Once built, no one will ever get lost on a clear day in OKC, you just find the giant tower on the horizon and you will know where you are
@rchilde1
6 ай бұрын
Pretty much the case even today, but yes - that Legends Tower will be the new landmark for the city if not the whole state/region. lol
@BlNGB0NGCAM
5 ай бұрын
Lol how i get around Chicago with the Sears Tower
@LivinJuanTD
3 ай бұрын
It’s already like that with the Devon Tower 😂😂 you can see it way past city limits in the burbs
@katieandkevinsears7724
6 ай бұрын
I like the height they picked. Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
You picked up on that fact, too. 😊
@TraceSpears
6 ай бұрын
I noticed that
@adielgonzalez4738
6 ай бұрын
Mannnn screw Oklahoma they need to worry about building more skyline then a one lonely tall ahh tower
@bryantint1339
6 ай бұрын
The Sooner State.
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
@@bryantint1339 Yes, I'm aware of Oklahoma's nickname. Thank you.
@MrMason1993
6 ай бұрын
You can see the Devon Tower from just south of Newcastle on I-44 coming into OKC as it is now. You'd probably see this monster from Chickasha! It's absolutely crazy but Im honestly all for it honestly.
@AngelRivera-de1lq
6 ай бұрын
Same. I know alotta ppl here hate it, but I think it'd be rlly cool to have. Would it stick out like a sore thumb more then the Devin tower already does? Yeah. But okc is thinking of a skyline 4 the future. Might look stupid now, but every skyline starts somewhere
@theflamingeagle572
6 ай бұрын
@@AngelRivera-de1lq Exactly!
@drainstats
6 ай бұрын
OKC of all places though is wild
@theflamingeagle572
6 ай бұрын
It makes it more intriguing
@utopiaOKC
6 ай бұрын
Our tallest building is like 55 stories lol
@teejay7149
6 ай бұрын
Stop hating
@drainstats
6 ай бұрын
@@teejay7149 my apologies ✋️🫤🤚
@zandaroos553
6 ай бұрын
@@teejay7149eh, I’m still gonna hate from the the “skyscrapers are dumb moneysinks” perspective. Build a revitalized beautiful downtown & midtown with that money instead of a big glass dick
@urbenhuman2041
6 ай бұрын
Dubai in Oklahoma, the parallels are evident
@webcamthemesongs
6 ай бұрын
Oklahoma genocided natives, UAE genocided Yemeni people
@boxsterman77
6 ай бұрын
Unless you’ve been to both places.
@nygeriunprence
6 ай бұрын
How?
@Siethon1
6 ай бұрын
The oil money matches up too 😂
@mikeymutual5489
6 ай бұрын
They sure are. A desperate attempt at importance, when it is not at all deserved.
@dansimon1100
6 ай бұрын
That would be one super tall building in Oklahoma. New York City would be like we gotta build taller.
@AnixCo1990
6 ай бұрын
They can either rebuild the twin towers at 2,001 feet high. Or the Hotel Attraction at 1,926 feet high, the year Antoni Gaudi died. And Chicago can build the Chicago Spire, at least twice the height that it was originally going to be.
@ortegaperu8510
6 ай бұрын
Yes, a skyscraper race 🏁 👏
@davehughesfarm7983
6 ай бұрын
NY is done they don fooked up and going backwards
@mikeymutual5489
6 ай бұрын
No, NYC doesn't need to be measuring d--ks with this jerkwater city.
@adielgonzalez4738
6 ай бұрын
Yea cause ain’t no way a empty ass city worrying about building the tallest in the americas instead of building some average height skyscrapers first
@KrispressonNails
6 ай бұрын
I’m from Oklahoma City and our city is growing like crazy since the pandemic. A lot of people from the West Coast and East Coast can’t afford their houses anymore so the low cost of living is amazing. The crime rate is lower here and we’re close to Dallas in Texas. Big hubs a business, but we need in our cities what they should invest in is light rail and high-speed trains connecting to Dallas Tulsa another part of the country, Oklahoma is a complicated beautiful state. We have a pros and cons or stereotypes but the people here are super nice low cost-of-living and I believe we can do anything we put our minds to ❤
@brianjones7660
5 ай бұрын
the interstate highway system caused urban sprawl, the suburbs oozed out from the city center NOW lets have light rail to make it easier to deal drugs and such from the city centers and such. The Law of Unintended Consequences always wins....be wary.
@bigboybuilder
3 ай бұрын
the only way rail will work is if people can drive onto the train so they can have the car with them there. Rail companies MUST be able to fund themselves, after all Amtrack is a money pit.
@MineZack2
3 ай бұрын
Yeah I’m worried this will change if the population grows too fast, the bigger a city gets, the more expensive and overwhelming it gets. (Usually)
@TylerMcLaughlin-yb8hj
2 ай бұрын
Same I’m from Oklahoma imagine riding this thing out in a tornado
@drewmorg.
