Method Man said:
historian said:
I will take your word for it. I've never been to OK.
You are not missing anything. The zoo is average. There are a couple of Cowboy museums. The area of OKC I like the most is the brick town area downtown around their minor league baseball park.
Tulsa is the superior city to OKC. Tulsa has nicer stuff than OKC even though the two cities are about the same.
Tulsa is one of those weird cities in that the nicer part of town is in South Tulsa, while North Tulsa is full of meth addicts.
South Tulsa has some beautiful neighborhoods that will remind you of Grapevine, East Plano or Colleyville. Nice homes with big country lots.
So, business guys go to the local zoo on business trips? New one to me. The areas you are listing sound like you are reading them from an encyclopedia. Locals are not going to Bricktown. That's like saying 'The West End' is Dallas.
And, 10 years ago I would have agreed with you about Tulsa. But, OKC has easily surpassed Tulsa and Dallas.
But, thanks for the softball question:
- OKC has more live music and live concert venues, large and small. The Jones Assembly is easily the coolest venue anywhere.
- OKC has more Michelin starred chefs than Texas, the last two James Beard (national chef of the year) award winners, an Iron chef, a Bon Appetit and USA Today top 10 national restaurant (Ma Der Lao) and four top 50 restaurants (Cafe Kacao, Grey Sweater, Ma Der Lao, Nonesuch - also named the best new restaurant in America a few years ago by Bon Appetit.)
- Go to Riversport which includes a 1/2 mile man-made river rapids course and the US Olympic Training Center for river sports. OKC will be hosting the river-based Olympic events for the 2028 Olympics.
- Watch a movie being filmed; OKC is top 10 for permanent film studios. Most of of the B-movie Christian titles are made at Prairie Surf Studios. Weirdly, 'Tulsa King' is filmed in OKC. I've seen a dozen different stars around town, filming on the street or dining.
- Tulsa wins on museums. Although, OKC has the First Americans museum which is really cool and they are building a $1B Vegas style resort around it with 2 hotels, a giant indoor water park, and lagoon with beach area.
- If you like beer, The Prairie Bomb is a Top 10 US beer, brewed at Prairie Artisan Ales. The Big Friendly Brewery has won Brewery of the Year at the Great American Beer festival for the last 2 years (that's the Super Bowl of Beer festivals).
Locals don't go to Bricktown. Locals go to Midtown, The Plaza, and The Paseo. All are walkable for restaurant and bar crawls.
And, things keep getting better, in a few years you can:
- Gawk at the tallest building the world which is currently being built in your favorite part of town.
- Enjoy the new $1B NBA/concert arena.
- Enjoy our new 10k seat outdoor pro soccer and events center.
- Enjoy 2028 Olympic river events
This list can go on and on.