East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)

[Laramie]

Miracle121

Agree 100%

The Funks' track record for everything they have operated in Oklahoma City had been met with subpar management.

The Paycom Center will seat 15,152 comfortable for ice hockey which is comparable to:

Wichita's Intrust Bank Arena Ice Hockey: 13,450

Tulsa's BOK Center Arena Ice Hockey: 17,096

Oklahoma City should carve out the Great Arena inside the Prairie Surf Media Studio for ECHL Ice Hockey--use $3 million to upgrade seats and spruce up the place with a separate entrance. There's already parking under the arena and a new convention center parking garage available. This would benefit Bricktown Restaurants and make spillover space available for the new convention center

OR build a larger State Fair Coliseum (15,000 permanent seats) to accommodate basketball and ice hockey. Fund the new coliseum, make it $150 million venue 15,000 seat coliseum with a lower bowl seating 5,000 that can be used for horse shows where the upper bowl seats are separate when not in use.

Tulsa and Wichita would undoubtedly draw 7,000 - 13,399 for games against rivals Tulsa & Wichita or larger crowds if you had a State Fair Coliseum seating 15,000.

The new State Fair Coliseum is too important to not be used year round for multiple events.

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[HockeyHound]

Looks like we've got some old school hockey fans in this thread.

If you're an OLD hockey fan in Oklahoma City, you're welcome to check out the Blazers/Stars history site. The more memories and stories, the better.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/473834234931442