Tulsa tax payers to fund Hornets

[USRufnex]

quote:Originally posted by deinstein

As far as the new team...

There is no way the mayor has more power than the marketing genius known as David Stern. The team name will be Oklahoma (insert logo).

I also still think this is a horrible move and the franchise will not be sustainable in Oklahoma City. It's a bad move for the NBA to abandon a market with the size, loyalty and financial capital that Seattle has.

Average attendance for the Hornets in OKC:  18,329 per game.
Average attendance for the Sonics in Seattle for 2006-2007 season:  Seattle 15,631 (26 of 30)

What a surprise.

You don't think Oklahoma can sustain anything... you said the same thing when I brought up more than a dozen different statistics that indicated Tulsa's support for  Major League Soccer... and MLS satisfaction with Tulsa as a potential city for expansion...

The NBA IS supportable in OKC.  David Stern may be a "marketing genius" for the NBA overall, but he doesn't know the OKC market; implying so gives him magical powers he simply doesn't have.

If Tulsans voted for $121mil to seal the deal for the NBA to come to town, TulsaNow would be deluged with people INSISTING the team have Tulsa's name on it... period.

[brunoflipper]

lets use the quality jobs bill to get us an mls team...

[Kenosha]

quote:Originally posted by brunoflipper

lets use the quality jobs bill to get us an mls team...

NOW your talkin'.  Hey, I know of a city in our area that is just hankerin' for a sports stadium.

[USRufnex]

Believe it or not, the Daily Oklahoman seemed to be practically endorsing Tulsa's efforts at including a soccer stadium in LaFortune's  Vision2025 efforts back in the spring of 2003.  

They reported on Tulsa's MLS stadium in May/June 2003 as if Vision2025 were a done deal w/o the arena... which was strange considering there was also an effort by Brad Lund/Bob Funk/Express Sports for a team in Edmond at the very same time....

From 2003...
http://media.www.thevistaonline.com/media/storage/paper962/news/2003/01/23/Sports/Mls-To.Try.Out.Edmond-2114105.shtml

After the MLS stadium didn't show up on Vision2025.....

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2454629&postcount=1

UCO resumed their efforts, and an $8mil to $9mil renovation that would have been shared by the state and Edmond Public Schools blossomed into a $15mil to $18mil project...

From 2004...
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:T0oeu3sUpLEJ:www.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/SCR41_int.rtf+Wantland+stadium+renovations+state+funding&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

2nd Session of the 49th Legislature (2004)

SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 41 By: Snyder
AS INTRODUCED

A Concurrent Resolution authorizing the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, acting on behalf of the University of Central Oklahoma, to issue certain revenue bonds pursuant to Section 4002.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and directing distribution.

   WHEREAS, Section 4002.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes requires legislative approval expressed by concurrent resolution prior to commencing any action in anticipation of issuance by a board of regents of revenue bonds authorized by Sections 4001-4017  of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or any other bonds authorized by law to be issued by such boards; and

   WHEREAS, the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, acting on behalf of the University of Central Oklahoma, desires to renovate, construct, and make improvements to Wantland Stadium and provide equipment, fixtures, landscaping, and other improvements in the vicinity of the stadium (collectively, the "Wantland Stadium -- Sports Complex -- Project") located on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma; and

   WHEREAS, the amount of revenue bonds to be issued for the renovation, construction, equipping, and improvement of the Wantland Stadium -- Sports Complex -- Project shall not exceed the sum of Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00); and

   WHEREAS, the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, acting on behalf of the University of Central Oklahoma, desires to issue revenue bonds pursuant to Section 4002 et seq. of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of financing the renovation and construction of improvements to Wantland Stadium and providing equipment, fixtures, landscaping, and other improvements in the vicinity of said stadium (collectively, the "Wantland Stadium -- Sports Complex -- Project") located on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma, and funding of any required reserves and payments of costs associated with the issuance of the bonds....

Multi-million dollar renovation at UCO...





LaFortune tried to get an "enterprise zone" for a location on the river for an MLS stadium post-Vision2025 but the state wasn't open to it at the time...

Gee, so maybe it's time for yet another of my "MLS in Tulsa" threads....



USA Network Pregame Aug. 18, 1982 -- NASL Tulsa vs New York Cosmos in front of an announced crowd of 28,638 at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1M7as42uBw

[TheTed]

I hope I'm wrong but I don't see Oklahoma supporting this team at NBA prices. We supported the Hornets at very reduced ticket prices. $10 tickets were plentiful on stubhub during the hornets' tenure.

But real NBA prices mean you can't even get nosebleeds for less than $30 and you pay at least $60-$80 if you want to be in the lower bowl, close enough to justify going to the game vs. watching on TV.

[RecycleMichael]

That is not true. There are $12 tickets sold for tomorrow's Dallas playoff game.

I bought $10 seats for NBA games in Dallas and Washington DC this past year.