Ай бұрын
Hi Kris I watch a lot of OKC videos as I'm a Californian potentially looking to relocate. Every video shows the beautiful and clean downtown OKC but there seem to be NO ONE in sight... what's the deal with that ?? These videos are recent too
@varunuchil107
6 ай бұрын
Giddey’s face crossed out cracked me up LOL nice video man
@BeaverGeography
6 ай бұрын
Jalen Williams is on my fantasy team
@varunuchil107
6 ай бұрын
@@BeaverGeography ah I see you’re a man of culture as well
@matthearne4849
6 ай бұрын
The population of OKC proper, as of 2024, is over 702,000 people. I'm from Minneapolis and currently reside in OKC. If you look at some old photos and/or videos of the Minneapolis skyline, it was much like Oklahoma City is today. There was one super tall skyscraper, the IDS Tower, which stood out magnificently against the skyline in 1973. After the IDS was built, a bunch of other tall structures, which are similar in height to the IDS, began to pop up, all over the downtown landscape. To this day, MPLS proper is still architecturally evolving, and it only has a core population of 426,000 people. Dubai is also a city, which sprung up from out of nowhere. Further proof that if you build it, they will come. This will be a huge win for OKC.
@User31129
5 ай бұрын
Miami was also a quiet town prior to 1950. It being far from anywhere else and no air conditioning held it back.
@-OAK-
5 ай бұрын
That’s what I’m sayin, if this is built it would possible grow to a population of a million by 2035 Dubai tripled in population so 300k isn’t to far of a reach
@TRUUUUUUUUUUMP
4 ай бұрын
They definitely set the City Park up for huge development on each side, all the way to the river too.
@joelc9492
6 ай бұрын
So glad you made a video on this! Sending appreciation from OKC!
@TRUUUUUUUUUUMP
4 ай бұрын
To be honest we don’t get Tornadoes in the downtown area.. It’s usually south towards Moore/Norman, and head Northeast to The Shawnee area, and then typically west out by El Reno. I’m excited about this, and I hope they build it. Coupled with the new Thunder Arena, and a new MLS stadium, it’ll be the central hub for both professional sports. We just built a huge Central Park area to be developed on all sides too.. people sleep on OKC. But here we are!
@ganapatikamesh
6 ай бұрын
As someone from Oklahoma and who lived in the OKC metro area several years ago, I appreciate you covering this more thoroughly than other nonlocal news sources seemed to have. Most of them didn't go into much depth about there being the other three buildings on the site, about what would be in all these buildings, why it's proposed for the Bricktown District in the downtown core of the city, etc. So I appreciate that you went into more details about this. I'm gonna share this video with friends from outside the state who've already inquired about this and also save it in case I get asked again. This is just a good video that I feel answers a lot of what I've gotten asked about it so far from folks not from here.
@SeaBassTian
6 ай бұрын
Love this content! I know Bricktown has become a local destination over the past decade and this project would take it to the next level.
@haydenbryan6244
5 ай бұрын
OKC Resident here - we have never had a tornado pathway go through downtown OKC since we started recording them in the early 1800s. Lots of natural wind barriers around us that break up some of the rotation and speeds, not really a worry for this building. Hail on the other hand.....
@jonlyn8372
5 ай бұрын
That’s actually not true okc just gotten lucky
@stickynorth
6 ай бұрын
It's a long-shot to get built but I hope it does. It looks out of place now in the renderings but buildings like this always have a magnet effect since it generally adds value to all those buildings around it. The Burj Dubai/Khalifa is a classic example of this. While the hotel/office space was seen as a bit of a loss leader, the revenues from the area around the tower rose dramatically more so it made up for it and then some... And of course the revenues from the observation deck are ALWAYS the most profitable spaces in any skyscraper and why some get built in the first place. Gensler released a PDF on this 10 years ago for the Chicago Spire site outlining the economics of modern towers and this has only increased from that timeframe... Selling $50 lift passes (like in ski resorts) is how you make your bread and butter!
