Except for the lengths of a tower in the world, the same Dubai, the Arabs, and the same China, the lengths of a hotel tower in the world, or the lengths of a residential tower in the world, 200 floors
Agreed...kind of like in the middle east where they are trying to out do every city and country. There is no reason some of the middle eastern cities need the world's tallest or biggest for any other reason than to put themselves on the map as mentioned...tourism or even pride. Dubai loves to out do everyone. World's tallest, fountains in Vegas..now Dubai has the exact same fountains only bigger, ferriswheel the biggest ( even though it doesn't work) Vegas Sphere...Dubai is now planning a bigger one...and on and on.
@@rpvitiello As you go up, it gets exponentially more expensive because of elevators, service pipes, engineering etc. - not only do they take up space to access the higher flloors - space for which there is no economic return - but they have to be reinforced. You could probably build 3-4 50 story buildings for the cost of a single 100 story building. This one is going to be about 50% taller than the World Trade Center, each tower of which had 110 floors, so you are talking about 150+ floors! There is a reason why most of the buildings in Manhattan and other cities top out around 50 ish floors.
@@kamelkadri2843there's skyscrapers in downtown OKC from the 30's still standing, so yeah, genuinely, what could go wrong. tornadoes never hit downtown
You should make a video on some of the projects being built in OKC, to show it’s growth, the legends tower is wanting to be built in OKC because of okcs growth potential. Some of the new projects include, OKANA, oak, the mls stadium, chrislom creek developments, the invitation hall, a new colosseum, beck tower (which is another tower, although it don’t know how official it is), the Lamar Johnson collaboration, the citizen, strawberry field’s developments, and a lot more
Sorry but completely delusional. Many cities, especially in your neighbor to the south, are much bigger and growing extremely fast in comparison to Oklahoma and/or OKC
@@steveb7429 OKC was the 6th fastest in 2020-22, and was 1 of only 14 cities to grow 100k in 10 or so years, also projects like this, brings tons of tourists, there is also a Disney level theme park being built in Oklahoma. So respectfully you know nothing about this topic
@@-OAK-dude is just a hater and can’t accept a city “out of place” from the norm is making a name for itself. It’s like talking to a child. I wouldn’t feed it.
@@steveb7429…Neighbors to the South? Let me guess you’re from Dallas? Because only someone from the most boring large city in America (Dallas) would come and hate on a much smaller city like OKC.
It would be interesting to see if OKC could turn this into either an MLB expansion site or relocation site. That's basically what you want for an MLB development. A whole bunch of young professionals in condos or apartments all around the stadium. People with disposable income who can live, work, play (nightlife) and go to as many games as they want without ever having to get in a car. In theory a development that includes the tallest building in the country could pretty easily accommodate that. Especially if they are going to have MLS and NBA already there. It's definitely going to have thousands of sports fans with disposable income living right next to the stadium. That's pretty much best case scenario for any sports franchise to be successful and have money to spend on players.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasa as someone who lives in Oklahoma, there’s absolutely nothing to here bedsides going to sporting events so I don’t think they would have any problem filling seats
Absolutely good idea! We need it. This building also has a lot of residential units in it. We also need a pro football and pro Baseball stadium and new teams.
Exactly. At 1500 feet the winds were well beyond 300mph in that storm. I would imagine that there would be hardened concrete storm shelters located in the core of the building. But can a structure that height withstand the wind forces of 300mph? Even 200mph? Not sure. Would love to hear a structural engineer weight in.
@@Ronniejamesleo I didnt ask if they figured it out Idi0t. Obviously they wouldn't pour an ounce of concrete unless its design could withstand tornadic winds. How much wind theoretically in m.p.h relative to the maximum sway allowance of a building of that height and design being built in tornado alley. Its a mathematical curiosity. Im interested in the physics and mathematical equations architects use to find out the exact and specific threshold theoretically before structural damage starts to occur.
I’m down in Dallas. I say go for it Oklahoma City! These are the ambitious projects you have to do to spark other projects in a city. Look at Austin and how it grew from the early 2000’s! I hope this will spark some developers in Dallas to get off their @$$ and get competitive!! We’re building a lot of mid rises and high rises, but zero skyscrapers! The infill is great, but the city could use a new signature tower or two that wasn’t built in the 80’s.
