Interesting.

Had a groundbreaking yet nary a parking issue during the whole world series...

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Could that possibly be due to the fact that the proposed arena is not yet covering up the existing parking area?

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Originally posted by oldrock:
Could that possibly be due to the fact that the proposed arena is not yet covering up the existing parking area?

THERE WILL STILL BE ALMOST 1900 PARKING SPACES DOWNTOWN. PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO WALK SOME, BUT THE NEW ARENA WILL BE WELL WORTH IT.

The big fuss that got everyone worked up was that it would interfere with the baseball parking. And it didn't.

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Originally posted by tammylynwilson:
The big fuss that got everyone worked up was that it would interfere with the baseball parking. And it didn't.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22...vp/30421140#30421140

If I remember correctly the "groundbreaking" took place on a truckload of dirt that was placed over by the entrance of Convention Hall expressly for that purpose. The injunction delayed any actual construction in the area of the parking lot so of course there were no problems with parking for the series.

No, the "injunction" did not delay the construction. The injunction did not delay anything in regard to the actual building - it was ONLY in regard to the use of a construction manager at risk type of management.

You can read the news release here that explains it.

The project itself has not been delayed by the Court.

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Originally posted by tammylynwilson:
The big fuss that got everyone worked up was that it would interfere with the baseball parking. And it didn't.

Are you inferring that the construction of the arena in the area now used for baseball parking will not affect that parking?

It didn't affect the parking this year and that was what part of the fuss was. It may next year. And the ballpark people are well aware and prepared to deal with it.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22...vp/30421140#30421140[/QUOTE]

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we will spend more than twenty mill on this project...saying it is twenty is the falsehood. twenty to build a shell maybe. this will be a shell like the one we have at the fairgrounds. what about fixing convention hall and then sprucing up meadowlake and finishing the trail system? Just an idea rather than another complex that will not be filled and will be a drain on city finances in the future. I wish that people would come to enid for conventions but I don't see it happenning.