I don't claim to know a lot about Jeff Lund; however, Brad always managed to bring in the OKC crowds. Some questioned his methods with claims that he gave away tickets? I was never the recipient of any free tickets.
Brad Lund has been working behind-the-scenes to put a group together to bring an Oklahoma City ECHL entry into this market for 2016-17 season.
Former Oklahoma City Blazers CEO assembling an ownership group to bring hockey back to the city | News OKIf the rivalries are renewed in 2016; you should witness some carryover between ice hockey & soccer with TUL-OKC. Oklahoma City Energy FC's last 4 soccer crowds were impressive:
August 29, Austin 2-0 win. Attendance: 6,089
September 12, Colorado Springs 3-3 tie. Attendance: 6,847 Largest regular season crowd in Energy FC's history.
October 4, Colorado Springs 3-2 playoff win. Attendance: 6,370
October 11, Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 playoff lost. Attendance: 7,654 Largest crowd In Energy FC's history.
Will the OKC Energy FC's trend of 6,000-plus attendance figures continue into the 2016 season? OKC's
4,635 average placed 7th in USL. Sports entertainment dollars are stretched in OKC as the NBA Thunder has 209 consecutive sellouts of 18,203 which dates back to 2010. OU football has 87 consecutive sellouts of 83,000 plus.
Equally as impressive non playoff contender Tulsa Roughnecks FC's averaged
4,714 in their inaugural year (5th best USL) with intermarket competition--NPSL Tulsa Athletics. Ownerships should partner together; go for an MLS franchise (expansion or relocation) and promote a Vision 2025 extension to put a 20,000-seat soccer specific stadium (estimate: $100 - $125 million) on the ballot to have something ready post 2020 second wave of MLS expansion. Promote that the team be called
Tulsa as OKC did with the NBA's Thunder.
Tulsa is primed for NHL or MLS to be the next city in Oklahoma to embrace a 'big league city' franchise in at least 1 of five major sports. BOK Center could be retrofitted for NHL. OKC will finish their streetcar system in 2018. There's talk about regular rail transit service between TUL-OKC with a rail transit corridor:
Tulsa-Oklahoma City Corridor Investment Plan - About the Plan