Not too worried about those in New York saying it “must not be taller than ours”. Doubtful anyone in this part of the country cares one bit about what anyone from New York thinks.
As an Oklahoma City resident I would rather they build 3 separate skyscrapers 1/3 as tall rather than one super tall one that would just stick out like a sore thumb.
3 separate skyscrapers would create more density and not look as out of place. More land that might now be derelict or parking lots would be put to more productive use.
Ok, live in OKC, and I keep seeing some of the same questions, so i'll drop some thoughts and info. 1. I think this will be built, but I don't think as they begin it will be near as tall as they want. OKC is growing, but not that fast and that much, and people tend to move here because of the cheaper land and cheaper large houses, not to go to a skyscraper in the city. 2. Tornados: yes it's tornado alley, and yes we have big ones, but they tend not to hit the OKC metro due to the usually 3-5 degrees hotter it is in the metro vs the countryside (which isn't conducive to the bigger storms, you get above about 87 degrees or so and you see less tornado's particularly large ones). so storms tend to "slide" around the metro or take out one of the suburbs, particularly Moore. Not saying it couldn't happen, but it isn't as likely as you think, and engineers no what they are doing. 3. This is a California Developer, not a local OK one. Perhaps they are correct in their projections, but I think as they start to build this they will realize the demand and need just isn't there and this will be scaled back. But who knows. 4. Conspiracy Time!!!! I suppose if we get the tin hat brigade to chime in, it could be a move to one of these 15 min city concepts that's being tossed around for the future for "sustainability" and "control of populations"? Or maybe because "THEY" (whoever they is) know the coasts are going to be wiped out in climate crisis, war, alien attack, etc, and so they are preparing housing in the middle of the country LOL. ok that's far fetched to say the least, but someone is going to say it eventually. Anyway, I think a smaller version of this is built, maybe topping out at 1200 to 1400 feet max. Just my .02.
NBA Allstar Game is what their working on getting. The Thunder owners tried to bring it to OKC but, not enough hotels. There isn`t enough hotels in the metro to cover that. Even OKANA Indoor Water Park and Resort with the 404 room hotel is already being booked and it`s halfway to completion. American Heartland Theme Park and Resort and Three Ponies RV and Campground is under construction and it too is already being booked. AO and the rest of the team have being doing their homework about the city and the metro. Matteson has already stated that the city and metro needs another 3,000 hotel rooms. Will Rogers World Airport has been more busier than before 2019 and it too is getting an expansion, if it hasn`t already done so. OKC pop is over 700,000, the OKC metro is almost at 1.5 million and the state is almost at 4.1 million and they said there`s no signs of slowing down. I cannot see the OKC City counsel turning this height variance down come April. Edit : The state has already ended the grocery tax will take place in August.
@@TheOff1ceFan Yeah I wouldn't be worried about a Tornado hitting this since it would be like hitting a Needle in a Haystack but these Super structures are well built for the most part.
This is ridiculous. Building the tallest building in the country in one of the most sprawling and low density cities in the nation is one thing, but doing so when the city isn't even really one of the fastest growing cities in its own greater region is another thing. This just feels like a play to out-Texas, Texas.
I feel like this will start a construction boom if this gets full approval. As companies are moving out, they are looking to setup shop elsewhere, and a lot of experience and jobs are migrating to other places.
Isn't Oklahoma City, part of tornado-valley? Isn't it a bit sketchy to build a tall skyscraper alone on a field, like a sitting duck for a tornado to destroy it?
They should build 3 skyscrapers of varying heights instead of 1 enormous one - - it sticks out like a sore thumb. Tall buildings are great - - but it's how they look _IN CONTEXT_ of their surroundings that is more visually captivating. 3 towers (say 60 floors, 80 floors + 100 floors) would look so much better, in my humble opinion. Also - - too much crammed onto one lot (pedestal w smaller buildings) - - too much on one lot, in my humble opinion.
Maybe in the future, Oklahoma City would be pretty big (not as big as city’s like NYC or Chicago.) and they want to get land for it before it MAYBE booms. (My opinion.)
