Does this mean the Route 66 Museum originally planned for SW Blvd & Riverside won’t be happening? I personally liked that concept and location next to the Avery Bridge. I wonder what happens to that site now?
Though I have great respect for the folks wanting the museum on Riverside, I do think that having one here is better. I no longer have a shop in the Mother Road Market, but this will be great for all those local shops and restaurants in the area. Spending money to build a museum on SW Blvd & Riverside would benefit no one really. There is only so much money out there to do these things and you know people like me who are pushing to build something great, to grow our dreams and make the city better.... would really appreciate the money being spent in ways that can have synergies with what we are working on as well.
Been keeping tabs on what other areas along Route 66 are planning, including some pretty impressive resort type developments. The competition is going to be tough.
What places are people going to drive past and point.
What places will people stop, get out of their cars, take a quick photo and then leave to make it to their hotel destination? (you can only do so much in a day)
What places will people decide to stay for several hours or even stay the night?
What places will people decide to stay for a few days?
The last 2 are what I would like to see Tulsa aim for. If we spread things out too much and don't have one or two great stops where people can stay for several hours (see some sights, shop, eat, see some more sights) then we will continue to be the first two.
And we need to think about this in terms of competing sites up and down Route 66 that will be saying (Stay here! we have all of this!)
Santa Fe is a great example of a place along Route 66 where you can stay the night and spend a day or even two, seeing lots of sights, shopping and dining in their downtown and arts district which you can take in entirely on foot once you get to your hotel.