BOK Center
Multi-purpose arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,199-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Designed to accommodate arena football, hockey, basketball, concerts, and similar events, the facility was built at a cost of $178 million in public funds and $18 million in privately funded upgrades. Ground was broken on August 31, 2005, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on August 30, 2008.[8]
Full name | Bank of Oklahoma Center |
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Address | 200 South Denver Avenue West |
Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Owner | City of Tulsa |
Operator | SMG |
Capacity | Central stage: 19,199[1] Basketball: 17,839[2] Hockey: 17,096[1] Arena football: 16,582[1] End stage: 13,644[1] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | August 31, 2005 |
Opened | August 30, 2008 |
Construction cost | US$196 million[3] ($277 million in 2014 dollars[4]) |
Architect | Pelli Clarke Pelli MATRIX Architects, Inc. Odell Associates[5] |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti[6] |
Services engineer | Lancorp Engineering[7] |
General contractor | Tulsa Vision Builders, a joint venture between Flintco Inc. and Manhattan Construction Company[5] |
Tenants | |
Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) (2008–present) Tulsa Oilers (IFL) (2023–present) Tulsa Talons (AF2/AFL) (2009–2011) Tulsa Shock (WNBA) (2010–2015) | |
Website | |
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Designed by César Pelli, the architect of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the BOK Center is the flagship project of Tulsa County's Vision 2025 long-range development initiative. Local firm, Matrix Architects Engineers Planners, Inc, is the architect and engineer of record.[9] The arena is managed and operated by OVG and named for the Bank of Oklahoma, which purchased naming rights for $11 million.[10] The two current permanent tenants are the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL and the Tulsa Oilers of the Indoor Football League, both teams owned by Andy Scurto. The BOK Center was the former home of the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association[11] and the Tulsa Talons of the Arena Football League.