The closer this project comes to actually being realized the more I want it to happen. At first I was like OMG WTF OKC?? but now i’m like “ehh it’s time to build something taller than One world trade center so screw it”. Maybe we’ll get even taller ones in the future
Pretty much every city in the country was supposed to get "the tallest skyscraper" at some point. This is just OKC's turn. Which is just nuts for the least urban city in the country
I am so jealous of people who don't live in Alabama that have a taller building than one floor. Our tallest building is one story and it's where I live
I was born in New York City. I have lived my whole life in New York City. I think if this truly happens in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- it would be great. This would stop my fellow New Yorkers' from complaining, & protesting when New York City developers' building plans are originally designed to be taller than The Freedom Tower in New York City. The Freedom Tower in New York City should not be the height limit of buildings in the United States of America. We should be allowed to build taller than The Freedom Tower in New York City.
It's weird that Oklahoma City is such a booming city. Since it smack dab pretty much in the middle of the country. I guess because land is cheap and plentyful there
It's booming because it's cheap. That's all it takes to be booming in this rats-fighting-over-the-scraps economic system we have. In 50 years' time OKC will be too expensive after everyone moved there and people will be fleeing to Topeka or Fargo or whatever the next financial refuge will be.
Not sure I'd call the soccer field an MLS stadium. The Oklahoma Energy are a development league team and the new stadium will only be 8,000 seats. Compare that with the new stadium being built in Indy that will seat 20,000. If you are going to build a soccer stadium downtown, go big or go home. 8,000 seats guarantees you will never make it to the big leagues in soccer.
Lube up Steve, you keep saying it will not be built yet its fully funded, approved by City Council and only needing to clear zoning. Poor little fellar is all in his feelings.
Just so y’all know every state experiences tornados, New York has experienced 500+ tornadoes but I don’t see y’all complaining about one hitting it, tornadoes don’t hit places with skyscrapers, they mess up wind patterns, but y’all are complaining about it being in OKC because it’s not a big city like New York, La or Chicago, y’all realize Dallas is in tornado to? What about all of their skyscrapers???
saying tornadoes don't hit skyscrapers is ignorant. Its a made up myth and tornadoes don't care about the location of a skyscraper. Yes tornadoes have hit all 50 states but Oklahoma is prone to strong and more frequent tornadoes compared to other states. The Downtowns of Atlanta, Fort Worth, Nashville, Miami, and Salt Lake City have all had tornadoes hit their skyscrapers within the last 25 years and downtown OKC has no more or less of a chance to face the same fate.
I remember someone in the 1990's proposed a 200 story skyscraper for Tulsa, Ok. (The future belongs tp Tulsa?) Nothing ever became of it. Interestingly, if it's build, it sure will dominate the horizon for miles! I look forward to watching it go up.
I hope maybe this Maugham at some point be like what we see in the Middle East like in Dubai or what they plan to do in Jeddah Saudi’s Arabia where they built a tall building along with other skyscrapers normally surrounding the main tower. It probably wouldn’t be too out of place if they do it that way
Major League Soccer has 2 expansion there which is Phoenix and las vegas. Oklahoma city will be less likely to go there. So sorry that might not be happening anytime soon here.
Continue to build in places where the water supply is marginal. Build where the cost of energy will continue to rise. This is the way development works in the USA. Not a state I want to move to, I must say.
Well they got rid of the height restrictions and they secured the funds for the project. Strange pick for the tallest. But at least it's a change from the usual NY city and Chicago.
One of the 3 adjoining buildings is supposed to be dedicated to "affordable housing." My question is: - Affordable to whom? A Jr. partner at Stanley Morgan or a poor 2nd string player that plays for The OKC Thunder?
I’ve always wanted to do this in Buffalo lol. Just built this giant 2000ft building in the middle of a small city…just to look as idiotic as humanly possible.
Except for the lengths of a tower in the world, the same Dubai, the Arabs, and the same China, the lengths of a hotel tower in the world, or the lengths of a residential tower in the world, 200 floors
This is very good opportunity to work for this company which is constructing 200 floor 5 th biggest in world and be part of actual architecture of this building near sports and stadium City.
