@@marcossperezzy6281 Well that would mean that they would have to add more than double that height of the antenna, the antenna is already very tall and if they make it taller, it'll cause safety concerns, that's why they didn't want an antenna for the Central Park Tower.
Facts. Technically Taipei 101 in Taiwan shouldn't have been built either due to the typhoons, but engineering allowed it to be accomplished. Engineering will overcome the tornados for Legends Tower in OKC.
@@ArchitectureAdmireragreed. I see nobody seems to have a problem with NYC building skyscrapers even though they are next to an ocean that produces hurricanes.
It's a huge red flag for me when a project like this puts the crown jewel in phase 2 (or 3). Financing can dry up, the make up of the city council and local governments can change, inflation could continue to worsen, along with the price of materials and labor, or a myriad other issues.
This may turn into another Jeddah Tower if the economy tanks. Personally, I doubt this gets built, though it has a better chance than a Bears waterfront dome in Chicago.
Some RUclips dude talking about red flags on a secured funding project Like, can't make this shit up, hahahahahha Literally investors worth billions have already signed off, yet this RUclips dude doesn't understand finances...... 🤷🤦
@@jackalenterprisesofohio OKC isn't even in the US's top 30 metro areas in population. It has tons of flat land and it's landlocked so skyscrapers aren't necessary. Having something that tall in that metro area is Dubai levels of tacky- ness and overcompensation "Aren't We cool?! Look at what we have! Please like us! Are we cool now?!"
@@whatlol_e DG had 1 year left. Arnold has 3. Arnold would have transferred if DG stayed. DG knew that and did OU a favor. You must be new to college football.
This building will have an observation deck and restaurant on the top two floors for the public to enjoy. The pandemic shows you why this will be a residential and hotel skyscraper rather than an office one.
No, it hasn't been approved. All that happened was that the Oklahoma City Planning Commission recommended that the city council approve the developer's re-zoning request, and that must first be approved by the city council before anything else is approved. And that's not a slam dunk! And even if the city council approves the re-zoning, the developer still must have the site plan approved by the planning commission, and that also isn't a slam dunk! And if a site plan is approved, it, too, must be approved by the city council. This has a long ways to go.
In reality the developer only wants the 3 smaller towers. They are using the hype around the “Tallest tower” to get it approved then will cancel once the others are done.
Literally have been told the plans Gives a RUclips take when billionaires have already given money to pay for it... Bwwwahahahha Cool story bro Jelly much?
It's nowhere close to being America's next major city... and it never will be. It's a small metro and has never been a destination. San Antonio-Austin, Orlando-Tampa, Nashville, Charlotte, etc. are the cities to watch, not OKC.
Hahaha You mad bruh? Oklahoma has the most liberal marijuana laws, is the reddest state in the country and cheapest housing.. Add to that a 900million NBA arena.. Dawg We competing with Texas not the rest of the country. 😂😅😂
The developers are likely counting on this city becoming the next Austin or San Antonio. Those cities were very similar not that long ago and became the beneficiaries of businesses and people tired of places like California and New York. I think it's a build it and they will come thus the glitzy look.
But Austin and San Antonio have been destinations for decades (Important tech hub and fastest growing city in America respectively)... OKC isn't anywhere near their tier.
The lights they denied are the giant led advertising screens that they were wanting to put in the tower, they don’t have renderings with it, but they have drawings where they had giant build board screens going up the building
This has elements of Brisbane during the 1980s when on several occasions the "World's Tallest" was proposed by various developers. Though they didn't go ahead, they set the foundation for a raft of new skyscrapers downtown, that includes 5 towers over 70 stories with several more proposed. Brisbane's tallest tower now sits at 96 stories, which has led to changes in how people view the city with Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympics. A memorable, impressive skyline helps to attract business, investment and highly motivated people, which can be seen in Brisbane's phenomenal growth in importance since it's "Big country town" days. I think this is just the beginning for OKC as you will find America and the wider global community shifting attention to this city.