@lamontjohnson5810
6 ай бұрын
Agreed it's a long shot. But if you think the office (and hotel) space is a bit of a loss leader for the Burj Khalifa, you haven't seen anything for how bad it will be for this tower. The thing is, the areas around the BK were destined to grow just because of the insane amount of oil money the UAE were throwing into making Dubai a world-class city in an attempt to diversify their economy away from oil dependency. Plus, it's an exotic location, and over the past few decades, celebrities and the rich helped promote Dubai as "the next best thing". You won't have any of that going on here in OKC. Yes, OKC is growing fast (and of course, has oil of its own - LOL) but building a mammoth structure like this in this area and expecting it to draw even half of the development that the Burj Khalifa drew after its debut is an even longer shot. Unless they plan to allocate a large portion of this building as residential, it just might get built, but I don't see that happening with the three smaller initial towers to be built mostly being residental already. And they will have a problem filling this building with commercial and corporate tenants. Being that the top employer in OKC by a mile is the state government, followed by various healtcare organizations, who all have their own facilities. Plus with the more appealing option to businesses, the DFW metroplex, only three hours to the south, I don't see this project being that much of a draw as it needs to be in order to justify its existence. I also don't think observation deck revenue alone will be enough to justify building it. But I would love to see them have the balls to build it anyway. 😁
@User31129
5 ай бұрын
Observation decks are so damn overpriced. That's why I've only ever been to like two in my life. Hancock in Chicago and Rockefeller in NYC. If you want to count Washington Monument, that's three.
@ShellymanStudios
6 ай бұрын
I don't see it being built, but I can see the smaller buildings being built, and that's the most it'll get out of it. I could be wrong, so let's see what happens. 🤷🏾♂️
@KCBasketballShots
6 ай бұрын
As a current resident of OKC I totally agree. However I hope they build it.
@patrickgagne8795
5 ай бұрын
Ya I don’t see it either or the big Disney..ish park that’s planned but it would be awesome
@OKCmiko
5 ай бұрын
Funding just got secured so hopefully it goes down, or should I say up
@ShellymanStudios
5 ай бұрын
@@OKCmiko I just heard 🤣🤣
@dwightanderson8331
2 ай бұрын
Same thing was said about Devon tower. It will be built but I don't know about 1907 ft tall. Maybe 12 to 1500.
@BigFemto1
6 ай бұрын
Such a great video as always Beaver I wholeheartedly agree with you in the fact that this would transform OKC in a completely new way. I was raised here and loved how you did your research on the zoning for the area never knew it was only 300ft limit plus seeing how the city approved the millions in TIF. I think all the towers will be built, just the “Legends Tower” maybe half of the proposed height. I don’t think there would be a demand all the way there for 1,907ft that would be incredibly challenging to get approved for example the tornadoes everyone has mentioned. Non the less I’m excited and proud for the future of the city great video again
@MC_aigorithm
6 ай бұрын
I hope we're entering the era of commemorating year dates with building heights.. especially because that means a ton of towers between 1,500-1,600 ft and 2,020-2,030 ft tall 😁👍
@gameboygamer6498
6 ай бұрын
They should totally do this!! It would be so badass!
@user-rc5qk6ck8c
3 ай бұрын
my sister lives in edmond just north of the city..youll probably see it from her house.. i love okc ill give them credit for their creativity and boldness in development projects .. i think its great i hope they build it ..bring in more jobs and tourism and it will be a giant middle finger to new york city saying we are growing great !! who says you can be the only city with high towers!!
@williambrassfield4155
2 ай бұрын
If you could see old Liberty Tower from NW 18th and Sante Fe in Moore (which I could when I was a kid and still can) you'll be able to see this all the way to Guthrie.
@stussymishka
6 ай бұрын
DO IT !! Happy for OKC they deserve to shine too. Texas, Cali, NY get enough attention.
@DJ_BROBOT
6 ай бұрын
its about damn time we get a city in the states that wants to build tall...every damn American city is being super conserrvative while the rest of the world is going nuts. I hope they get a gigantic building boom off of this...we need to get building again in our other mid-sized cities
@blackhole9961
6 ай бұрын
There simply isn't a need to build such tall buildings, especially when American cities can spread out near infinitely in every direction
@jcmartinez7527
6 ай бұрын
When I heard of this, I thought it was just a aspirational goal. Not really a real project. We also have had earthquakes up to 5.1 magnitudes recently. I’d believe it if it was 800 ft or the same as the Devon tower. But twice that is crazy.
@stickynorth
6 ай бұрын
Tokyo has 2000' buildings and is rocked by quakes on the regular, your point is what again? Don't build skyscrapers in subduction zones? Too late for that! Most people live in coastal cities which also happen to be earthquake zones and modern skyscrapers tend to the the safest buildings in those conditions. If you are truly scared about OK City you'd want to live in this tower now the poorly built sprawl around it...
@jcmartinez7527
6 ай бұрын
@@stickynorth i know that. But I can imagine that the added cost of the earthquake mitigation engineering might make it unfeasible.
@drewwassel3367
6 ай бұрын
Skyscrapers are actually less likely to collapse in earthquakes than mid-rise buildings because they can flex a lot without snapping.
@KID_JEDI_76
6 ай бұрын
With OKC being near the heart of 'tornado alley', they'd have to get a great engineer team to design that thing, especially at 1900ft. *edit... yeah, as I'm writing this, @ 7:10 you mention the heavy prevalent threat of tornadoes in the region.
