New Naming Rights for Oklahoma City Arena

[Laramie]

The Naming Rights for Chesapeake Energy Arena expires following the 2022-23 season. Which Oklahoma City Entity do you think will win the bid on the new naming rights...

[jerrywall]

I feel like Love's will on the shortlist. Sonic isn't really OKC anymore I guess, but I'd still love to see the OKC Thunder playing in the Sonic Super Stadium.

[Bill Robertson]

I agree that Love's would be good. Of those on the list Paycom I could see.

[Bowser214]

What about BancFirst? Or OnCue? Could have Love's logo on the jerseys and OnCue on the arena. Could be called the Travel Stop Team. lol

[Bellaboo]

I'd like to see a huge Red Heart on the roof of the arena, if it happens to be Loves.

[Bill Robertson]

I'd like to see a huge Red Heart on the roof of the arena, if it happens to be Loves.

Oh. Hey. That would look great!

[catch22]

I personally really liked Oklahoma City Arena.

[Bill Robertson]

I personally really liked Oklahoma City Arena.

I like that too but since the city can't pay multi millions in naming rights that ship has sailed.

[sroberts24]

Velveeta is making a push, check out their Twitter feed. Liquid Gold Thunder Dome!

[PhiAlpha]

I personally really liked Oklahoma City Arena.

That sounds great! What street is it on again?

[SEMIweather]

Would be shocked if it isn't Paycom.

[catch22]

That sounds great! What street is it on again?

Reno and Robinson. Why?

[Plutonic Panda]

I personally really liked Oklahoma City Arena.

So what you’re gonna do is take I-35 over the Oklahoma river to connect with the Oklahoma City BLVD and take a right at the Oklahoma City convention center until you hit the Oklahoma City arena and park in the Oklahoma City parking lot a in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

[TheTravellers]

So what you’re gonna do is take I-35 over the Oklahoma river to connect with the Oklahoma City BLVD and take a right at the Oklahoma City convention center until you hit the Oklahoma City arena and park in the Oklahoma City parking lot a in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

And you can watch the post-game summary on Oklahoma's Own News 9.

[shawnw]

Reno and Robinson. Why?

Incorrect. Reno Ave and Thunder Drive. There is no Robinson at that intersection. :-)

[mugofbeer]

Call Elon Musk. Maybe he'd like a Tesla Arena and help make it green. He's got a couple of extra bucks. OKC needs to search for a proper sponsor before something like Preparation H puts in a bid.

[Teo9969]

Didn't Sonic leave Oklahoma? Obviously still a major connection to OK, but I sincerely doubt they would even put their name in the hat.

I don't think it'll be anyone on that list.

Wouldn't be surprised if they went back to Ford who has had a nice little Renaissance since they most recently let the rights go. Would like to see them get Boeing to buy in as a way to sort of cement our push toward expanding our aerospace sector.

[Ian Drake]

Express Personnel Arena

[Teo9969]

Express Personnel Arena

I'd assume Funk wants to wait until the soccer stadium to do that *but*, I've got to wonder if they're not in a great place where they could get more aggressive in an attempt to gain more market share.

[mugofbeer]

It's an NBA team, OKC should have a national sponsor. There's so many possibilities.

[BoulderSooner]

Didn't Sonic leave Oklahoma? Obviously still a major connection to OK, but I sincerely doubt they would even put their name in the hat.

I don't think it'll be anyone on that list.

Wouldn't be surprised if they went back to Ford who has had a nice little Renaissance since they most recently let the rights go. Would like to see them get Boeing to buy in as a way to sort of cement our push toward expanding our aerospace sector.

sonic HQ is still in OKC and i doubt that changes ..

the 'Ford" on the ford center was the oklahoma ford dealers only and they were not paying much


it will be a surprise if it is not Paycom arena

[okcoolcoolcool]

My overall vote is for Velveeta just because I think they could have so much fun with Velveeta themed promotions, and also the dude who runs their twitter account is a huge Thunder fan and runs a really entertaining account. It would be such a huge branding win for the team.

My realistic vote is for Paycom because I think it would be nice for our team to not be sponsored by a truck stop or fast food restaurant. Also their branding is so minimal and won't look as gross as the Love's logo does on our jerseys.

[Richard at Remax]

I'm putting my money on the Paycom Center

[theparkman81]

I think it will end up being called either Paycom Center or Paycom Arena, or maybe Boeing can buy the rights to it.

[mugofbeer]

*Boeing Arena* would get that national brand but could lead to some unfortunate nicknames.