DG you didn’t see the rendering of legends tower with humungous LED billboard screens taking up the entire span of each side? Believe that is what the commission is declining
My concern would be a bait & switch move. Where a developer uses a grand plan to get approval to build in a prime location just to switch it up after the fact and not build the big tower at all because that was the plan all along. Not saying this developer would do it, but we've seen examples of this elsewhere. Foxconn fleeced the Wisconsin taxpayers. Amazon played games with HQ2. Infosys pulled a bait & switch style move to get valuable land near the Indianapolis airport with grant plans just to turn around and build a much smaller version of what they had marketed. I don't know if it was intentional or not but it is suspicious. I believe that once the OKC City Council approves the plan, it is game over for roadblocks. The big tower will be officially approved and it is up to the developer to build it or not. I believe they will use the next year or two to secure a high profile tenant to take up most of the space. I think it is very doable to steal an HQ from Seattle where people are getting killed by real estate prices. I think if they can land a high profile tenant, the full 1907 feet will get built. If they cannot, don't be surprised if it ends up at 600-800 feet.
I saw "Hyatt" and knew to be skeptical, the Pritzker family owns them and one of them, the Illinois governor, is a person who removed the toilets in his Chicago home to avoid taxes. They are criminal.
Much respect to OKC if this breaks ground. Seems like OKC city government has the same energy as our city council here in San Antonio. Too stuck in the past and progress is always slow as hell
People worried about the possibility of a tornado making a direct hit on OKC need to calm down. Florida has endured so much from some of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes, and yet that hasn’t stopped them from getting up and moving on. I hope this tower get built.
Given the utter decimation and devaluation of commercial office space in downtown areas across the country and with half the professional workforce working from home now why on earth would anyone build this. It will be mostly empty.
Great video but the tallest building slide is inaccurate in scale. One WTC uses the 450ft spiral antenna to get to 1776 ft, but the roof of WTC is only around 1350 feet, about 100ft shorter the Willis Tower's roof. OKC already looks very lopsided with their one tall 800ft building, so there is no telling how out of whack this monster will make the city look if ever built to that height, which I still doubt.
The image used for the thumbnail is extremely inaccurate. Willis tower has the highest roof at 1,400 something feet. Its antennas are taller than One World Trade Center.
The reason for going up to 1907 feet high is to honor the year that Oklahoma became a state, 1907. This isn’t some kind of competition to see who can build the highest, but OKC will have the tallest!
I was born in Okc and raised in central Oklahoma and spent my first 50 years there. I know the city and the people. I am a little surprised and hopeful that this will be built. I suspect most of the people in the OKC area are as well. My question is what Oklahoma politicians are going to get rich from this project?
While the rest of the world laughs at OKC's tacky-ness, and overcompensation. It's Dubai levels of "Hey please like us! Aren't we so cool?! We got this even though we aren't in the top 30 US metropolitan areas in population!"
I have news for all of you, skyscrapers are outdated for USA anyways it’s extremely old school for us. Many people in Chicago and New York City don’t like skyscrapers on many reasons. And no F’ING cities are worth living in any ways. A lot of these so call skyscrapers are also empty the leasing rates are so over value. These companies are here today gone tomorrow simple as that. And yes, OKC metro does have activities of tornadoes and tremors activity just matter of time.
Normally, money always wins out. So, the bets should be for the tower to be built. However, whether or not it gets constructed, it is going to plant the seed to build other skyscrapers outside the major metro areas.
OKC just doesn't seem like a city that would be prime for such a building. I don't know about OKC's economics, but it never stuck me at all to be honest.
Feasibility is suspect and as a local, i would rather see a couple of 40 to 50 story towers, complimenting the Devon tower instead of diminishing it. The entertaining thing about the situation is how it seems to stick in the craw of some costal and mega city snobs, who's attitude seems to be "damned uppity hick town, who do they think they are?" They could better concern themselves with local decay rather than fret over a symbol of "flyover country" ascension.
Just more redundant office space. Either it will stand empty or if it fills all other buildings will empty. Where do these tens of thousands of people plan to park?
I'm a native Oklahoman from Tulsa and has family in OKC and I think the towers look great just like the Devon Energy building. The only problem that I have is that they look out of place. You'll have these two huge towers that stand out to the other buildings that are from the 60s and 70s. These towers would look better in cities like NYC or L.A., maybe Houston or Dallas.