@markbajek2541
6 ай бұрын
Doubtful that a tornado would destroy the building but it probably would bust a bunch of windows , so you'd have to have a design to easily replace a window at 1400 feet or so and have a supplier stocking a few extra panes just in case some house from Kansas comes sailing on by.
@savagekingtexas_3990
6 ай бұрын
It's quite rare for a tornado to hit downtown since it's small compared to the rest of the city
@RealHeyMark
6 ай бұрын
That is a LOT of new space for a smaller metro like OKC. Is there actually enough demand for it?
@rchilde1
6 ай бұрын
yep!
@RK-bx1by
6 ай бұрын
Doubt it. Even Chinese skyscrapers in much larger megacities failed to be much successful (hence few of them being built now compared to before). And, besides, if a place like OKC even had the demand, then much larger cities such as LA and NYC would've already built something of this scale. This project is giving off major The LINE vibes (another vanity "project" in Saudi Arabia).
@AL-lh2ht
6 ай бұрын
@@RK-bx1bycomparing the line to this is a bit extreme.
@colormedubious4747
6 ай бұрын
@@rchilde1 Nope!
@wmw05
6 ай бұрын
@@rchilde1OKC looks barren...
@exclusivebarber405
6 ай бұрын
As a person born and raised in OKC , OKC has 1.4 million people and growing we have crept up into the top 20 largest cities in the US at around 19th, still have a ways to go, but we have quietly passed alot of cities, alot of people try and talk down on OKC, most have never been, or have driven through and thats it, the fact of the matter is we growing, thats just the facts! Now will this skyscraper really be built that remains to be seen, but we, did just pass a bond for 900 million dollar arena for the Thunder
@user-vb3my5jc9y
6 ай бұрын
That’s crazy that Oklahoma City is now bigger than Buffalo NY, the second largest city in NYS
@craftsmanctfl3493
6 ай бұрын
I’m likely to move to OKC in a year or so. Please wait until I’ve moved there before making it too popular!
@user-vb3my5jc9y
6 ай бұрын
@@craftsmanctfl3493 it’s not that great. You haven’t anything to worry about. Lastly, the area is built on flat land so there’s plenty of room for growth. The reason why certain cities are expensive is because they are topographical challenged, surrounded by water, and rugged terrain which inhibits growth
@ramenfighter370_3
6 ай бұрын
I live in okc and I am so for this to be built!
@davidwest8598
4 ай бұрын
For those who question if it would be occupied...perhaps not so much at first, but remember, the Empire State Building sat pretty much empty until the 1950's. Its a marathon, not a sprint.
@RealGJZig
6 ай бұрын
Am I the *ONLY ONE* getting two kind of vibes from this project? One is a probable Midwest version of the Ryugyong hotel in Pyongyang. I mean, while OKC is growing, I genuinely don't see a 1900 ft tall building in the middle of nowhere filling up that fast to be profitable in 20 years. I can see it a few hundred miles to the south/southeast (Austin, Dallas, Houston), but, even then, it'll take a decade to turn a profit. The whole overblown scale of the project brings me to the second vibe, which I'll politely call "male ego enhancement." (I don't want you in trouble for my theories, Beaver!) I honestly think that the mind behind this is typical of other American real estate developers of the last few decades, in that they feel smaller than their colleagues, and need to do something to leave their mark, whether it's building a huge symbol, or running for office. Either way, they fail.
@aeugenegray
6 ай бұрын
The big tower won't ever be built. It's just render porn to bring eyes to the rest of the project
@davidlandry3487
6 ай бұрын
It's the Tower of Dreams! "If they build it, they will come!" It worked in the movies, so it's got to be true, right?
@pjesf
6 ай бұрын
“Male ego enhancement” aka SDE 😂 And I agree completely 👍🏻
@colormedubious4747
6 ай бұрын
Instead of any sort of phallic euphemism, call it a "pointless vanity project."
@RealGJZig
6 ай бұрын
@@colormedubious4747 you're the only one that called it that 😉
@coryriley7939
5 ай бұрын
There is 1.2 million people in the metropolitan area of Oklahoma City Oklahoma City has been annexing land and working with the suburban cities around it for many years now and it's bigger than what you have described in this video
@rchilde1
4 ай бұрын
1.5 million now. It was 1.2 million in 2010.
@romanrat5613
6 ай бұрын
This is hilarious and I would be very happy if they did do it but otherwise, OKC should really focus on filling in the ridiculous amount of vacant land and surface parking
@travist.7279
6 ай бұрын
Could it be more "insane" or "out-of-place" than the Burj Khalifa? I say, build it!
@KCBudz
6 ай бұрын
I would want new buildings in Kansas City too. But that tall??? Nah.
@philipgermani1616
6 ай бұрын
Great report! This could be amazing, and could challenge places like Columbus, Ohio to reach for the skies.
