(originally posted by sgrizzle)
Ribbon Cutting & Community Open House - Aug 30, 2008
Multifaith Celebration - Aug 31, 2008
Eagles - Sep 6, 2008
Kenny Chesney with LeAnn Rimes - Sep 10, 2008
American Idol: Idols Live! - Sep 13, 2008
Get Motivated - Sep 22, 2008
Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift - Sep 25, 2008
Jeff Dunham - Oct 3, 2008
2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars - Oct 9, 2008
Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City - Oct 13, 2008
So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2008 - Oct 14, 2008
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey OVER THE TOP Circus - Oct 17, 2008
Neil Diamond - Oct 21, 2008
Tulsa Oilers VS Oklahoma City - Oct 25, 2008
Janet Jackson - Oct 26, 2008
Carrie Underwood - Oct 29, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Bossier-Shreveport - Oct 31, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Wichita - Nov 1, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Amarillo - Nov 8, 2008
Eagles - Nov 11, 2008
Celine Dion - Nov 13, 2008
Metallica - Nov 18, 2008
Celtic Thunder - Nov 19, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Mississippi - Nov 21, 2008
NINE INCH NAILS - Nov 22, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Wichita - Nov 23, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Wichita - Nov 28, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Odessa - Nov 29, 2008
Casting Crowns Christmas Celebration - Nov 30, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Texas - Dec 2, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs OKC - Dec 6, 2008
TU vs OU - Dec 7, 2008
Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco - Dec 10-14, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Bossier-Shreveport - Dec 20, 2008
Radio City Christmas Spectacular - Dec 22-24, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Wichita - Dec 26, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Mississippi - Dec 27, 2008
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Dec 29, 2008
Tulsa Oilers vs Bossier-Shreveport - Dec 30, 2008
Harlem Globetrotters - Jan 3, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Texas - Jan 6, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Laredo - Jan 16, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Arizona - Jan 17, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Rio Grande Valley - Jan 20, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Bossier-Shreveport - Jan 22, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Oklahoma City - Jan 23, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Colorado - Feb 03, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Wichita - Feb 10, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Rapid City - Feb 20, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Rapid City - Feb 21, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Colorado - Feb 24, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Rocky Mountain - Feb 27, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs New Mexico - Feb 28, 2009
The World-Famous Lipizzaner Stallions - Mar 1, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Oklahoma City - Mar 03, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Mississippi - Mar 06, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Wichita - Mar 07, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Oklahoma City - Mar 10, 2009
Tulsa Oilers vs Mississippi - Mar 18, 2009
Joyce Meyer - May 14, 2009
Discuss event announcments only in this thread. All else will be deleted.
Would this topic be better lodged under the EVENTS Forum?
It seems Event-related........
No, because that forum is for calendar entries.
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Originally posted by Admin
No, because that forum is for calendar entries.
I should check the EVENTS Forum more often.
I don't get out enough.
How'd we miss Santana?
OKC Ford Center (//%22http://okfordcenter.com/events/Santana.html%22)
...I might've had to buy a ticket.
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Originally posted by Wrinkle
How'd we miss Santana?
OKC Ford Center (//%22http://okfordcenter.com/events/Santana.html%22)
...I might've had to buy a ticket.
Maybe because he was booked pretty early?
Meh, I liked him OK when I was in highschool. Not so much now.
I'm going to say this if nobody else does... Who in the world thought that Janet Jackson was a bigger act than METALLICA?!
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Originally posted by Johnboy976
I'm going to say this if nobody else does... Who in the world thought that Janet Jackson was a bigger act than METALLICA?!
I think if you're part of the 'first family of Pop', you're going to get weighted differently than a bunch of former SF hippies who started out in thrash metal (I have all of their CDs BTW, up to and including the Black Album;anything after that was crap, IMO).
Just thought I would mention that although the website says that Metallica tickets aren't on sale until September 13th, if you click on "get tickets", sure enough, they are already on sale - got mine!
What's going on today? There are tents and things outside.
United Way Day of Caring
Boris 11/22 (opening for NIN)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs6AjuzJJNk
uhmmmm.....okay.
They have got to be better than the opening act in OKC. They were absolutely horrible.
So if Tulsa really wanted a place on the map with young folks, we'd be doing everything we can to bring Phish (they are booking shows for 09 right now). Wanna drop a money spending bomb on downtown Tulsa? Have a party for trust-funded hippies.
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Originally posted by Hoss
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Originally posted by Johnboy976
I'm going to say this if nobody else does... Who in the world thought that Janet Jackson was a bigger act than METALLICA?!