This would look just as out of place in Dallas Houston or La, their tallest buildings are all 1000 feet. That’s only 150 feet taller than the Devon tower
You got to start somewhere building these big buildings The buildings don't just come out of nowhere they have to be built and they'll spur other buildings to be built
There is no way any lender will finance a giant building in a relatively small office market, especially given the covid-related problems office buildings around the country have suffered. It has been widely reported that "funding has been secured" but never a mention of who the lenders might be.
It's not office space it's going to be hotels and businesses and it's going to be a luxury apartments and low housing apartments they'll fill out pretty fast
I'm not sure how this would work. Most people who live out in the country like their space. If you want high density and are okay with the cons as well as pros that come with it then go there, like NYC. Imposing a dense skyscraper in the open is counterintuitive.
0:28. This figure is a completely inaccurate representation of building heights in the US. For starters, the roof height of the One World Trade Center is roughly 1300 feet, shorter than the roof height of the Sears Tower. If the antenna’s on the Sears Tower were included in its height it would only be 30 feet shorter than the One World Trade Center. This figure is treating the sears tower as if the antennas are at 1450 feet, not the roof height.
So WHO in the most poor State will be able to afford to stay there? I moved here in 2022 and NEVER have seen such a poor State for income. Jobs? What jobs? It's why its so cheap to buy land or live here. Cant afford it anyway. Where do you work? A rancher, farmer, logger, oil? THAT industry is done!
One World Trade center is not the tallest building in America. It only has 94 floors. The tallest apartment in Manhattan is on the 131st floor and is selling for a whopping 250 million dollars. The spire on the World Trade Center is basically a giant lightning rod. If we are just counting usable floor space then the spire doesn't count.
@@TheMrPeteChannelof course. However, I’d argue there is FAR more successes than failures…. Do you think NYC should stop building skyscrapers because of hurricanes?
This same thing can be said about Dallas, houston, Austin, San Antonio, Kansas city, and basically any city. Every state gets tornados even New York. Downtown OKC has never been hit by a tornado.
It's not even in the US's top 30 metropolitan areas in population. It's Dubai levels of gaudy-ness and overcompensation. Also NFL is an inferior version of Rugby with pads, more commercial breaks, and inconsistent rules and arbitrary referring that can influence entire game outcomes.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasaOnce again you are wrong. OKC is the 20th largest city in America and in the next decade will be in the top 15.. Know your facts before talking
That model of how all the skyscrapers stack up against each other's completely wrong, the Sears Tower is not that short, as a matter of fact this Sears Tower is taller than the One World Trade Center from roof height, I'm just saying let's get a more accurate representation of skyscrapers.
i think if it gets built it could become a new york style town attracting more investment and possible other towers being built there in the future' taxes arnt nearly as high in oklahome as new york either
They maybe looking at economics. OKC is much cheaper to build and way cheaper to live compared to large cities. Quality of life is much better. I’ve been and lived on both coast almost twice as expensive.
To all you who think we have nothing but cows and wheat fields we took new Orleans basketball team our college football team is now in the sec y'all just mad we coming up and I bet if y'all come to Oklahoma y'all would run back home. Oh and our earthquakes u can't even feel
Never going to be built in one of the poorest states in the country. Wouldn’t even look good there anyway, they already have 1 building that looks weird and looks like it doesn’t belong
OKC isnt even in the top 30 US metrod in population. Trying way too hard. Like a nerd desperately trying be one of the cool people. Dubai levels of gaudy-ness and "Look at our City! Look at what we got! Are we cool now?! Please like us!"
They don’t count the antennas on it that’s why it’s at 1400ft. But the scale is still way off because sears floor height is taller than World Trade Center floor height. It also has Trump tower floor height taller than sears tower. I’m wondering who made the scale it’s very inaccurate.
@@-OAK- People don't judge cities within their city limit lines anymore. Boston metro area is ranked 11th, Minneapolis is ranked 16th and OKC is all the way down at 42.
This will definitely make New York City want to take that title back for tallest in the US
Good, let's spice up the competition.
Why so half the spaces can remain empty due to money
laundering????
Sure bud
We already know what happens when big city, meets, big money... 🎉
Hahahah
Nah, NYC will make the antenna on the WTC even longer.
@@marcossperezzy6281 Well that would mean that they would have to add more than double that height of the antenna, the antenna is already very tall and if they make it taller, it'll cause safety concerns, that's why they didn't want an antenna for the Central Park Tower.
