Design team unveils schematic plans for new downtown Oklahoma City arena

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Designers presented schematic designs for a new downtown Oklahoma City arena centered near Myriad Gardens, emphasizing sightlines, circulation, loading capacity and an open, 360-degree concourse. The plan is at roughly 30% design; the council took the schematic under consideration and PPA items including the schematic passed unanimously.

Designers presented schematic designs for a new downtown Oklahoma City arena during an amended public-property-agency agenda item and the schematic was accepted by the council as part of PPA business.

The presentation, led by David Manica of Manica Architecture and introduced by David Todd, MAPS program manager, described a circular, transparent building sited near Myriad Gardens with large entrance plazas on the northwest and southwest corners, a below-grade loading and truck dock on the northeast, a parking structure to the east, and multiple street-level and plaza entrances. Manica said the schematic is roughly 30% complete and emphasized circulation, visibility and backstage logistics.

The design team said the arena’s concourse will be a continuous 360-degree ring with the majority of circulation and concessions pulled ‘‘inside the concourse so that you walk around 360 degrees, and you always have views out of the building.’’ Manica said the…

Design team unveils schematic plans for new downtown Oklahoma City arena

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