@thebahooplamaster
6 ай бұрын
Sounds like a front seat view to the tornados
@user-cl2es9iu1j
4 ай бұрын
Our OKC motto: The Modern Frontier
@FatManWalking18
6 ай бұрын
looks like OK City will be giving us the bird- via their giant middle finger, err building
@user-cl2es9iu1j
4 ай бұрын
You failed to mention that the developers have ALREADY fully secured the financing for the project. OKC is not trying to build the tallest building in America, it is a pride point that Oklahoma became a State in 1907, thus the height being 1907 feet tall. Don’t make it a competition thing!
@willrobinson4976
6 ай бұрын
I saw this on another video that this is not happening now.
@EMAN00619
6 ай бұрын
Was it ever happening? I mean its Oklahoma....
@rchilde1
6 ай бұрын
this is definitely happening. the question is if Legends tower will be 1907 feet or lower.
@DCSooners2000
6 ай бұрын
No decision has been made, definitely don’t think it will be 1907, more than likely will be closer to the original 1,750 ft tower.
@mmonroe2008
4 ай бұрын
Well, funding is secured, City Council is approved, only needs zoning approval now. So what now?
@tjanderson575
6 ай бұрын
I love the idea and I hope it happens!
@stussymishka
6 ай бұрын
If they build this i would literally move to Oklahoma. Not even joking.
@jonlyn8372
5 ай бұрын
I might remember this
@loralarose9615
4 ай бұрын
It Repub and city clean . We don’t do progressive socialist commies here . We keeping it red we are not racist I never seen anyone act racist the news lie
@aaronholcomb237
4 ай бұрын
When flying from Dallas to OKC, most flight paths circle around the north side of downtown to get to a southbound runway at Will Rogers World Airport. It would give an interesting look from the plane coming in if it were built.
@sbrown9020
6 ай бұрын
Great detail. Thanks
@qorymij37
4 ай бұрын
Yessir, I'll be able to see it 45 minutes away when the sun rises. Looking up on 44 and seeing what looks like a crack on will sure look nice. (nor really, its not sarcasm) Chickashaian here! (ITS PRONOUNCED CHICK-UH-SHAY)
@Twinkleteaching
29 күн бұрын
Lived here my whole life, tornadoes are extremely rare to hit around the downtown area. They are usually in the suburbs of the OKC area. I can't remember one ever hitting downtown.
@michaelpotts1131
6 ай бұрын
It’s certain that this skyscraper will be designed to withstand both a direct hit from an EF-5 tornado and earthquakes. Plus I’d imagine that they will not only have cameras, but many other weather instruments as well.
@HelpICantThinkOfACleverName
6 ай бұрын
I think that Legends Tower's height is comedic when compared to OKC's current skyline. I don't know if the people of OKC are in favor of it or not, but if they aren't, then I see it being like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or the original world trade center in NYC, where they were once hated by their city's citizens when built, but eventually found themselves as world-famous icons that their city's people love/loved. Of course, I'm from the St. Louis area, so I don't really get a say in whether Legends Tower gets approved or not, but I kind of hope it does, as long as OKC's weather doesn't pose a danger to it. I mean, both the fastest-rotating and largest tornados recorded having struck the area, with the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado, and the 2013 El Reno tornado respectively. So many tornados just barely miss OKC, or graze the outer city limits. But, as long as the weather isn't a bigger problem than it already is, and building this won't harm the local housing market or anything, I say to go for it. Would I like a 1821 ft tall building in St. Louis? No. Purely because of the Gateway Arch. It shouldn't be dwarfed by another local building. Plus, OKC has like 700K people, and a booming population. St. Louis doesn't even have 300K anymore, and has been hemorrhaging residents for decades. (Just the city, the metro is still increasing.) Maybe building it Kansas City someday? Also, we have tornados too, just not as many as OKC But hey, I might be able to see Legends Tower from my home city, even with the Ozarks in the way.