@@marcossperezzy6281😂
I think this skyscraper is great. I hope there will be more development in the downtown area and the city can have a beautiful skyline
Have you ever seen the night sky with zero light pollution? Nothing man made can beat that
Downtown OKC has never been hit by a tornado. Not sure why everybody thinks tornados would be a problem. I guess they have never heard of Engineering…
I've also heard of engineering failures.
Facts. Technically Taipei 101 in Taiwan shouldn't have been built either due to the typhoons, but engineering allowed it to be accomplished. Engineering will overcome the tornados for Legends Tower in OKC.
@@TheMrPeteChannelSure bud. Name 5 skyscrapers that failed due to Mother Nature…
@@ArchitectureAdmireragreed. I see nobody seems to have a problem with NYC building skyscrapers even though they are next to an ocean that produces hurricanes.
Because geographically, it is in downtown Tornado alley.
It's a huge red flag for me when a project like this puts the crown jewel in phase 2 (or 3). Financing can dry up, the make up of the city council and local governments can change, inflation could continue to worsen, along with the price of materials and labor, or a myriad other issues.
Yeah, best to not start on the project because they might not do everything. Leave OKC a one-horse tumbleweed town.
This may turn into another Jeddah Tower if the economy tanks. Personally, I doubt this gets built, though it has a better chance than a Bears waterfront dome in Chicago.
And built in the state widely known as a TORNADO capitol!
Some RUclips dude talking about red flags on a secured funding project
Like, can't make this shit up, hahahahahha
Literally investors worth billions have already signed off, yet this RUclips dude doesn't understand finances...... 🤷🤦
Funding is secured and then some, sir! Enjoy the show
The view of the wheat field and cattle ranch across the street will really attract the high end condo buyers😂
This is a vanity project, Oklahoma City is trash and doesn’t deserve a skyscraper like this. It makes zero sense
@@stevencramsie9172 why?
@@jackalenterprisesofohio OKC isn't even in the US's top 30 metro areas in population. It has tons of flat land and it's landlocked so skyscrapers aren't necessary. Having something that tall in that metro area is Dubai levels of tacky- ness and overcompensation "Aren't We cool?! Look at what we have! Please like us! Are we cool now?!"
Thanks for your input
Yet billion dollar companies have already signed off on it.
Clearly you make minimum wage bruh
@@BretWeller Hate us cuz they ain’t us
lmao this tower is gonna look goofy in the middle of oklahoma 💀
Not as goofy as having a duck as a mascot 💀
@@DuhDundies lmao wheres dillion gabriel at??
@@whatlol_e You do realize he was being replaced by Arnold this year anyway right? Lmao
@@DuhDundies yeah because they would rather have arnold then dg
@@whatlol_e DG had 1 year left. Arnold has 3. Arnold would have transferred if DG stayed. DG knew that and did OU a favor. You must be new to college football.
Bro that tower will be visible from Texas
It won’t be. I live in Connecticut
Gonna look absolutely massive from house 15 miles away lol
@@quintenelijah6586 if NYC had zero air pollution and you were standing on a hill you could definitely see the city from CT
@@Marquipuchi u already can..
@@nashstevens6399fr where i live the devin tower is very visible i can’t imagine what the other one will look like
Oklahoma City has skyscrapers? I never even knew.
Just ONE!!!
Lol damn, alright 😂🙄🤷♂️⛈️💙
This building will have an observation deck and restaurant on the top two floors for the public to enjoy. The pandemic shows you why this will be a residential and hotel skyscraper rather than an office one.
No, it hasn't been approved. All that happened was that the Oklahoma City Planning Commission recommended that the city council approve the developer's re-zoning request, and that must first be approved by the city council before anything else is approved. And that's not a slam dunk! And even if the city council approves the re-zoning, the developer still must have the site plan approved by the planning commission, and that also isn't a slam dunk! And if a site plan is approved, it, too, must be approved by the city council. This has a long ways to go.
A building this tall also needs FAA approval, which ended up shortening the Devon tower to its current height
In reality the developer only wants the 3 smaller towers. They are using the hype around the “Tallest tower” to get it approved then will cancel once the others are done.
