^That site is already taken by the new Sofidel paper plant. Probably plenty of room in the vicinity, but then again that is true for most of the metro.
^That site is already taken by the new Sofidel paper plant. Probably plenty of room in the vicinity, but then again that is true for most of the metro.
whether inola or austin, i guess it's all the same...
Surely not.... right?
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That makes more sense. And I guess when I saw "aerospace" I thought of Elon because of SpaceX, but Tesla would hardly be considered aerospace anyway. Doh.
A pretty great get, though. Tinker continues to be one of, if not THE, biggest assets for the State.
Regarding Tesla in Tulsa here's what I heard.
1. Austin and particularity Travis County pissed off some very high ups at Tesla. If there's 10 people who get input, they pissed off like #3-5. Musk is annoyed but not pissed yet. Those Telsa execs are loudly advocating long term Austin is simply California 2.0.
2. The grand gestures were received very well.
3. Lots of the oil money and companies in Tulsa (and one in OKC apparently) made calls and said they would be welcomed. The oil CEOs told Telsa they view the future that there's a need for both. This was received well.
4. Stitt and Musk talk a lot, Stitt promised OU and OSU would receive funding boosts to their engineering programs. Stitt has been full court press. (My opinion; this is exactly why you elect Stitt, if anyone can close the deal and sell Tulsa, it's the guy who built a massive company based on his sales ability)
5. Musk wasn't kidding about being done with California. This site will eventually be the corporate HQ and Tesla will eventually have 0 operations in California. Tulsa has done a lot to slow this down, but ultimately Musk is going to live by this plant, and he loves Austin. That's the tall order right now. It shifted from we can make the things you need here, into does Elon Musk think he can live in Tulsa, Oklahoma one day?
6. Tesla ran a secret poll to various people in the company with a very surprising result. 80% of those polled would be willing to relocate to Austin, but 65% were also willing to relocate to Tulsa. This # was higher than they thought it would be.
Austin is still probably going to get it, but all the momentum is on Tulsa's side.
Regardless of the outcome, I think Tulsa simply giving Telsa something to think about is a win in my book. Never thought they had a chance, and still think Austin will get it, but it's never a bad thing to work hard to put yourselves in contention, and Tulsa has done a great job. Good for them and I feel like it'll pay off in some way in the future. Perhaps not with Tesla, but with a different company.
I really hope tulsa gets it. I will hold my breath here because crazier things have happened, right?
Just being in the running can kickstart other companies interest. Lots of big behind the scene agencies get involved and now have great data on Tulsa and Oklahoma in general. Free press as well.
2 hours, but yes, you are right. But OU and OSU have top tier engineering schools, in different areas. I see your point. But when comparing a big fish (Austin) with a small fish (Tulsa), Oklahoma using a medium fish (OKC) might have helped bridge the gap. I hope Tulsa gets it, for OKs sake. Just can't help but wonder if OKC would be the better choice.
It's completely anecdotal and unscientific, but folks I interact with in the tech community have a better perception of Tulsa as a relocation potential than OKC. I don't think the comparisons they would make are accurate (Tulsa is seen as hipper, more urban, younger, more liberal, etc) but the perception is out there in some circles at least.
You can go Norman to Tulsa in less than 2 hours. I understand what you are saying with OKC having OU in the actual metro as a selling point and i definitely agree. But Tulsa does sit in a pretty nice spot in relation to 3 large universities. Of course that does look less impressive when comparing it to having one of the largest public universities in the country in your downtown.
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