@-OAK-
5 ай бұрын
I’m all for it, it looks great and fits in perfectly (atleast in the back of the city, where all the other skyscrapers are)
@-OAK-
6 ай бұрын
When you looks at the buildings from a view when you’re behind the Devon tower, it doesn’t look to bad. It’s look’s actually pretty good when the angle is right. But alone I’ll admit it’s a bit funky
@rebeccawinter472
6 ай бұрын
If it gets built, hopefully it helps catalyze the “dense urban fabric” (paraphrasing B1M) that OKC currently lacks. Seems like OKC in 50 years is gonna be bungalows and supertalls. The most extreme example of the “missing middle”
@rchilde1
6 ай бұрын
a few slight corrections. The population figure cited was from 2020 census, OKC is 703,000 as of 2023, metro area is 1.5 million. Also, I believe the Boardwalk at Bricktown development is approved by the city as is the $200 million TIF (rebate), but you're correct in that they need to get variances for the tower heights. While not everyone will like OKC or its skyline, the city has been improving for decades and the next 5-10 years will probably be the biggest in history. The tornado argument is bogus, yes - OKC is the most tornado prone major city in the world, however, none of them hit downtown and even if they did there wouldn't necessarily be the same damage as the stick built suburbs they do hit. Tornadoes also hit Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and so on and OKC already has a tower nearly 1000 feet in the Devon Tower. I'm positive that just like homes in OKC, all existing and any new towers downtown will be built with tornadoes, straight line winds, earthquakes, and floods in mind. I agree with Beaver that this development is real and anticipate the city will approve the variances. Also, Matteson stated they want to start construction by June 2024 on the 2 residential and Dream by Hilton hotel tower, podium, and parking (phase 1). The supertall is the 4th tower, it's height will depend on performas of the first two - but if you look at the composition, this is set up to be a success given this will be somewhat first-to-market for OKC, the existing luxury highrise (conversions) have done extremely well, OKC is continuing to not only grow but attract the urban market, and like Beaver mentioned - the Legends Tower supertall will be OKC's landmark identitifying structure (aka Space Needle, etc) that just so happens to be a fully livable structure. One other thing to note, OKC has several developable lots immediately nearby the new arena site and where Legends tower will be - Legends will likely encourage further development which WILL fill-in the skyline expanding the CBD further south and 'hopefully' will change some minds about OKC and its skyline. And hopefully, will encourage New York and Chicago to build higher!
@User31129
5 ай бұрын
As much as I'm not holding my breath that this ever happens, the "woah factor" would be no different than the CN Tower in Toronto.
@SpecOpsFerret
5 ай бұрын
500M Indoor water park resort, 1B Arena, 1B Disney-quality theme park and now a 1.5B skyscraper. Flat is where its at.
@ricccha
6 ай бұрын
it would look kinda odd but i like the idea of it. the USA created the skyscraper and used to lead the world in height but we seem to have lost the desire to build tall. maybe it could inspire the rest of the country to set records as well.
@8mydaydream409
6 ай бұрын
I hope they don't build that building. It's unnecessary to build that just for the sake of saying "Look y'all we have the tallest!" It will look out of place.
@rchilde1
4 ай бұрын
No. It’s never been about being the tallest. It’s been about creating a market in downtown. The only reason why the tallest came about is due to 1907, which in honor of the state which therefore would make it the new tallest.
@01gravestone8
5 ай бұрын
I like the idea!
@Cartier_specialist
5 ай бұрын
I live like 9 miles directly east of the proposed building and to me it looks like it would give me shade all afternoon. That thing is massive.
@miketoronto8308
5 ай бұрын
They really should build this, think of all the housing it'd provide and city revenue from tourism. I'm not from OKC but if my team where playing the Thunder and I could go watch the game, walk across the street, and see the tallest building in America, I think I'd just have to fork up some vacation money. Lot of Floridians like myself, see Oklahoma as flyover country but that 1900ft concrete pillar would be a big middle finger to any plane in North America that is skipping out on Oklahoma.
@iseewood
6 ай бұрын
I recently visited Las Vegas and went to the Stratosphere there, the tallest structure in Vegas with a slew of attractions and a massive observation deck. It was absolutely dead. Walked right on, practically had the whole observation deck to ourselves. These kind of novelties don’t have staying power, plus in OKC, there is absolutely nothing to see from the top. If this gets built, I’m sure there will be big hoopla at first, but I think gimmicks like this flame out pretty fast. I don’t think any other city will feel pressure to build a super tall structure to beat OKC once they see what a boondogle it is.
@rpvitiello
6 ай бұрын
The stratosphere isn’t a highrise building, it’s an observation deck built on stilts on the edge of the strip. This is a building, with occupied floors filled with apartments and hotel rooms, right next to an expensive major tourist attraction in the city.
@Wewwers
6 ай бұрын
bro its a private development what do you mean boondogle
@donovansteltzner9080
6 ай бұрын
The Strat is probably one of the worst large properties in Vegas, and on the southern end of the not-so-great section of town.
@Atlridesharejay
6 ай бұрын
Everyone who does these videos should agree to use the MSA population. Not the cities themselves. The OKC MSA is 1.5M people.
@DefensisIndus
6 ай бұрын
I like how it looks like American 'Art Deco' architecture but futuristic 👍
@TheRealWalkingJourney
6 ай бұрын
I really hope they make this skyscraper and much taller.
@MrChilili
6 ай бұрын
1700 ft? I thought we were just saying it was 1900 ft
@markbajek2541
6 ай бұрын
1907
@rchilde1
6 ай бұрын
It's 1750 to the roof with a spire bringing it to 1907.
