Construction is nearing 70% completion at the OG&E Coliseum, the official name for the new OKC Fairgrounds arena being built under the MAPS 4 program since last February.
City leaders and MAPS 4 venue subcommittee members were given a tour of the new 216,164-square-foot venue, expected to open in mid-2025. The $126 million construction is being funded largely by a local one-cent sales tax collected from 2020 to 2028 as part of a broader, voter-approved $1.1 billion multi-project effort across Oklahoma City.
Ron Norick , former OKC mayor from 1987 to 1998, was among the various civic leaders who walked around the facility interior recently. He said he is excited by the progress he has seen since he last visited earlier in May.
“When I was in it last time, they had only poured about two-thirds of the floor, and now all of the floor is in,” Norick said. “You can see a lot that’s happening in plumbing and electrical as far as what’ll be in the ceilings. You won’t see it once they put the ceilings in, but you can see a lot of conduit. Some of the tile is being put up on the walls, and Sheetrock’s going up, so they’re making really great progress. It’s going to be an absolutely first-class building.”