@@-OAK-Moore is very close to that area and was mostly leveled TWICE by an F5. While it's unlikely, if a powerful tornado hit that building, it would probably be gutted with all the windows, furnishings, and unfortunately people blown out of the structure and the structure itself could be compromised beyond repair. Such an event actually happened to a high rise in Fort Worth, Texas and the building had to be demolished.
@@dustinzilbauer7582 Moore isn’t downtown OKC, the actual city of OKC has never once been hit by a tornado, skyscrapers are also built to survive natural disasters, the tallest tower in the world is built in a place with sand storms and just as strong of winds as Oklahoma
That's a very low chance scenario considering a tornado has never hit okc and if your using that logic than you should complain about miami building skyscrapers cause of hurricanes
😮Was stationed in Oklahoma City area for 3 years and while it was ok, the OKC mindset seems to want to rival Texas or kinda has a "Little Man's" syndrome. There are so many Hall of Fames there, knock off SA River Walk. The Devon Tower sticks out like a sore thumb alone, this thing if built to total height (I doubt) will look way out of place.
Chicken and the egg conundrum : which came first, the big metropolitan supercity, or the skyscrapers? How the hell does a fourth tier metro support something like this? Ludicrous. This would be more appropriate in Dallas (metro population over 8 million).
Just so y’all know, this building’s purpose is to drive growth and economic development. Due to okcs potential in growth, that’s why it’s wanting to be built in OKC. OKC is one of the fastest growing cities in America, and this building is going to sky rocket its growth. And tornados don’t hit downtown OKC, and they are built to survive tornados
tornadoes dont care what man has classified as a downtown. Buildings will survive a hit much like the F5 that hit Lubbock in the 70s but that doesn't mean its impossible. Tornadoes have hit downtown OKC in the past according to RELIABLE sources such as the NWS tornado archives.
Another question : is this going to be the "tallest building in the country" based on the actual height of the actual building, or is it going to be largely cheater or vanity height like the World Trade Center in New York with a third of the building's height an antenna?
That will interesting if the storm predictions center will move to this skyscraper from Norman to get better access to for radar and others. Which the national weather service in Oklahoma needs anyway. That will help to track tornadoes better from that here. I just wondering anyway here.
All that's down in Norman on the South End (or at the airport campus North of main campus) at the University of Oklahoma. National Weather Service, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Univ. of Oklahoma Meteorology School, experimental radars, etc.. All located in and around the same building. A doppler radar dish like they use wouldn't fit well on something like this building.
I hope the so called " engineer" is not that guy Hamburger who designed that leaning condo tower in San Francisco because he did feel it needed pile foundations to go to solid rock .
Some nerdy info about VEGAS I came across a few years ago. Insurance companies consider VEGAS to be the safest large city in the US from Natural disasters! Who knew??...😂🤣😋
In Miami we have mia on the way. The tallest we can build in the city is 1049 feet high. Downtown is smack in the middle of the runway approach, so the faa block the height at 1049
@@robertofernandez7773 Yeah Miami's Airport is 5 miles west of Downtown and the planes fly directly over it otherwise it would probably have Skyscrapers as tall as NYC & Chicago by now.
@jahmalonbethel1307 If it weren't for the Airport being so close to downtown I could see a tower like this there. Miami currently ranks 3rd. in the US after NYC & Chicago in the numbers of Skyscrapers taller than 500+ ft. / 152+ Meters tall with 14 more Under construction.
is there enough business/residential demand for that much floorspace? wouldn't existing building owners not be thrilled by such a sudden increase in supply? you know what they really need? a monorail! 🙂
@@franciscocolin2008 what do I have with Austin? Wtf does that mean? . And whats so special about Austin.? What’s so damn intriguing about it? It has one really tall building. Btw you never confined your criteria to “central time zone”.
@3:06 all that empty land. They should build a bunch of shorter buildings, and create a lovely little downtowm. This skyscraper is the dumbest idea. BTW, Oklahoma is in the South. Not Midwest.
It’s crazy how tall skyscrapers are being built today. At which point will it be tall enough? It’s really about one man’s ego Vs another man’s ego. One day we will see a super tall skyscraper that would stretch all the way to space. How mad is that, making it catastrophic if a disaster happened and the building came toppling down. Just like the Tower of Babel, according to biblical prophecy. Man’s greed will kill his ego in the end. 💰 💰 💰
Am from NYC. Go for it OKC! 🇺🇸 Am glad to see other States Building and Building Taller than us 🇺🇸 Make it happen! 🇺🇸
I say the same😊
“NYC fan coming in peace!”
