Spiritbank Event Center

[heironymouspasparagus]

You must be using that new common core curriculum
where I come from

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a * 0.10 + b * 0.10  =  (a + b) * 0.10

(wow, that's ugly)

Well, if you buy something for $5, then sell it for $50, that is  50/5 = 10 which gives a 10% profit.....

[dbacksfan 2.0]

You must be using that new common core curriculum
where I come from

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a * 0.10 + b * 0.10  =  (a + b) * 0.10

(wow, that's ugly)

Is that the new math program that they developed from the (US Tax codes / State Tax codes) * 150% = Your Income Tax ?

[heironymouspasparagus]

The main reason I don't attend organized church anymore.  The five minute pleading/guilting for money got old.  Just pass the bucking plate, I know what to do.

Well, I have gone to church more in the last 1 year than I probably have in previous 10....one is very "old time" Baptist - very small, but enthusiastic and very much back to basics (probably a little too much for my long term tastes - I happen to know the earth is more than 6,000 years old).  The other is Catholic.  Neither made big productions out of the offering - they literally just passed the plate around without fanfare.

[Conan71]

Is that the new math program that they developed from the (US Tax codes / State Tax codes) * 150% = Your Income Tax ?

Applies to everyone except Timothy "Turbo Tax foobared Me" Geithner.

[davideinstein]

Can we get the 66ers back in Tulsa again?

[DTowner]

SpirtBank took a lot of hits on this deal.  Mothballing the center while trying to sell it indicates they are desparate and can't/won't subsidize teh operations any longer.  Losing the 66ers just makes it that much less attractive to prospective buyers.

[DTowner]

SpirtBank took a lot of hits on this deal.  Mothballing the center while trying to sell it indicates they are desperate and can't/won't subsidize teh operations any longer.  Losing the 66ers just makes it that much less attractive to prospective buyers.

[patric]

A lot of nearby homeowners would like to see that light-polluted eyesore leveled, and they just got one step closer:


The lights are out at the main arena of SpiritBank Event Center in Bixby, as building owner SpiritBank has stopped booking major events there.

Joyce Madewell, a spokeswoman for SpiritBank, said the bank is no longer seeking events for the 4,500-seat main arena within SpiritBank Event Center, though it is booking smaller events at ballrooms within the main part of the center as well as the space formerly occupied by Duke's Southern Kitchen.

"Since we're in the business of banking rather than event attractions, we're focusing on (smaller events) as we get closer to finding the right buyer," she said.

SpiritBank Event Center was the home of the Tulsa 66ers, a developmental team with the NBA. Madewell said the bank will no longer lease the space to anyone, including the 66ers.

Several businesses continue to lease out space within the building, including the Bixby Chamber of Commerce and SpiritBank itself.

The facility, along with the attached 130,000-square-foot retail center Regal Plaza, was constructed by Remy Cos. beginning in 2006 for a combined $50 million. In late 2009, SpiritBank took ownership of the facility in a deed in lieu of foreclosure action that wiped out $28 million owed to the bank by Remy Cos.

In 2010, SpiritBank sold the SpiritBank Event Center to MacPot LLC, which lists Phil Thompson of Edmond as its registered agent, according to Oklahoma Secretary of State records, for $19.25 million. One year later, SpiritBank purchased the facility back from MacPot for $19 million.

SpiritBank retains an ownership interest in Regal Plaza, though Madewell said the bank always owned it as part of a consortium of banks and never held a majority ownership. Earlier this year, SpiritBank transferred management of the ownership consortium to First United Bank of Durant.

Tulsa County land records indicate SpiritBank Event Center and Regal Plaza are both owned by SpiritBank c/o Special Assets Department.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/communities/bixby/big-events-no-longer-scheduled-at-spiritbank-event-center-in/article_fdb21bc8-3359-5080-ad5b-ea843208b23c.html

[Ibanez]

If it had more parking that place would be an excellent location for an outlet mall.

[swake]

If it had more parking that place would be an excellent location for an outlet mall.

It has a huge, almost unused parking garage.

[Gaspar]

The entire development is probably one of the worst developments from engineering to architecture, ever ever created!  

Here is why:

Massive amounts of unnecessary parking.

Retail elevated above parking for no perceivable reason.

Multiple one-way flows that are counter intuitive, and largely ignored by drivers.

Retail spaces with windowed shotgun entrances at both ends (major loss prevention no-no, and why many major chains would never consider the spaces).

Terrible street visibility requiring the erection of a farm of signs.

Some lease locations have NO visibility from any angle, and have/will never be leased.

Event center was constructed so poorly that from the outside you can hear a mouse fart at the center of the arena.

Back of the center is about 40-50 feet from houses, where people with ears live.

Instead of using a few large commercial and highly efficient HVAC systems on multiple zones they put in about 32 inefficient
split units on ridiculously planned combined zones.  Everywhere in the building is either too hot or too cold.

It would probably be cheaper for any investor to tear it down and build something reasonable.

[Red Arrow]

It would probably be cheaper for any investor to tear it down and build something reasonable.

I am in favor of a cow pasture or horse pasture.

[BKDotCom]

I am in favor of a cow pasture or horse pasture.

The area is under-served...    for cows

[Red Arrow]

The area is under-served...    for cows

and horses, don't forget the horses.

[Conan71]

The area is under-served...    for cows

smile, that's right, there's a Chik-Fil-A nearby, isn't there?