That very well may be true....
Exactly! It's so obvious.
Literally have been told the plans
Gives a RUclips take when billionaires have already given money to pay for it...
Bwwwahahahha
Cool story bro
Jelly much?
Conservatives should be happy OKC is becoming America's next major city. Hopefully they invest more so it won't look like a backwater town anymore.
It's nowhere close to being America's next major city... and it never will be. It's a small metro and has never been a destination. San Antonio-Austin, Orlando-Tampa, Nashville, Charlotte, etc. are the cities to watch, not OKC.
@@SquidProQuo80that’s a bit presumptuous, Oklahoma City definitely has the potential to be in the thick of that discussion
@@SquidProQuo80San Antonio isn’t going anywhere maybe Dallas or Houston
All US cities are inferior compared to Tokyo and Seoul anyway.
Oklahoma is one of the worst states in education and high crime
The most random location ever
That's what makes it awesome 😂🤷♂️
I feel like this building does not fit in OKC
Of course it doesn’t.
maybe in atlanta, miami, chicago, nyc, seattle, san fransicso, LA, philly, Pittsburg...anywhere but OKC
Hahaha
You mad bruh?
Oklahoma has the most liberal marijuana laws, is the reddest state in the country and cheapest housing..
Add to that a 900million NBA arena..
Dawg
We competing with Texas not the rest of the country. 😂😅😂
@BretWeller spoken like a delusional Okalahomosexual 😂
@@kamelkadri2843 MIAMI is building 2 Supertalls now but nothing as crazy as this!
The developers are likely counting on this city becoming the next Austin or San Antonio. Those cities were very similar not that long ago and became the beneficiaries of businesses and people tired of places like California and New York. I think it's a build it and they will come thus the glitzy look.
But Austin and San Antonio have been destinations for decades (Important tech hub and fastest growing city in America respectively)... OKC isn't anywhere near their tier.
OKC is in Oklahoma though. It's on par with Des Moines in terms of appeal. Great to live in, but why would anyone want to visit?
@@SCIFIguy64They like tornadoes
The lights they denied are the giant led advertising screens that they were wanting to put in the tower, they don’t have renderings with it, but they have drawings where they had giant build board screens going up the building
This has elements of Brisbane during the 1980s when on several occasions the "World's Tallest" was proposed by various developers. Though they didn't go ahead, they set the foundation for a raft of new skyscrapers downtown, that includes 5 towers over 70 stories with several more proposed. Brisbane's tallest tower now sits at 96 stories, which has led to changes in how people view the city with Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympics.
A memorable, impressive skyline helps to attract business, investment and highly motivated people, which can be seen in Brisbane's phenomenal growth in importance since it's "Big country town" days.
I think this is just the beginning for OKC as you will find America and the wider global community shifting attention to this city.
DG you didn’t see the rendering of legends tower with humungous LED billboard screens taking up the entire span of each side? Believe that is what the commission is declining
there’s no need for that tall of a skyscraper in OKC….land is so cheap
Make other cities try harder to build taller buildings
Hahahahahhaha
Best economy in the US of A
It will hold enough of their immigrant workers!
My concern would be a bait & switch move. Where a developer uses a grand plan to get approval to build in a prime location just to switch it up after the fact and not build the big tower at all because that was the plan all along. Not saying this developer would do it, but we've seen examples of this elsewhere. Foxconn fleeced the Wisconsin taxpayers. Amazon played games with HQ2. Infosys pulled a bait & switch style move to get valuable land near the Indianapolis airport with grant plans just to turn around and build a much smaller version of what they had marketed. I don't know if it was intentional or not but it is suspicious. I believe that once the OKC City Council approves the plan, it is game over for roadblocks. The big tower will be officially approved and it is up to the developer to build it or not. I believe they will use the next year or two to secure a high profile tenant to take up most of the space. I think it is very doable to steal an HQ from Seattle where people are getting killed by real estate prices. I think if they can land a high profile tenant, the full 1907 feet will get built. If they cannot, don't be surprised if it ends up at 600-800 feet.
I saw "Hyatt" and knew to be skeptical, the Pritzker family owns them and one of them, the Illinois governor, is a person who removed the toilets in his Chicago home to avoid taxes. They are criminal.
