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Article: Tulsa's New BOK Center Arena.
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- Construction News
- Article date:
- January 5, 2009
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By R. G. Pickard
Two Oklahoma major players team up to build arena.
In August 2008, Tulsa Vision Builders, a joint collaboration between Flintco Inc. and Manhattan Construction Co., completed construction of the $196-million BOK (Bank of Oklahoma) Center multipurpose arena for the city of Tulsa, OK. The three-year construction of the BOK Center was funded with $178 million in public funds and $18 million in private donations, and is part of a long-term development plan for the city of Tulsa known as the Vision 2025 long-range development initiative.
The BOK Center was designed by architect Cesar Pelli, and Matrix Architects, Engineers and ...