@tornadokegan
6 ай бұрын
Fun fact. You would not be able to see it from New York, but you could see it from Dallas Fort Worth. In a airplane at 15000 ft wirh binoculars
@MSDesignASMR
6 ай бұрын
It is quite tall for the area.... the articles I'm reading (read many) mention that it's a proposal, but not sure if they will have the funding to make it a reality
@-OAK-
5 ай бұрын
They secured funding a couple of weeks ago, all they need is approval
@JohnKennethHuszagh
6 ай бұрын
Would be hilarious, honestly, I love it
@Anonymous-sy7or
4 ай бұрын
Given the fact that Oklahoma City is growing at a rapid pace, give it 10-20 years I doubt it’ll stick out so much as skyline will have changed dramatically with increased population and businesses, seems like a long time, but it’s a not in terms of city, development and construction
@JeffRozanVideos
6 ай бұрын
That would be some pluto in aquarius type stuff for america amazing
@fakenamejones4254
4 ай бұрын
"With there being no market for two arenas across from each other" Check out Des Moines, Wells Fargo Arena right next to the older Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The Iowa Barnstormers arena football team has played in both
@phillipdavis3316
6 ай бұрын
Nice pic of you meeting Scott Madison.
@frontiercitythrills586
5 ай бұрын
The architecture (AO) and the City has to wait for the FAA to get the approval first for the height requirement. And from the latest interview from OETA, that process is already underway. The 3 other towers will begin construction this summer.
@Westlander857
6 ай бұрын
OKC: We’re going to build the tallest skyscraper in the country! F5 tornadoes: Am I a joke to you?
@beastdork19
6 ай бұрын
There hasn’t been an ef5 in over a decade, but the last one was in Moore, Oklahoma so it is possible.
@-OAK-
6 ай бұрын
OKC has only been hit by tornadoes twice, and down town has never been hit.
@-OAK-
5 ай бұрын
@@beastdork19downtown OKC has never once been hit by a tornado tho, so it’s almost in the negatives of possibility, possibly the same probability of New York being hit by one
@AngelPandaEarth
6 ай бұрын
Literally me playing Cities: Skylines placing a supertall builfing among smaller towers be like
@danielhavrilla4380
6 ай бұрын
Lol I was thinking the same thing
@jerrytherobot
3 ай бұрын
I read that eighty years from now the three most populous cities in the US will all be in Texas. Three hour drive from Dallas, this won’t seem so crazy then
@ix830
3 ай бұрын
It'd be a feat if this gets built. I think there's still a benefit if doesn't materialize. One big benefit is that it markets OKC as a place that wants to support bold investments. While OKC is out of the way for most people, the city continues to evolve in exciting ways. Another big benefit is that the city has or will be modernizing its zoning and development regulations. In many mid-size cities, the talk about parking would immediately derail a project like this.
@TheChordstruckPony
2 ай бұрын
Just to add some unsaid updates: The city council has approved of an "unlimited" height zoning condition for the development. Furthermore, the design is being further reviewed and tested for wind tunnel and seismic endurance trials (the first to simulate response to tornadic wind speeds, the second to address the now recurring earthquakes from fracking).
@jonathanhess4735
5 ай бұрын
Simple reason why… population boom. Okc has moved into the top 20 largest cities in the US of A 🇺🇸! The suburbs are growing more rapidly than I can ever remember in any place I’ve ever lived across this country. Population=demand. Demand for food, entertainment, living, and with the wealth that has come to the area, it also demands high end amenities. It will be built but my guess is it won’t be 1900ft. More like 1300
@almightysosa3007
6 ай бұрын
Seems like there’s no shortage of space in OKC, I always thought you build high when you can’t build wide, but they sure can build wide there.
@JL-sm6cg
6 ай бұрын
I actually caught the subtle joke on the height. 1,907 ft for 1907, the year Oklahoma became a state.
@RKelleyCook
6 ай бұрын
They are in Oklahoma City and there's not a lot of people in the area. How could they possible fill the building with tenants? Ready Player One's BSC idea for Oklahoma City to just stack old mobile homes together jenga style makes much more sense than a 1900 foot tower.
@soonerproud
6 ай бұрын
I live a few blocks from downtown and there are a ton of residences being built all over the area in and surrounding downtown OKC. It's urbanizing fast.
@theresemalmberg955
6 ай бұрын
Stacking old mobile homes together jenga style in a state known for tornadoes? Reminds me of the old joke about the scientists who designed a computer to study tornadoes. The first thing the computer told them to do was to buy a couple of trailers. So they did. Then they asked the computer what do we do next? The computer said, Wait. What do you mean? they asked. What are the trailers for? The computer replied, bait.
@rchilde1
6 ай бұрын
aside from the false jab, it's clear you're not aware of OKC or it's growth.