People are relocating everywhere due to the cost of living crisis. We have several neighbors from California, Washington and Texas.
Much respect to OKC if this breaks ground. Seems like OKC city government has the same energy as our city council here in San Antonio. Too stuck in the past and progress is always slow as hell
It’s an abomination, like who are going to be the tenants.
Not you
The communists.
@@Joshua-gf4pyyou need to get a dictionary and learn the definition of communist you people like to use the word way too much and socialist
Who knows, maybe it will inspire development of the surrounding area, but right now it looks completely out of place
People worried about the possibility of a tornado making a direct hit on OKC need to calm down. Florida has endured so much from some of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes, and yet that hasn’t stopped them from getting up and moving on. I hope this tower get built.
Given the utter decimation and devaluation of commercial office space in downtown areas across the country and with half the professional workforce working from home now why on earth would anyone build this. It will be mostly empty.
Great video but the tallest building slide is inaccurate in scale. One WTC uses the 450ft spiral antenna to get to 1776 ft, but the roof of WTC is only around 1350 feet, about 100ft shorter the Willis Tower's roof. OKC already looks very lopsided with their one tall 800ft building, so there is no telling how out of whack this monster will make the city look if ever built to that height, which I still doubt.
The image used for the thumbnail is extremely inaccurate. Willis tower has the highest roof at 1,400 something feet. Its antennas are taller than One World Trade Center.
Well it’s also inaccurate towards the height of legends tower, because that was made when the original plan was to make it a little over 1700ft
I was wondering that! The Sears Tower isn't as small as the thumbnail makes it out to be.
& one World Trade Centers top of the building isn’t over 1500ft.
I don't understand, just make it 2000 ft, American developers always think so small...
The reason for going up to 1907 feet high is to honor the year that Oklahoma became a state, 1907. This isn’t some kind of competition to see who can build the highest, but OKC will have the tallest!
I was born in Okc and raised in central Oklahoma and spent my first 50 years there. I know the city and the people.
I am a little surprised and hopeful that this will be built. I suspect most of the people in the OKC area are as well.
My question is what Oklahoma politicians are going to get rich from this project?
The lights are tacky for OKC? Do they not understand that OKC could use the growth and have a Times Square of its own.
Because that oilfield money is going to build us our middle finger to everyone else 😂
While the rest of the world laughs at OKC's tacky-ness, and overcompensation. It's Dubai levels of "Hey please like us! Aren't we so cool?! We got this even though we aren't in the top 30 US metropolitan areas in population!"
@@HoshizakiYoshimasawell don't be mad just cuz your wife told you that size didn't matter
Where does the cattle auction go
Top floor
Top floor.
Yes, not only will we have the tallest building in the US but one of the biggest land and cattle entrepreneurs...
Good call
I have news for all of you, skyscrapers are outdated for USA anyways it’s extremely old school for us. Many people in Chicago and New York City don’t like skyscrapers on many reasons. And no F’ING cities are worth living in any ways. A lot of these so call skyscrapers are also empty the leasing rates are so over value. These companies are here today gone tomorrow simple as that. And yes, OKC metro does have activities of tornadoes and tremors activity just matter of time.
Normally, money always wins out. So, the bets should be for the tower to be built. However, whether or not
it gets constructed, it is going to plant the seed to build other skyscrapers outside the major metro areas.
Yea, but what happen when Mr. Tornado comes rambling through.???
Nothing..
What happens in Japan when Earthquakes and such happen..
It's called engineering
Something clearly you have no education in.
OKC just doesn't seem like a city that would be prime for such a building. I don't know about OKC's economics, but it never stuck me at all to be honest.
There's demand in okc. 40k people move in every year in okc metro going on 13 years straight
Feasibility is suspect and as a local, i would rather see a couple of 40 to 50 story towers, complimenting the Devon tower instead of diminishing it.
The entertaining thing about the situation is how it seems to stick in the craw of some costal and mega city snobs, who's attitude seems to be "damned uppity hick town, who do they think they are?"
They could better concern themselves with local decay rather than fret over a symbol of "flyover country" ascension.
To tall for OKC. It should be built in Dallas or Houston or Atlanta.
