Stadium Name

[Renaissance]

It's being announced today:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090112_296_0_Thedow701338

Anyone have the early scoop and wish to share?

[MDepr2007]

Hmmm... something like the "Obama-Franklin-Kaiser National I'm sorry Ballpark"

[stymied]

It's going to be ONEOK Park or something to that effect.

[sgrizzle]

$20 says it's ONEOK Field.

[dbacks fan]

"Sutton Stadium"? Oh wait my bad. I bet ONEOK as well. But then again, I was at a sports book over the weekend and did not bet on the Cardinals.

[carltonplace]

It will always be TBAG to me.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

It will always be TBAG to me.

If they name it that, I will be a lifetime season ticket holder.

[Renaissance]

Good scoop.  http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090112_296_0_Thedow701338

Also funny:

quote: The preliminary artist renderings depict an exterior that evokes the Prairie School architectural style that was made famous by Frank Lloyd Wright and features flat roofs, broad overhanging eaves and horizontal lines.

[Bones013]

I was hoping for "McNellie's Field".

[MichaelBates]

quote:Originally posted by Floyd

Good scoop.  http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090112_296_0_Thedow701338

Also funny:

quote: The preliminary artist renderings depict an exterior that evokes the Prairie School architectural style that was made famous by Frank Lloyd Wright and features flat roofs, broad overhanging eaves and horizontal lines.

Because nothing says "play ball" like Frank Lloyd Wright.

Will the roof leak? That's what we'd get for leaving a work of art out in the rain.

[Hometown]

Under the heading of wishful thinking.

Greenwood Stadium

Tulsa's Greenwood Stadium

An homage to Tulsa's Black Wall Street

Would move us towards healing some wounds and demonstrate that we have a lot of class.

[RecycleMichael]

I went to the press conference today. The logo looks good and they gave each of us a commemorative baseball. I hung out for a while and had a hot dog and some cracker jack.

$5 million for twenty years works out to about $4,000 a game which is what is normally costs to be a single game sponsor.

Driller Baseball and ONEOK Energy, both over a hundred years old in Tulsa.

[Renaissance]

It's great that Tulsa has corporate citizens invested in revitalization.  This is very cool.

Now maybe if they'd weigh in on the stadium's design . . .

[sgrizzle]

If anyone wants to know why I wagered $20 on the name before:

http://www.oneokfield.com/

[sgrizzle]

For those who kept mentioning vertical elements, note the original sketches on that site, it shows a large tower.