I agree!
Now that I live in California (still Okie at heart) you have to think big.
There is a different swagger and attitude when you are a major league city.
This is why the name is so important.
You have to think regionally, Kansas has no pro team Nebraska...
if you do a mid america prairie theme over barons from the oil fields.
(Most of Oklahoma's wells are capped anyway.)
Thunder, tornado, something the region identifies with.
You only get one shot at this.
I like thunder with the buffalo as a mascot. Can even put lightning bolts with it as the prairies shake.
make the party BIGGER than Texas.
Rename a street, Signage all over the national airport.
banners everywhere like when the Olympic festival was there years ago.
YOU CAN DO IT! Don't think like a Tulsan, hire a marketing firm think NY or Dallas your in that league now.