Dallas and Houston are due for a well over 1,000 feet skyscraper
@@donovanburrell2354 There was one proposed for Dallas not too long ago. I have no idea if it's going anywhere.
You're so generic it makes me yawn. Let other cities have some spotlight. It's interesting
@@theflamingeagle572 that’s true!
@@theflamingeagle572 if they were proposing building something like this in Milwaukee I would be opposed to it too.
If Legends Tower gets built and it's really going to be 134 floors it will beat the 131 floor Central Park Tower in Manhattan.
Wow. Cant wait to see this massive building if it gets built lmao
Just more redundant office space. Either it will stand empty or if it fills all other buildings will empty. Where do these tens of thousands of people plan to park?
It's not office space it's going to be a hotel and apartments and the vaulted part of the building is where everybody's going to park
With the new arena and new stadium.. it’ll fit right in.
I'm a native Oklahoman from Tulsa and has family in OKC and I think the towers look great just like the Devon Energy building. The only problem that I have is that they look out of place. You'll have these two huge towers that stand out to the other buildings that are from the 60s and 70s. These towers would look better in cities like NYC or L.A., maybe Houston or Dallas.
This would look just as out of place in Dallas Houston or La, their tallest buildings are all 1000 feet. That’s only 150 feet taller than the Devon tower
You got to start somewhere building these big buildings The buildings don't just come out of nowhere they have to be built and they'll spur other buildings to be built
I’ll believe it when i see it…
I wouldn’t be surprised if the NIMBYs don’t fall over themselves to prevent this from being built.
There is no way any lender will finance a giant building in a relatively small office market, especially given the covid-related problems office buildings around the country have suffered. It has been widely reported that "funding has been secured" but never a mention of who the lenders might be.
It's not office space it's going to be hotels and businesses and it's going to be a luxury apartments and low housing apartments they'll fill out pretty fast
I'm not sure how this would work. Most people who live out in the country like their space. If you want high density and are okay with the cons as well as pros that come with it then go there, like NYC. Imposing a dense skyscraper in the open is counterintuitive.
The proposed skyscraper is in the center of the central business district…
0:28. This figure is a completely inaccurate representation of building heights in the US. For starters, the roof height of the One World Trade Center is roughly 1300 feet, shorter than the roof height of the Sears Tower. If the antenna’s on the Sears Tower were included in its height it would only be 30 feet shorter than the One World Trade Center.
This figure is treating the sears tower as if the antennas are at 1450 feet, not the roof height.
So, it's actually happening. I had my doubts on this. 😂
I suspect if the Legends Tower is not in the first phase, it's never going to get built. I like the look of it, though.
Let's see what a F5 tornado feels like in that tower!
Oklahoma City? why not Chicago that' s where the skyscraper was born.
So WHO in the most poor State will be able to afford to stay there? I moved here in 2022 and NEVER have seen such a poor State for income. Jobs? What jobs? It's why its so cheap to buy land or live here. Cant afford it anyway. Where do you work? A rancher, farmer, logger, oil? THAT industry is done!
That's it, make the Freedom Tower just tall enough to beat it.
Why would they build this in OK ?
Could a skyscraper like this withstand an EF5 tornado?
Those charts of the bldg comparisons aren't to scale and aren't right. Also the Legends tower will be 1,907 feet tall, not 1,750.
Careful it could come with bigger population.
i dont see this ever getting built to this height.
What in the world for? OK has a smaller state population than Alabama and that tower will remain2/3’s empty.
That's NYC and their money laundering ...
Get your shit straight bruh
One World Trade center is not the tallest building in America. It only has 94 floors. The tallest apartment in Manhattan is on the 131st floor and is selling for a whopping 250 million dollars. The spire on the World Trade Center is basically a giant lightning rod. If we are just counting usable floor space then the spire doesn't count.
Can someone explain why the spire counts towards a buildings height? If I wear a hat with a 3’ spike on it does that make me 3’ taller?
Brilliant idea in a state known for TORNADOES. Mindless bragging rights is what this comes down to.
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Would be cool I think the final product isnt even close to the renderings. Maybe just the first phase then done. We shall see.
The tallest building to get destroyed by a tornado 😮
Have you ever heard of engineering?
@@DuhDundiesHave you ever heard of engineering failure?