Except for the lengths of a tower in the world, the same Dubai, the Arabs, and the same China, the lengths of a hotel tower in the world, or the lengths of a residential tower in the world, 200 floors
Odd to build a skyscraper in a spot where land is not a premium.
You read my mine. They (developers) are trolling.
It could fit the population 😂
Agreed...kind of like in the middle east where they are trying to out do every city and country. There is no reason some of the middle eastern cities need the world's tallest or biggest for any other reason than to put themselves on the map as mentioned...tourism or even pride. Dubai loves to out do everyone. World's tallest, fountains in Vegas..now Dubai has the exact same fountains only bigger, ferriswheel the biggest ( even though it doesn't work) Vegas Sphere...Dubai is now planning a bigger one...and on and on.
Expensive land doesn’t stop people from building single story ranch houses. Land cost is by no means the only factor in building tall buildings.
@@rpvitiello As you go up, it gets exponentially more expensive because of elevators, service pipes, engineering etc. - not only do they take up space to access the higher flloors - space for which there is no economic return - but they have to be reinforced. You could probably build 3-4 50 story buildings for the cost of a single 100 story building. This one is going to be about 50% taller than the World Trade Center, each tower of which had 110 floors, so you are talking about 150+ floors!
There is a reason why most of the buildings in Manhattan and other cities top out around 50 ish floors.
So will 1/4 of the entire OKC metro population be working in an office in that building?
No, everybody will be unemployed as usual....
1.3 million people live in okc metro area buddy
@@jorgemanso521 Oklahoma has one of the lowest unemployment rates.
Oklahoma City is rapidly growing and is a major metro area. Yeah it’s not NYC or LA but people who want that go to them
@@alexohagan8657That’s not that big. Fresno comes close.
Briiliant! Let's bulid a giant glass tower in the middle of tornado alley!
what could possible go wrong !
It is moving towards the south
@@srihankomarina1981yep but I still most tornadoes will happen in texas Oklahoma Kansas etc
@@kamelkadri2843there's skyscrapers in downtown OKC from the 30's still standing, so yeah, genuinely, what could go wrong. tornadoes never hit downtown
Or better yet, in the middle of nowhere in a nowhere city.
You should make a video on some of the projects being built in OKC, to show it’s growth, the legends tower is wanting to be built in OKC because of okcs growth potential.
Some of the new projects include, OKANA, oak, the mls stadium, chrislom creek developments, the invitation hall, a new colosseum, beck tower (which is another tower, although it don’t know how official it is), the Lamar Johnson collaboration, the citizen, strawberry field’s developments, and a lot more
Sorry but completely delusional. Many cities, especially in your neighbor to the south, are much bigger and growing extremely fast in comparison to Oklahoma and/or OKC
@@steveb7429 OKC was the 6th fastest in 2020-22, and was 1 of only 14 cities to grow 100k in 10 or so years, also projects like this, brings tons of tourists, there is also a Disney level theme park being built in Oklahoma. So respectfully you know nothing about this topic
@@-OAK-dude is just a hater and can’t accept a city “out of place” from the norm is making a name for itself. It’s like talking to a child. I wouldn’t feed it.
@@steveb7429…Neighbors to the South? Let me guess you’re from Dallas? Because only someone from the most boring large city in America (Dallas) would come and hate on a much smaller city like OKC.
It would be interesting to see if OKC could turn this into either an MLB expansion site or relocation site. That's basically what you want for an MLB development. A whole bunch of young professionals in condos or apartments all around the stadium. People with disposable income who can live, work, play (nightlife) and go to as many games as they want without ever having to get in a car. In theory a development that includes the tallest building in the country could pretty easily accommodate that. Especially if they are going to have MLS and NBA already there. It's definitely going to have thousands of sports fans with disposable income living right next to the stadium. That's pretty much best case scenario for any sports franchise to be successful and have money to spend on players.
