cool that we hired Pelli to do the arena. These guys look like they are in his rare class in this type of work.

HOK Sports were the Pied Pipers that lead the voters into approving the original "MAPS" sales tax concept for Oklahoma City.

[TulsaSooner]

Yes and that has worked out horribly for OKC.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by booWorld

quote:Originally posted by Gaspar


...Additionally if several firms work as a team (frequently done on large projects) It would be fantastic.

A stadium is a known formula.  You know the programming, traffic flow, the estimated capacity and how all of the systems work...

A few years ago, the OU Urban Design Studio did a very interesting study for a downtown ballpark project.

I'd like to see some of their ideas incorporated into the design.  There are many talented designers right here in Tulsa.

I just re-read it and it looks like the same stuff HOK has done in the past.

[SXSW]

While the orientation of some of the buildings (at least right now) leaves something to be desired, I like the overall design of the OSU-Tulsa campus.  The brick is indicative of buildings in the surrounding Brady/Greenwood area while you'll also find Deco influence in the details, like at the windows, the roofline, and this fountain:


Something like that design that merges brick and Deco, with lots of glass, would look really slick in Brady.  It would go with new arrivals in Brady like Wallace Engineering's HQ and KOTV's new digs...

[Gaspar]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by booWorld

quote:Originally posted by Gaspar


...Additionally if several firms work as a team (frequently done on large projects) It would be fantastic.

A stadium is a known formula.  You know the programming, traffic flow, the estimated capacity and how all of the systems work...

A few years ago, the OU Urban Design Studio did a very interesting study for a downtown ballpark project.

I'd like to see some of their ideas incorporated into the design.  There are many talented designers right here in Tulsa.

I just re-read it and it looks like the same stuff HOK has done in the past.

It is.  They have canned presentations ready to pull off the shelf.  Not that there's anything wrong with that. They have a process that works very well for them.

Just don't feel like you're special.  [:O]

[mrB]

quote:Originally posted by SXSW


Someone told me SemGroup will be a major donor, and that it would likely be called SemGroup Ballpark.  Not sure how true that is though.  QuikTrip, Williams, and ONEOK come to mind as other local companies that could be donors.

QuikTrip already has a ballpark!

QT Buys Naming Rights to Texas Minor League Stadium
Tulsa Business Journal Staff
4/16/2008






more stadium pics >>

[EricP]

lol.. looks like the guys at quiktrip park have seen the wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man!

http://www.wackywavinginflatablearmflailingtubeman.com/

[PonderInc]

quote:Originally posted by chlfan

Just curious, how does that area of town handle heavy rains? (drainage/storm sewer wise)

If you've ever walked or biked to downtown from the river, you know that it's very much UPHILL.  I don't know about the storm drains or the tricks of designing a "sunken" ballpark, but I never really worry about flooding downtown.  Even with all the surface parking lots contributing to runoff, I've never had a problem downtown.  (Except that one December when a broken water main caused a blackout of the entire CBD!)  I do remember one time when we had a flash flood, and the trains had to stop on the tracks near Boulder b/c the tracks in that location were totally submerged...

[booWorld]

quote:Originally posted by Gaspar

...They have canned presentations ready to pull off the shelf.  Not that there's anything wrong with that. They have a process that works very well for them...

Gaspar:  Who are "they"?

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by booWorld

quote:Originally posted by Gaspar

...They have canned presentations ready to pull off the shelf.  Not that there's anything wrong with that. They have a process that works very well for them...

Who is "they"?

HOK

[inteller]

SO I guess when this is built they'll be calling it QuikTrip Park...or will they be truely lazy and just let it be named BOk Park?

Would someone please de-annex downtown so it can be called Bokville?

[swake]

Semgroup Park

[OSU]

Inteller- whenever I read one of your posts I always get an image in my head....


this picture


Am I alone in this?

I personally wouldn't mind it BOK sponsored everything downtown, if they have the money to dole out we could rename the streaks bok Boston, bok Cheyenne, and so on.

[rwarn17588]

quote:Originally posted by OSU

Inteller- whenever I read one of your posts I always get an image in my head....


this picture


Am I alone in this?

No.

Although I also picture inteller being forcibly dragged to a psychiatrist's couch.