Dave & Buster's coming to OKC

[Kerry]

This will be good for the area.

[redrunner]

I can't read the square footage of the OKC D&B but it looks like mid 20k sf. Tulsa's location is one of the smallest D&B at 17k sf.

[Pete]

In another document shown on the planning site, it says the proposed D&B's will be 23,565 square feet.

[metro]

Glad to hear they are finally coming to OKC. Odd choice of location though. Too bad developers around here don't have higher dreams and ambitions for development. That site would be PRIME for a midrise hotel and/or a mixed-use development that could still incorporate D&B and a hotel, but less surface parking. Would like to see more mid-rises go up on the NWE corridor, but nonetheless happy it is better than what is currently there.

Also, Steve seems to be taking the suburban beat as of late, downtown news must be slow.

[metro]

GREAT Location!!! I hope the format is more full-scale as oppose to Tulsa's junior store.

See the other thread in Metro Area Talk, OKC's will be about 6,000 sq. feet bigger than Tulsa's.

[ChargerAg]

Let the argument of if Dave & Busters now end.

Let the argument of if 23,565 square is a good size Dave & Busters begin.

[tulsooner]

Coolio! However, I wish that Steve's attempts to communicate with company reps had been answered. I want to know whether this will be a "full scale" D&B or the "smaller market" version a la Omaha/Tulsa. If I recall correctly, the smaller versions don't even have pool tables. I'm inclined to think that the OKC site will be full scale given that it seems to be new construction. I believe that smaller formats are molded into strip centers, but I could be mistaken. Should be a great addition to the Penn area, but like Mid, I wish they had built downtown.

I don't know about the Omaha location but I can tell you that the Tulsa location is a new construction stand alone building. Aloft hotels built right behind D&B's.

[wsucougz]

I like the location.

[soonerguru]

I'm super glad to see infill development in that location. Agree with metro that something more midrise and dense would be cooler, but this is great news nonetheless.

Now, does anyone know if this will be a real Dave * Busters or a junior version. I've never patronized the chain.

[kevinpate]

The smaller food project, on lot 4, makes me think Waffle House.

[onthestrip]

I dont think the location is odd. Outside of being in bricktown, I think this location is great. However, I do agree that something more midrise and more mixed use would be great there. This would have been a good spot for another specialty grocer (trader joes) along with some other retail and a nice hotel or smaller, nicer apartment complex in the back.

I know this was for sale. Did someone buy it or has the seller decided to develop it themselves?

[theparkman81]

I think its awesome that they are finally coming here, and i am happy that the location is going to be larger then the one in Tulsa.

[circuitboard]

I have a weird feeling that little restaurant is going to be Jack in the box. They do not have a location anywhere near that area right now. See the long driveway around the side, just like the one on Macarthur.

[BG918]

Are there any D&B in urban locations? I'm not that familiar with the chain and have only been to the one in Denver which is in a similar location (I-25 & Colorado area). I think they had a parking garage though, and there was a United Artists theater in the same development.

[binners41]

I would LOVE to get in contact with the General Contractor or the chain's headquarters about this new restaurant. I work at Edmond Rock, and I would be interested in submitting a bid for the stone on the building. Anyone have any ideas who I would need to get in touch with? Thanks for your help!

[Spartan]

What a ghastly site plan. But it's great to finally get one of these. Saw this one the planning agenda for last week and didn't know if it was news or not.

[okclee]

Are we sure this isn't Lower Bricktown?

[Pete]

Yes, as LB is less dense.


BTW, I read that their typical size is 32-35,000 square feet, so at 23,565 this will be a smaller location

[BB37]

Seems like an odd location from a traffic standpoint. It's hard by the exit ramp from EB NW Highway to SB May, but there won't be any access to the site from there. Looks like traffic will have to go north on Brookline, or take the service road that parallels EB NW Highway, that curves into Brookline. Kind of a roundabout traffic pattern. I would think they would want direct access from May.