Problem is is still.a microscopic TV market and low populated metro area. Doesn't even crack the top 30 in the US
@@HoshizakiYoshimasa as someone who lives in Oklahoma, there’s absolutely nothing to here bedsides going to sporting events so I don’t think they would have any problem filling seats
@@trickynicky4528 That's what I've heard. That the Thunder gets plenty of support because most everyone there follows sports in their free time.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasa Same thing the doubters used to say before the successful Thunder came to town.
Absolutely good idea! We need it. This building also has a lot of residential units in it. We also need a pro football and pro Baseball stadium and new teams.
The Oklahoma City skyline will look so weird when and if this whole project starts and finishes. Already stands out with the Devon tower.
Not in 50 years it will look like Dallas
@@interdimensional-eh9yk Promise?
Have to start somewhere lady friend
Facts
@chawpino8320 ya probably bigger
I wonder how much wind modern skyskrapers of that height can withstand, first thing i thought of was the monster El Reno tornado that almost hit okc.
Exactly. At 1500 feet the winds were well beyond 300mph in that storm. I would imagine that there would be hardened concrete storm shelters located in the core of the building. But can a structure that height withstand the wind forces of 300mph? Even 200mph? Not sure. Would love to hear a structural engineer weight in.
Well obviously actual architects figured that out. Stick to fixing that POS chevy
@@Ronniejamesleo I didnt ask if they figured it out Idi0t. Obviously they wouldn't pour an ounce of concrete unless its design could withstand tornadic winds. How much wind theoretically in m.p.h relative to the maximum sway allowance of a building of that height and design being built in tornado alley. Its a mathematical curiosity. Im interested in the physics and mathematical equations architects use to find out the exact and specific threshold theoretically before structural damage starts to occur.
Way to go, Oklahoma! Make it happen! Let's gooooo!
I’m down in Dallas. I say go for it Oklahoma City! These are the ambitious projects you have to do to spark other projects in a city. Look at Austin and how it grew from the early 2000’s! I hope this will spark some developers in Dallas to get off their @$$ and get competitive!! We’re building a lot of mid rises and high rises, but zero skyscrapers! The infill is great, but the city could use a new signature tower or two that wasn’t built in the 80’s.
Not too worried about those in New York saying it “must not be taller than ours”. Doubtful anyone in this part of the country cares one bit about what anyone from New York thinks.
As a new yorker, we don't really care about this tower or it's height, because okc is nowhere near nyc in any way
And no one outside of OK gives a rat’s furry behind what Oklahoman’s think .
Amerika
@oscarhershkowitz3487
Well the video title sure lured you here to make that comment tho.🤣
As an Oklahoma City resident I would rather they build 3 separate skyscrapers 1/3 as tall rather than one super tall one that would just stick out like a sore thumb.
You do not understand the marketing value of this "eyesore". People do not spend billions without doing their homework
Neither will happen.
Do you understand that sometimes things don't go the way as planned, money be damned? @@jamesbarrick3403
Exactly.
3 separate skyscrapers would create more density and not look as out of place. More land that might now be derelict or parking lots would be put to more productive use.
Ok, live in OKC, and I keep seeing some of the same questions, so i'll drop some thoughts and info.
1. I think this will be built, but I don't think as they begin it will be near as tall as they want. OKC is growing, but not that fast and that much, and people tend to move here because of the cheaper land and cheaper large houses, not to go to a skyscraper in the city.
2. Tornados: yes it's tornado alley, and yes we have big ones, but they tend not to hit the OKC metro due to the usually 3-5 degrees hotter it is in the metro vs the countryside (which isn't conducive to the bigger storms, you get above about 87 degrees or so and you see less tornado's particularly large ones). so storms tend to "slide" around the metro or take out one of the suburbs, particularly Moore. Not saying it couldn't happen, but it isn't as likely as you think, and engineers no what they are doing.
3. This is a California Developer, not a local OK one. Perhaps they are correct in their projections, but I think as they start to build this they will realize the demand and need just isn't there and this will be scaled back. But who knows.
4. Conspiracy Time!!!! I suppose if we get the tin hat brigade to chime in, it could be a move to one of these 15 min city concepts that's being tossed around for the future for "sustainability" and "control of populations"? Or maybe because "THEY" (whoever they is) know the coasts are going to be wiped out in climate crisis, war, alien attack, etc, and so they are preparing housing in the middle of the country LOL. ok that's far fetched to say the least, but someone is going to say it eventually.