I think if you're part of the 'first family of Pop', you're going to get weighted differently than a bunch of former SF hippies who started out in thrash metal (I have all of their CDs BTW, up to and including the Black Album;anything after that was crap, IMO).
JJ was only 6,000 tickets and the top half of the arena is blocked (curtained) off.
The TU game tonight probably hurt tickets sales[}:)]
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I'm going to say this if nobody else does... Who in the world thought that Janet Jackson was a bigger act than METALLICA?!
The Metallica concert was a new low in that they used metal detectors to make sure people werent bringing cameras inside.
One could argue that it was to check for weapons, but if that were the case they would have ignored the little point-and-shoot cameras.
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Originally posted by patric
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I'm going to say this if nobody else does... Who in the world thought that Janet Jackson was a bigger act than METALLICA?!
The Metallica concert was a new low in that they used metal detectors to make sure people werent bringing cameras inside.
One could argue that it was to check for weapons, but if that were the case they would have ignored the little point-and-shoot cameras.
Metallica probably was trying to keep parts of tonight's performance from showing up on YouTube. Even the dinkiest point-and-shoot cameras now have pretty good video capabilities.
For all of Metallica's rough-and-tough and quasi-outlaw posturing, it's been extermely protective of its material. One word: Napster.
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Originally posted by rwarn17588
For all of Metallica's rough-and-tough and quasi-outlaw posturing, it's been extermely protective of its material. One word: Napster.
Reason #1 I haven't bought anything Metallica since the black album.
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Originally posted by rwarn17588
Metallica probably was trying to keep parts of tonight's performance from showing up on YouTube. Even the dinkiest point-and-shoot cameras now have pretty good video capabilities.
For all of Metallica's rough-and-tough and quasi-outlaw posturing, it's been extermely protective of its material. One word: Napster.
Firstly, I dont think the experience of seeing shaky snippets of blocky flash video on YouTube anwhere near compares to the experience of seeing a live concert, so the record label isnt loosing any money that way.
Secondly, it's not the job of someone in a TPD uniform to enforce the wishes of the record labels, and thirdly,
Napster has been owned by the recording industry since 2001.
...but Im waiting for some suit (or skirt) to say that it was done for our protection. You know, "War on Terror" and all that...
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Originally posted by patric
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Originally posted by rwarn17588
Metallica probably was trying to keep parts of tonight's performance from showing up on YouTube. Even the dinkiest point-and-shoot cameras now have pretty good video capabilities.
For all of Metallica's rough-and-tough and quasi-outlaw posturing, it's been extermely protective of its material. One word: Napster.
Firstly, I dont think the experience of seeing shaky snippets of blocky flash video on YouTube anwhere near compares to the experience of seeing a live concert, so the record label isnt loosing any money that way.
Secondly, it's not the job of someone in a TPD uniform to enforce the wishes of the record labels, [...]
Agreed. But tell Metallica that. As I've said, the band tends to overreact. The Napster case made that abundantly clear.
And if the music act requests certain security measures in its contract, the venue is obliged to comply, whether it's by rent-a-cop or hired TPD officers.
Somebody told me even cell phones were on the hit list. At the metallica show
Napster BADDD!!! (//%22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuR5TNyL8Y%22)
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Originally posted by cmatt1
Somebody told me even cell phones were on the hit list. At the metallica show
The BOK center had a responsibility to tell customers about the bands extreme demands but for some reason didnt. Nor did they deploy enough metal detectors to deal with what they knew was a sellout house, hence the lines and people upset about missing the show. BOK failed this one.
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Originally posted by patric
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Originally posted by cmatt1
Somebody told me even cell phones were on the hit list. At the metallica show
The BOK center had a responsibility to tell customers about the bands extreme demands but for some reason didnt. Nor did they deploy enough metal detectors to deal with what they knew was a sellout house, hence the lines and people upset about missing the show. BOK failed this one.
I've had the same experience at tons of other Arenas. I went to a concert at OKC where different genders had to enter at different sides of the building and then get patted down. I showed up an hour before the doors opened and got seated after the opening act finished.
Anyone who doesnt think the parking is screwed up there should listen to police on scanners during a major event.
Last night I thought there was one hellova standoff, but it was TPD trying to park people hours on end.
Think there was even a high-speed Segway chase [:o)]
It's not the parking. It's the Walmart/Target training everyone's had. It freaks them out when they have to start parking down the street.