[Kerry]

Are there any D&B in urban locations? I'm not that familiar with the chain and have only been to the one in Denver which is in a similar location (I-25 & Colorado area). I think they had a parking garage though, and there was a United Artists theater in the same development.

All of the Dave and Busters I know of (Jax and Atlanta) are suburban. Gameworks was an urban version (and many moons ago one was supposed to go in Bricktown) but Gameworks hit financial problems and now many of their stores are closed

Remember this blast from the past:

http://www.highwaygames.com/body.php...il&news_id=416

Sega Gameworks to Anchor Oklahoma Canal Site 25 Jul, 2001

Sega Gameworks will anchor a planned entertainment and retail site on the middle segment of Oklahoma City’s Bricktown Canal, the site’s developer announced this week.

Sega Gameworks, an entertainment concept that uses restaurants, bars, high-tech games and arcades to entertain its guests, is combining its successful theme with 14 movie screens for its Oklahoma City project.

Developer Randy Hogan and the company agreed upon a long-term lease for the $22 million project Monday. They anticipate a summer 2003 opening. Hogan also announced Monday he has a letter of intent with Bass Pro Shops for a 110,000-square-foot retail store as part of the canal development. While no lease has been signed for this project, Bass Pro Shops retail store officials said they expect the center to open in spring 2003.

Hogan continues to work on other potential additions to the development, including three buildings near the project’s main plaza. Bricktown Entertainment has letters of intent with the Hal Smith Restaurant Group, the Marble Slab Creamery and Jamba Juice. Discussions continue with other restaurants and stores.

Offices and perhaps even a hotel may eventually be involved, bringing the total value of investment to more than $60 million. The pact between Sega Gameworks and Hogan’s development firm, Bricktown Entertainment LLC, closes a search to find a replacement anchor tenant for the canal development project.

Bricktown Entertainment LLC is a partnership between Hogan Property Management LLC and Stonegate Management Co., which includes Brad Hogan, Mark Elgin and Ron Richey of Birmingham, Ala. The Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority initially sought proposals for canalfront land south of Reno and north of Interstate 40 in 1997.

In late 1998, Hogan secured a lease with Edwards Theaters that would have brought a 24-screen theater complex to the land. But a legal challenge to the deal stalled the project. Then Hogan was forced to drop Edwards in August just before the firm declared bankruptcy.

The Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority gave Hogan 300 days to find a replacement for Edwards. The local firm used every day but one to find the replacement. The deadline was today.

“It feels good to get the commitment secured for what we think will be a really great development,” Hogan said. “There is no doubt that we are competing in a challenging national environment for these types of projects.

“It also helps to have a Bass Pro Shops committing to the site. That’s truly a great step forward. Not only does it enhance retail possibilities for our project, but it does the same for Bricktown and downtown.

“This gives us two anchor tenants — not just one.”

Gameworks, Hogan said, provides the same entertainment-based theme as Edwards, with the added twist of fun and games. The Sega Gameworks center planned for Oklahoma City includes a restaurant, bars, a bowling alley and the high-tech games — plus 14 movie screens as part of the package.

[Pete]

BB37, I'm sure people will just exit May going south then turn right on NW 52nd, then go all the way to Brookline or just turn into the parking lot.

Heading north on May, there is a dedicated left turn lane although no traffic light. Immediately north of that, there is a concrete median.

[Swake2]

Chicago has an urban D&B

[OKCisOK4me]

This is awesome. I've never eaten there but that corner of Expressway and May is a huge eye sore. If the other restaurant were to be a Jack In the Box, that would be cool, as the closest one is down on MacArthur & I-40. If it were an IHOP too, that would make sense, since the Denny's was closed, site dozed, and the Chick-Fil-A is almost open.

[edcrunk]

there's a D&B in times square.

[metro]

Also, to answer the earlier question, even D&B's suburban stores are often more urban in design or mixed-use development other than this plan. Kansas City D&B comes to mind.