Anyway, I think a smaller version of this is built, maybe topping out at 1200 to 1400 feet max. Just my .02.
People are clowing this now but if OKC plays its card right it could actually peak people's interest and get people to visit
I would go to OKC to see this tower but I'm a Skyscraper geek so......😋
Buy a condo with a sweet view of a farmers field and silo😂
Okc has 1.3 million plus in the metro area and by land size its one of the biggest cities in America so the views will be fantastic .
@@alexohagan8657one of the largest cities of two continents?
Not just farms. There are strip clubs, pawn shops, and car dealerships, too.
Don't forget ugly stroads and dull grey parking lots everywhere
@@alexohagan8657what is there to look at? The parking lot behind the vape shop or the liquor store with homeless people outside?😭😭😭
I hope it gets built. I would go visit it
It definitely looks like a futuristic version of the original North Tower 1WTC
*I don't see that.*
I think it should definitely be built and I hope that this skyscraper will spur new development in the area
NBA Allstar Game is what their working on getting. The Thunder owners tried to bring it to OKC but, not enough hotels. There isn`t enough hotels in the metro to cover that. Even OKANA Indoor Water Park and Resort with the 404 room hotel is already being booked and it`s halfway to completion. American Heartland Theme Park and Resort and Three Ponies RV and Campground is under construction and it too is already being booked. AO and the rest of the team have being doing their homework about the city and the metro. Matteson has already stated that the city and metro needs another 3,000 hotel rooms. Will Rogers World Airport has been more busier than before 2019 and it too is getting an expansion, if it hasn`t already done so. OKC pop is over 700,000, the OKC metro is almost at 1.5 million and the state is almost at 4.1 million and they said there`s no signs of slowing down. I cannot see the OKC City counsel turning this height variance down come April.
Edit : The state has already ended the grocery tax will take place in August.
Who thought it was a good idea to build the tallest skyscraper in the country right in the middle of tornado alley?
I thought that about LA & San Francisco. Why build a tall skyscraper there in earthquake alley??
The ignorance of "tornado alley" is astounding.
Why is everyone talking about tornadoes? Have you guys not heard of Engineering? Lmao
It’s just me, but I don’t want to be the guinea pig taking a direct hit from an EF4 at the top of a 1700 foot building
@@TheExciteMike Numerous engineers said that wouldn’t be a problem. NYC has to deal with the threat of hurricanes and they’ve never had an issue.
@@TheOff1ceFan Yeah I wouldn't be worried about a Tornado hitting this since it would be like hitting a Needle in a Haystack but these Super structures are well built for the most part.
@@xoxxobob61yeah but if they’re DEI hires then good luck with everything
why in OKC, it is not even a tourist or tech destination
Do your research.
OKC's skyline is so trash. Looks like someone playing SimCity built it
Atleast it’s unique in that way
Bro is meat riding on the hate
Sorry, I'm still learning the game.
@@wagon0676 “looking like trash is unique” 😂
@@alexohagan8657saying a cities skyline sucks is meat riding hate? Explain that one? 😂😂 wtf
This is ridiculous. Building the tallest building in the country in one of the most sprawling and low density cities in the nation is one thing, but doing so when the city isn't even really one of the fastest growing cities in its own greater region is another thing. This just feels like a play to out-Texas, Texas.
I feel like this will start a construction boom if this gets full approval. As companies are moving out, they are looking to setup shop elsewhere, and a lot of experience and jobs are migrating to other places.
Isn't Oklahoma City, part of tornado-valley? Isn't it a bit sketchy to build a tall skyscraper alone on a field, like a sitting duck for a tornado to destroy it?
No, downtown Oklahoma City is not “Tornado Alley”
@@liljc44life I see, but isn't Oklahoma as a state still a tornado zone? That's how i always thought, maybe i'm wrong.
The Californians and NewYorkers meltdown is insane… 😂😂😂
All the more reason to build it
No Skyscraper in California touches the John Hancock Tower in Chicago....
New Yorkers having a meltdown over a OKIE Tower says No one EVER!
@@xoxxobob61you better lube up and check the comments again lmao
@@mmonroe2008 LUBE will be for Oklahomans who think this Tower will be built.
