Driller's Stadium Construction Progress

[sgrizzle]

Thought I would make a new thread, NOT about how we're paying for it, how well it will get used, who's getting rich, whatever. Just showing the construction progress and (hopefully soon) some new sketches to compare it to.


13 months and counting


Plenty of Equipment


This would be looking right at the left field bleachers



Hard to see from this angle, but that is a 20-30 ft drop down to the base of that concrete form, I have another pic from another angle.


Here you can see the top of those same forms from another angle.




And the construction is already having an effect, the UHAUL building is getting a facelift (in progress)

[SXSW]

So are they are going the design/build route with the site package finished and the design (CD's) still in progress?  They never released the final design renderings did they?

I was down there last weekend and it will definitely be a big improvement for the area just to have something there instead of a vacant lot.  That and the Matthews Warehouse could really change the look of Brady.  Is there any chance Elgin gets a bridge built over the tracks?  Seems odd that the main street from the rest of downtown to the ballpark and OSU-Tulsa has an at-grade crossing.

[carltonplace]

I was at the site on Friday. I couldn't believe how much dirt they've moved. In some of the holes they were breaking up rock and had poured concrete.

I also noticed that they saved many of the bricks from the street (Frankfurt?) that ran through the site. Wonder what their plans are for those old bricks?

[cannon_fodder]

SXSW:

Site plan is pretty well done.  They know where the field will be and where structures will be.  They know the elevation of dirt generally and what needs to be cleared.  You can start site work well before actual construction and can abandon the site after it is prepped until the design stage is over with no ill effects, just resume when actual construction is good to go.

TU is doing the same thing with their new 80,000 sq. foot Arts Center.  They didn't want to try to finish the fund raising in the down economy (they don't issue bonds for projects) but wanted to show a commitment to the project.  So they are doing all the site work with actual construction postponed indefinitely. 

[sgrizzle]

There is now a construction webcam:
http://www.oxblue.com/pro/open/oneok/oneokfield

To answer, yes they are building without final designs although the most recent changes are cosmetic only.

[Renaissance]

So are they are going the design/build route with the site package finished and the design (CD's) still in progress?  They never released the final design renderings did they?

Still haven't seen any renderings but my understanding was that the HOK team was doing design-build.  Not sure if that came from the Tulsa World or Business Journal or what . . . just a recollection.  But on this timetable it would almost have to be the case. 

Is there any chance Elgin gets a bridge built over the tracks?  Seems odd that the main street from the rest of downtown to the ballpark and OSU-Tulsa has an at-grade crossing.

I'm pretty sure the new philosophy of the planners for the area is to keep everything at-grade.  A huge bridge there would act as a barrier between the Brady/ballpark district and the Blue Dome area, both in terms of sight-lines and pedestrian intimidation, and the whole point of the development is to tie the entertainment districts together.

Great pics SGrizzle--please keep us posted.

[PonderInc]

Thanks sgrizzle.  I've been meaning to start a thread exactly like this.  Even took a bunch of pictures...just never got around to putting them out on flickr.  I heard that somebody in the Planning Dept is taking a photo from the roof of City Hall once a week...to follow the progress.  (That could make a pretty cool "time lapse" video some day in the future.)

[Gaspar]

I like the logo.  Very classic with the stitching.

Good job whoever!

[Ibanez]

Really looking forward to catching some games here. Hopefully during my "lunch hour"


I guess they couldn't find a rent a fence company in Tulsa.

[sgrizzle]

I believe the only suggestion made recently for Elgin was possibly doing a below-grade crossing. If/When the train station goes in, they may put some sort of crossing in with that as well. (Behind McNellie's essentially)

Oh, and as far as design plans, I can see from the webcam they are putting up walls in 3 locations. I'd say it's not exactly "just dirtwork"

[sgrizzle]

I guess they couldn't find a rent a fence company in Tulsa.

Show Smaligo, it's his "benefit to the county"

(apologies for getting political on my own non-political thread)

[SXSW]

I believe the only suggestion made recently for Elgin was possibly doing a below-grade crossing. If/When the train station goes in, they may put some sort of crossing in with that as well. (Behind McNellie's essentially)

Oh, and as far as design plans, I can see from the webcam they are putting up walls in 3 locations. I'd say it's not exactly "just dirtwork"

Below grade would be better for sure.  One thing I noticed walking around there last weekend was how bad the connection between Blue Dome and the ballpark really is and hopefully it gets improved.  Specifically the west side of Elgin where the employment office is, the sidewalk just ends.  I hope they can work on beautification of the Elgin corridor with pedestrian improvements before the ballpark opens.

[roscoe]

Has anyone else seen the new neon sign that that the Mid - Town adult book store has put up? The sign will over look the new ball park.just what I want my kids to see when I take them to a ball game.

[Townsend]

Has anyone else seen the new neon sign that that the Mid - Town adult book store has put up? The sign will over look the new ball park.just what I want my kids to see when I take them to a ball game.

Get a pic?

[TURobY]

Has anyone else seen the new neon sign that that the Mid - Town adult book store has put up? The sign will over look the new ball park.just what I want my kids to see when I take them to a ball game.

To complain about the sign offending you makes about as much sense as me complaining about all of those churches around town with signs...

I never understood all the outrage placed towards Midtown Adult Theatre.