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That’s fair, but building another rich white playground in the middle of the city with tax dollars paid by a multitude who live outside the CBD does little to further the #1OKC vision and tells...

+1

I’ll add here that most legislative language uses “May” instead of “should”, but you’re spot on that shall = must, without exception.

It’s sad if the informative aim of the chat devolved into attacks on Funk.

That said, I’m not sure you can ask people to consider a vote that increases their taxes, with one project being...

Fair enough.

for reference, Soonerguru... I literally said this on the page before this one.

It is disgusting, and very indicative of who we're dealing with if they pitch a "multi-use stadium" out of one side...

I must have missed all those organizations giving out scarves, investing in email marketing and gathering supporters for the meeting in the sea of Energy yesterday. My apologies.

He did.

If we're seriously sold on creating a #1OKC, this would certainly be a fantastic first step.

Would certainly make for a more palatable offer to voters.

In the meantime, I'll be interested to see how well Funk's statements today that he would consider moving the Energy if their bid for a...

Great point.

I'm no historian, but I assume the other MAPS proposals didn't have the same diversity of possible funding recipients as MAPS 4 currently boasts.

It will certainly be interesting.

Its interesting then, how the main vocal support seems to only come from Funk and Energy, given all these other potential tenants the field would be used for.

There are many other pressing items...

Someone proposing this remembers that OKC extends south of the river? Outstanding!

Agreed.

There's significant money to be made if managed appropriately, too...just need to right investment team, patience and a killer ground game to get the word out. Geographically, you can't do...

It's funny how public this knowledge is.

My hope for the city is that all areas get an equal share.

I know. its unfortunate. Taking transformative money (15-30 million) and dumping it all into one location is short-sighted, especially when the other parks I mention have excellent fields already.

Thanks for sharing. Scaled appropriately, something like that would be an awesome re-imagining of the Crossroads space.

The interesting thing about the "sports tourism" portion is that they propose a complete redesign of C.B. Cameron to get from their 2 current regulation fields to a total of 20 to meet the minimum...

Moreover, as someone deeply passionate about soccer and connected to the sport in Oklahoma, even I can see through the "multi-use" aspect being pitched by soccer stadium proponents as a thinly veiled...

That's a good point. Too bad the Producer's Coop deal fell through; I want to see something like this, but not funded by MAPS, or at least not this iteration of MAPS.

Let them try in 2027 with the...

Exactly. Any prohibition would involve the state, not the city.

You do realize the Mayor isn't a dictator, right?

Sure, he can embrace ideas and propel them with his charisma and the momentum of his office, but to say something isn't on the cusp of occurring...

Exactly.

I'm all for continuous progress in the city core, but the reality is we have a HUGE footprint. The 1OKC idea has a lot of merit when considering racial/ethnic/demographic unity, but also...

A different way to say what I just said a few comments above yours, but yeah.

This idea that the city would be "just fine" without the thousands of taxpaying constituents who live outside its...

Annex all but a 1 or 2 mile circle around the CBD, and you'll quickly find your answer.

If you ever use google maps during high traffic periods, there's a smooth 75% chance it will direct you off at 104th to access the neighborhoods on 119th due to the queuing that occurs at the 119th...