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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma



Club Sport League Stadium
Oklahoma RedHawks Baseball Pacific Coast League AT&T Bricktown Ballpark
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz Arena football af2 Ford Center
Oklahoma City Lightning Football Women's Football: National Women's Football Association Taft Stadium
Oklahoma City Blazers Hockey Central Hockey League Ford Center

Additionally, Oklahoma City was home to several now defunct sports teams:

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Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City is an integral point on the U.S. Interstate Network. Interstate 35, Interstate 40, and Interstate 44 bisect the city, Interstate 240 connects I-40 to I-44 in South OKC, the Lake Hefner Parkway (SH-74) runs through Northwest Oklahoma City, Kilpatrick Turnpike makes a loop around North and West Oklahoma City, Airport Rd. (SH-152) runs through Southwest Oklahoma City and leads to Will Rogers World Airport, Broadway Extension (US-77) connects Central Oklahoma City to Edmond, and Interstate 235 spurs from I-44 in North Central OKC into downtown Oklahoma City.

As reported by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in 2005, the busiest freeway in Oklahoma City, and in the state of Oklahoma, is Interstate 44, with an average of 118,000 to 132,000 vehicles daily.[citation needed] The I-40 Crosstown Oklahoma City Crosstown Construction Project will relocate a stretch of highway near downtown several blocks to the south. It was expected to be completed by the end of 2008, however new reports now say it could be as late as 2012 that the new Crosstown will be complete.[citation needed]

Riders prepare to board the Amtrak Heartland Flyer
Riders prepare to board the Amtrak Heartland Flyer

Oklahoma City is served by two primary airports, Will Rogers World Airport and the much smaller Wiley Post Airport (incidentally, the two honorees died in the same plane crash in Alaska). Will Rogers World Airport is currently completing a major reconstruction period. Tinker Air Force Base, in East OKC, is the largest military air depot in the nation, a major maintenance and deployment facility for the Navy and the Air Force, and the second largest military institution in the state (after Fort Sill in Lawton).

Amtrak has a train station downtown, with daily service to Fort Worth and the nation's rail network via the Heartland Flyer. There is also a heritage rail line under re-construction that will connect Bricktown and the Adventure District in NE Oklahoma City.[citation needed]

Greyhound and several other intercity bus companies serve Oklahoma City at Union Bus Station, Downtown. METRO Transit is the public transit company. Their bus terminal and headquarters is located downtown at NW 5th Street and Hudson Avenue.

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Oklahoma City Picture Gallery

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See also

Oklahoma Portal

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References

  1. ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  4. ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2006-01.csv
  5. ^ CBSA-EST2006-02.com.
  6. ^ City area enjoys increase in jobs | NewsOK.com
  7. ^ General Information. Oklahoma City Public Schools. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
  8. ^ Dale Chihuly: The Exhibition | Oklahoma City Museum Of Art
  9. ^ New Orleans Hornets, Chris Paul, Hilton Armstrong, Bobby Jackson, National Basketball Association, Houston Rockets - CBSSports.com
  10. ^ a b "NBA approves Sonics' move to Oklahoma amid legal wrangling", KOMO-TV, 2008-04-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 
  11. ^ a b Johns, Greg. "Bennett says Sonics going to Oklahoma", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007-11-02. Retrieved on 2007-11-03. 
  12. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named funding
  13. ^ Jojo Doria. "Oklahoma's Sonics offer gets sweeter all the time", All Headline News, 2008-03-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 

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Love's Travel Shops (42) • Hobby Lobby (267) • OPUBCO



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