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Article: Hornets to Play 35 Games in Oklahoma City
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- September 23, 2005
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JEFF LATZKE, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
09-23-2005
Dateline: OKLAHOMA CITY
The interior of Oklahoma City's Ford Center is pictured Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005. The arena, which has a seating capacity of 19,675 for basketball, will serve as the temporary home for the New Orleans Hornets. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Full of hopes, dreams and potential, Oklahoma City built a 20,000-seat arena without a major-league team to call its own.
It wasn't quite "Field of Dreams." No cornfield was cleared to make way for the Ford Center in June 2002. But there was no sign of the NBA or the NHL, either.
Three years later, the gamble paid off. The city now has its first chance in its 116-year history to host a ...