@RKelleyCook
6 ай бұрын
@@rchilde1 Two part response: this was mostly a joke and it is clear that you never read Ready Player One --- which, unlike Spielberg's movie, initially takes place in Oklahoma City. Secondly, even taking into account OKC's recent growth spurt, it has a CSA (combined statistical area - aka OKC and all its suburbs) population of ~1.5M which ranks 39th in the United States. That is not very big and the first point stands; there is no way there are enough tenants in the area to fill a 1900 foot tall building.
@azimuth4850
6 ай бұрын
Migrants
@stewlittle13
6 ай бұрын
The Thunder moved to OKC in 2008.
@herzogsbuick
6 ай бұрын
to quote the bumper stickers i saw all over oklahoma city and the rest of the state while my band was on tour there: "Keep Oklahoma Awful" it's like "Keep Portland Weird" or "Keep Austin Weird" except it actually means something
@Jonus_Grumby
4 ай бұрын
Tornado alley has moved east. Not sure why you don't hear there more as almost every time they speak of tornados now it's east of Oklahoma.
@gregoryferraro7379
6 ай бұрын
This is absurd. There is no way this could possibly be profitable. The Shanghai Tower and the Burj Kalifah only exist because they were government funded vanity projects. Despite that, the Shanghai Tower was half vacant for the first several years of its life! Other supertall buildings have not fared much better - and that was *before* the massive drop in demand for office space post-Covid. If even NYC's supertall residential towers are mostly unoccupied investment properties, what seriously makes anyone think that this new tower in OKC could ever have enough tenants to be profitable? I have no doubt that the city council and probably the state government would be persuaded to put taxpayer money into it as an "infrastructure project for the public good." Which just means the private investors will probably end up saddling the city with the bill once the project cataclysmically fails to meet expectations. It looks cool, though.
@Shroomy801
6 ай бұрын
I love geography channels.
@pjesf
6 ай бұрын
I’ll hold off on booking my travel ‘til it’s completed
@richh650
3 ай бұрын
OC's population is due to it's city limits covering such a very large area, so having its population in an area much larger than most large counties cover, isn't really saying much compared to other cities.
@Quentin-vi4zi
6 ай бұрын
It would be across the old arena eight? Not the new one? Like on the place which is now occupied by a parking lot?
@mrrockdaddy100
6 ай бұрын
That is crazy but another city you should talk about is Newark and the Halo tower's
@andykillsu
6 ай бұрын
Yeah it’s not going to happen, they will build the 3 smaller towers and that’s it. There is just no way that there is enough density to support that type of building in OKC.
@markbajek2541
6 ай бұрын
Maybe it can be the new Salesforce building and the lobby floor won't have feces all over it like it does in SF
@azimuth4850
6 ай бұрын
Migrant housing.
@williammeeks6269
4 ай бұрын
The city approved the heights . So they are preparing to start construction
@matthewheide4797
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, sure, ok, sounds good and lemme know how this works out. Sounds really cool as long as I don't pay for it.
@Damond_Warrior
6 ай бұрын
Hey man maybe you should make emc videos again now that you rejoined
@pepperonish
6 ай бұрын
I'm still skeptical it will ever be built.
@benmcreynolds8581
6 ай бұрын
I don't know if it's because I was born and raised in a town in Oregon but I am not a fan of skyscrapers, or really tall buildings in general. There's so many other ways we could utilize architecture and building off of our surrounding environment.. So I think it's pretty bland to just build these skyscrapers all over. Plus it seems anything that would be in them would be unaffordable. Maybe we could try new formats going forward. (random: I've been curious about how the UK has low income housing programs to help keep things from falling apart. Yet America is dealing with our cities falling apart MUCH more and yet we are yet to try what the UK is doing for those dealing with poverty. People are clearly struggling and others are frustrated seeing things go to crap around town. So why would America not attempt something like the UK does? Anything is better than us currently doing nothing and acting like there isn't a huge cost of living issue nowadays..)
@KliggLasser
4 ай бұрын
This video didn't address the single biggest hurdle against getting this thing built; the development has to pencil out financially. Banks won't loan money to finance this project if they don't think the developers will be able to pay them back. The city won't issue a construction permit unless several banks have singed on to provide financial assurance. This is part of how cities try to make sure that buildings don't end up only half built and then abandoned due to developers running out of financing.
@Random.ChanneI
6 ай бұрын
3:28 half of Downtown is parking. What a shame.
@TheAntichrist84
6 ай бұрын
The tornado thing isn't a small deal, see the fort Worth 2000 tornado
@dorkusmaximus3033
6 ай бұрын
Oklahoma City hasn't built highrise residential since the 1960s. Is there much of a market for highrise residential there?
@satoril928
5 ай бұрын
This is like Oklahoma's Burj Khalifa. I'm surprised we haven't built something twice the size of the Burj yet just cause of 'Murrica yet btw
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