MAPS III wins by a landslide

[Big Red Ron]

Oklahoma City Sales Tax Proposal
139 of 271 precincts reporting

Yes: 20028, 60.4 percent
No: 13121, 39.6 percent

It's all over but the cryin' Seattle.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Good...I love Shawn Kemp

[Big Red Ron]

Lots of people in Kansas City wondering how long until they can fill their shiney new arena with an NBA team.

[StoopTroup]

Wow....43,000 voters!

Tulsa > OKC :D ;)

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Kansas City need to put a sales tax package together to spend on their baseball roster

[StoopTroup]

Kansas City need to put a sales tax package together to spend on their Big XII Championship Facilities

http://most-expensive.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/cowboys-stadium.jpg

Fixed. :D

:pop:

[Big Red Ron]

Fixed. :D

:pop:We'll really get our fair share with the Ford Center being an NBA facility.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

As someone who goes to Mavs games 5 or 6 times a year, I hope they do something that rivals the show you get at AAC

[KC//CRIMSON]

Lots of people in Kansas City wondering how long until they can fill their shiney new arena with an NBA team.

Not really. :cool:

[Big Red Ron]

Not really. :cool:Hey, my sample is small but certainly there were some folks that wouldn't have been sad to see it go down.

[Big Red Ron]

219 of 271 precincts reporting

Yes: 36102, 61.2 percent
No: 22902, 38.8 percent

[Nichols Gaillardia]

Northside, FTW!!

[KC//CRIMSON]

Hey, my sample is small but certainly there were some folks that wouldn't have been sad to see it go down.


Yeah, it's no rush.

When your state has one MLS team, two NFL teams and two MLB teams, it's only a matter of time. Personally, I'd rather have a second NHL team before a NBA team.

[Big Red Ron]

Yeah, it's no rush.

When your state has one MLS team, two NFL teams and two MLB teams, it's only a matter of time. Personally, I'd rather have a second NHL team before a NBA team.Seriously? I get your point though but KC is a BBall town more so than a Hockey town. One Friend of mine up there jokes with me, with much sincere disdain, "We're a hurricane away from having an NBA team." ;)

You guy's will probably get the Hornet's in a couple of years, not a bad deal.

[CatfishSooner]

good job OKC...

[stoops the eternal pimp]

OKC vote gettin some attention on ESPN

[Boomer.....]

IMO, it would have been huge mistake to let this opportunity slip by. Good for OKC and the state.

[BigRedJed]

IMO, it would have been huge mistake to let this opportunity slip by. Good for OKC and the state.
http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/00/77/22927700.jpg

[soonerboomer93]

Yeah, it's no rush.

When your state has one MLS team, two NFL teams and 1.5 MLB teams, it's only a matter of time. Personally, I'd rather have a second NHL team before a NBA team.

fixed it

[Mjcpr]

Yay for OKC!

I wish our tards would vote for something from time to time. :rolleyes:

[IB4OU2]

Yay for OKC!

I wish our tards would vote for something from time to time. :rolleyes:

Don't overlook the Bixby 66er's please.

[birddog]

Don't overlook the Bixby 66er's please.

sob.

[birddog]

Don't overlook the Bixby 66er's please.

plus, bixby's got dem hanging gardens. sounds like a quaint little bolivian village.

[OUDoc]

What about Bixby?

[birddog]

you got dem international tours there, in bixby.

sir, there is no reason to come to bixby, we don't even have a mcdonalds.

[OUDoc]

Wendy's or Burger King?

[birddog]

sir, there is nothing here. we only have one stop light.

[Frozen Sooner]

I always thought Bixby should put up a memorial to the Hulk.

[Big Red Ron]

I can't tell you guys how happy I am this worked out. It's still not a fait acomplis but this really has been the result of about 10 people's vision but really more like 50, plus the voters. Imagine if Jim Tolbert had been elected Mayor instead of Mick. Wow, life in OKC is good.

[BigRedJed]

Gotta tell you, knowing and having worked with both the Mayor and Jim Tolbert, I think we would be doing equally well in some other area had Jim been elected. Both of those guys were equally committed to keeping OKC headed in the right direction. Jim is a really, really solid guy, savvy businessman, understands what MAPS has done for OKC from firsthand experience, plus just has a great love for OKC.

That said, we most def would not be on the map for the NBA. Mick's vision and persistence with David Stern is the ONLY reason we're on that track, and I think it's a great track for us to be on. He has not disappointed me one bit as mayor. He's doing a great job.

[bluedogok]

Yeah, it's no rush.

When your state has one MLS team, two NFL teams and 1.5 MLB teams, it's only a matter of time. Personally, I'd rather have a second NHL team before a NBA team.
fixed it
ALWAYS The Lowest Payroll, ALWAYS
That is what happens when an ex-Wal-Mart man owns the team.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Don't look now, OKC. Microsoft wants your team.

Won't happen though.

[Big Red Ron]

Don't look now, OKC. Microsoft wants your team.

Won't happen though.They can Microsuckit. :D

[BigRedJed]

There aren't any guarantees. I've been saying for quite a while that the court case is the one pivotal piece to the puzzle. If the court finds for the OKC owners, they will almost 100% bring the Sonics here, at this point. But if they're held to their lease, a lot can happen between now and 2010.

[Big Red Ron]

Gotta tell you, knowing and having worked with both the Mayor and Jim Tolbert, I think we would be doing equally well in some other area had Jim been elected. Both of those guys were equally committed to keeping OKC headed in the right direction. Jim is a really, really solid guy, savvy businessman, understands what MAPS has done for OKC from firsthand experience, plus just has a great love for OKC.

That said, we most def would not be on the map for the NBA. Mick's vision and persistence with David Stern is the ONLY reason we're on that track, and I think it's a great track for us to be on. He has not disappointed me one bit as mayor. He's doing a great job.
I agree. Jim's a good man but we'd have totally missed this boat with him or Frosty Peak or Guy Liebman or Marcus Walker? lol

[KC//CRIMSON]

They can Microsuckit. :D

I'll have JKM pass that along...

[SicEmBaylor]

Yay for OKC!

I wish our tards would vote for something from time to time. :rolleyes:

I for one welcomed the defeat of Tulsa 2020

[BigRedJed]

I agree. Jim's a good man but we'd have totally missed this boat with him or Frosty Peak or Guy Liebman or Marcus Walker? lol
Yeah, but I think Jim is head and shoulders above those guys as far as horsepower. And I'm saying that as someone who was really friendly with Guy when he was on the council.

Jim's just really quiet about it. He is EXTREMELY respected in the business community. Smart, smart dude.

[Big Red Ron]

Yeah, but I think Jim is head and shoulders above those guys as far as horsepower. And I'm saying that as someone who was really friendly with Guy when he was on the council.

Jim's just really quiet about it. He is EXTREMELY respected in the business community. Smart, smart dude.
I'm really close with Guy now, at the legislature. I love the guy. He's one of a kind. I owe him a lot in my life and I doubt he really eve knows it. What do you expect from a GUY who made millions selling ice to Eskimos.

[soonerboomer93]

ALWAYS The Lowest Payroll, ALWAYS
That is what happens when an ex-Wal-Mart man owns the team.


the husband of a wal-mart heir brought some NHL championships to Denver
(also owns the Nuggets)

maybe you just got one of the lesser ones?

:D

[bluedogok]

the husband of a wal-mart heir brought some NHL championships to Denver
(also owns the Nuggets)

maybe you just got one of the lesser ones?

:D
He wasn't a Walton or married to a Walton daughter like Kronke. David Glass was the CEO of WM from 1988 to 2000.