@@TheMrPeteChannelof course. However, I’d argue there is FAR more successes than failures…. Do you think NYC should stop building skyscrapers because of hurricanes?
This same thing can be said about Dallas, houston, Austin, San Antonio, Kansas city, and basically any city. Every state gets tornados even New York. Downtown OKC has never been hit by a tornado.
would a cool romantic tragedy movie similar to titanic
Go Oklahoma City maybe they will get a NFL team one day. I WILL ROOT FOR THEM.
It's not even in the US's top 30 metropolitan areas in population. It's Dubai levels of gaudy-ness and overcompensation.
Also NFL is an inferior version of Rugby with pads, more commercial breaks, and inconsistent rules and arbitrary referring that can influence entire game outcomes.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasaOnce again you are wrong. OKC is the 20th largest city in America and in the next decade will be in the top 15.. Know your facts before talking
@@HoshizakiYoshimasadude do you spit or swallow
Maybe they can spot all the methheads and thieves now!
I live out here and I'm still doubtful of it.
The beginning of the supertalls boom for America i guess.
That model of how all the skyscrapers stack up against each other's completely wrong, the Sears Tower is not that short, as a matter of fact this Sears Tower is taller than the One World Trade Center from roof height, I'm just saying let's get a more accurate representation of skyscrapers.
i think if it gets built it could become a new york style town attracting more investment and possible other towers being built there in the future' taxes arnt nearly as high in oklahome as new york either
I think it looks really cool. Kind of random location though.
1,3 billion for the complete project seems very cheap. May be for the main tower yes
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Poor Devon Energy Tower
They maybe looking at economics. OKC is much cheaper to build and way cheaper to live compared to large cities. Quality of life is much better. I’ve been and lived on both coast almost twice as expensive.
Just when you think you've seen it all
I OKC is ok. I know someone from college who lives there now. I hate him, Because he's a jerk, but it's not the city's fault.
tornado's are going to have fun with that.
You’ll be able to see that from Ardmore.
If OKC doesn't want it Chicago will except it
This makes me think OKC is an insecure place. It’s like buying a huge lifted truck to feel taller.
This is great!
So nice, i want one of this in my city bogota xd
The build-ugly-wind-turbines-everywhere and to hell with scenery or aesthetics crowd may love this tower.
To all you who think we have nothing but cows and wheat fields we took new Orleans basketball team our college football team is now in the sec y'all just mad we coming up and I bet if y'all come to Oklahoma y'all would run back home. Oh and our earthquakes u can't even feel
Tall buildings are always so plain and ugly
the chart at 0:18 is horribly inaccurate
where they gonna park
Never going to be built in one of the poorest states in the country. Wouldn’t even look good there anyway, they already have 1 building that looks weird and looks like it doesn’t belong
the graphic at 0:19 is not even close to accurate
OKC isnt even in the top 30 US metrod in population. Trying way too hard. Like a nerd desperately trying be one of the cool people. Dubai levels of gaudy-ness and "Look at our City! Look at what we got! Are we cool now?! Please like us!"
You're not wrong, but it did kinda work for Dubai
You have no clue what you’re talking about. Oklahoma City is the 20th largest city in America and is expected to be in the top 15 in the next 8-10yrs
OKLAHOMO CITY…what the duce…?
Boomer sooner
Sears Tower is 1,729 feet.
They don’t count the antennas on it that’s why it’s at 1400ft. But the scale is still way off because sears floor height is taller than World Trade Center floor height. It also has Trump tower floor height taller than sears tower. I’m wondering who made the scale it’s very inaccurate.
Doesn't make any sense to build something like that in the middle of nowhere (Oklahoma City).
There’s almost 1.5 million people that live in and around the city
The 20th most populated city? More populated than Boston and Minneapolis
@@-OAK- check the city land area statistic vs both of those.
@@edwil111 I know the size difference I’m just using it as an example to say it’s not the middle of nowhere
@@-OAK- People don't judge cities within their city limit lines anymore. Boston metro area is ranked 11th, Minneapolis is ranked 16th and OKC is all the way down at 42.
Why wont they just make that tower 2 in nyc,lol....OKc too close to new madrid fault...
Thumbs up!
I think it should have a much cooler name tho for such a tower...like 'The Legends'.....just don't use the word 'tower'.