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It's not the parking. It's the Walmart/Target training everyone's had. It freaks them out when they have to start parking down the street.
+1
These people must never go to basketball games anywhere other than high school, Oral Roberts, or the 66ers. They must never attend a D-I football game. Heaven forbid they try to go to a concert or event in a city that actually lacks parking (Minneapolis - all the parking is under buildings and impossible to find unless you know what you are doing).
At the Walking with Dinosaurs event I went to people were whining about the parking - the ramp behind the convention center wasn't even half full, courthouse parking was open, and the $10-$20 lots nearby weren't full. What they meant was there is no FREE PARKING immediately across from their destination.
Building a parking garage or god forbid surface parking dedicated to this structure would be crazy. There are 2 public ramps within 4 blocks. Within 6 blocks there are 3 or 4 more. Surface parking, street parking, all sorts of parking. If there was a dedicated structure it would be empty or the complimentary structures would be empty 350 nights a year (16 MAJOR shows that actually fill the thing).
Me? I parked for free near Jo Mammas and walked the ~6 blocks. Oh the humanity!
Here's enough cheese for all of the wine:
(http://www.american.com/graphics/2007/november/cheese_cellar.jpg)
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
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Originally posted by Townsend
It's not the parking. It's the Walmart/Target training everyone's had. It freaks them out when they have to start parking down the street.
+1
These people must never go to basketball games anywhere other than high school, Oral Roberts, or the 66ers. They must never attend a D-I football game. Heaven forbid they try to go to a concert or event in a city that actually lacks parking (Minneapolis - all the parking is under buildings and impossible to find unless you know what you are doing).
At the Walking with Dinosaurs event I went to people were whining about the parking - the ramp behind the convention center wasn't even half full, courthouse parking was open, and the $10-$20 lots nearby weren't full. What they meant was there is no FREE PARKING immediately across from their destination.
Building a parking garage or god forbid surface parking dedicated to this structure would be crazy. There are 2 public ramps within 4 blocks. Within 6 blocks there are 3 or 4 more. Surface parking, street parking, all sorts of parking. If there was a dedicated structure it would be empty or the complimentary structures would be empty 350 nights a year (16 MAJOR shows that actually fill the thing).
Me? I parked for free near Jo Mammas and walked the ~6 blocks. Oh the humanity!
Here's enough cheese for all of the wine:
(http://www.american.com/graphics/2007/november/cheese_cellar.jpg)
Every event I go to at the BOK (and there are a lot; I have season tix to the Oilers, as much as it pains me to admit it with the season they're having) I have parked at the 100 West parking garage.
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=q0s1zb700d6m&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=16711621&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
Garage is at lower right, BOK at upper left. That's a total of two blocks maximum, and for most people about a block and a half.
It takes me a grand total of 3.5 minutes from the corner of 2nd and Cheyenne to get to the main entrance if I walk. If you get there early enough, that lot is ALWAYS open and has spaces. It has nearly 1200 parking places for Pete's sake.
I've lived in a city where arena parking was a pain (Houston) visited many where I've had to walk way further (OKC, Dallas, St. Louis, Kansas City) then I do here. If people are having problems parking, they're not doing it right. Problem is people aren't used to us having big city issues with parking at events because the largest venue we've ever had was 12,000 at the Mabee Center and that has ample parking AND IS PRIVATE.
It just doesn't cease to amaze me that there are STILL people complaining about the parking, when that urban legend for this venue anyway has been dispelled.
Skelly Stadium used to seat 54,000 and has no parking. But I agree with your sentiment. [:D]
I've been to several events at the BOK center this year...and most of the time, I can park on the street, for free, at 2nd and Boulder. Once, I had to park in the actual parking garage. Either way, it's 2 downtown blocks from the event. (Much less than you'd walk at Super Walmart to do some basic shopping.)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3254444584_f63bd04491.jpg?v=0)
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I've been to several events at the BOK center this year...and most of the time, I can park on the street, for free, at 2nd and Boulder. Once, I had to park in the actual parking garage. Either way, it's 2 downtown blocks from the event. (Much less than you'd walk at Super Walmart to do some basic shopping.)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3254444584_f63bd04491.jpg?v=0)
What a great graphic explanation!
Do you think U2 coming to Tulsa?
They announce their upcoming tour schedule on March 09.
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Originally posted by Composer
Do you think U2 coming to Tulsa?
They announce their upcoming tour schedule on March 09.
Hope so. That would be a great one. I'm hoping with the new venue and high ticket sales, it will be an attractive place to land.