Does this being in Tornado Alley make it unsafe
They should build 3 skyscrapers of varying heights instead of 1 enormous one - - it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Tall buildings are great - - but it's how they look _IN CONTEXT_ of their surroundings that is more visually captivating.
3 towers (say 60 floors, 80 floors + 100 floors) would look so much better, in my humble opinion.
Also - - too much crammed onto one lot (pedestal w smaller buildings) - - too much on one lot, in my humble opinion.
I agree. OKC's skyline is already unfilled-in as it is; this proposal will magnify that on steroids.
Maybe in the future, Oklahoma City would be pretty big (not as big as city’s like NYC or Chicago.) and they want to get land for it before it MAYBE booms. (My opinion.)
I do agree with this to be honest.
@@FrankSinatrq u mean they want to prepare for more developments by using the 1 super-tall tower first? (not sure what u mean by the last sentence?)
@@_Breakdown what I’m saying is that they buy the land for a cheap price before that land could be worth 6-10x the amount
A lot of potential for OKC to grow. I really need to visit.
No you don't
Not missing anything however, they do have some good dive bars.
You should
@@alexohagan8657No he shouldn't
@@mizer9510You mad bro? 😂😂
What if a tornado hits the tower?
edit: i herd they probly gonna have missle proof windows
It won’t
If would be fine the buildings are built to survive tornadoes
the structure has a forcefield that can deflect all weather
only time will tell it could happen maybe it won't maybe it will
then it instantly becomes a 'thrill ride' !
The closer this project comes to actually being realized the more I want it to happen. At first I was like OMG WTF OKC?? but now i’m like “ehh it’s time to build something taller than One world trade center so screw it”. Maybe we’ll get even taller ones in the future
Imagine riding out a tornado from the top of that thing. Woooo.
Pretty much every city in the country was supposed to get "the tallest skyscraper" at some point. This is just OKC's turn.
Which is just nuts for the least urban city in the country
I am so jealous of people who don't live in Alabama that have a taller building than one floor. Our tallest building is one story and it's where I live
What? Alabama's tallest building is 745 feet tall and has 35 stories.
I was born in New York City. I have lived my whole life in New York City. I think if this truly happens in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- it would be great. This would stop my fellow New Yorkers' from complaining, & protesting when New York City developers' building plans are originally designed to be taller than The Freedom Tower in New York City. The Freedom Tower in New York City should not be the height limit of buildings in the United States of America. We should be allowed to build taller than The Freedom Tower in New York City.
OKC looks so small and rural. Building a tower like this in a town like that ... I don't know.
One Tornado and thing is going to be stripped blade of grass.
It's weird that Oklahoma City is such a booming city. Since it smack dab pretty much in the middle of the country. I guess because land is cheap and plentyful there
It's booming because it's cheap. That's all it takes to be booming in this rats-fighting-over-the-scraps economic system we have. In 50 years' time OKC will be too expensive after everyone moved there and people will be fleeing to Topeka or Fargo or whatever the next financial refuge will be.
OKC is actually one of the largest cities by area in US. I think one in Alaska, and maybe one other. The heart of the new republic!
If it does get built, at least then developers in NYC would be bold enough to build taller than the World Trade Center.
Not sure I'd call the soccer field an MLS stadium. The Oklahoma Energy are a development league team and the new stadium will only be 8,000 seats. Compare that with the new stadium being built in Indy that will seat 20,000. If you are going to build a soccer stadium downtown, go big or go home. 8,000 seats guarantees you will never make it to the big leagues in soccer.
The OKC energy are a mls team
This is so strange; it’s the opposite of what’s happening in downtown metropolitan cities today where there is a lot of skyscraper vacancies.
This will never get built. Especially in OKC.
Lube up Steve, you keep saying it will not be built yet its fully funded, approved by City Council and only needing to clear zoning. Poor little fellar is all in his feelings.
Might as well be a TV tower. just build up the skyline and not a stupidly tall building in the middle of nowhere.
Just so y’all know every state experiences tornados, New York has experienced 500+ tornadoes but I don’t see y’all complaining about one hitting it, tornadoes don’t hit places with skyscrapers, they mess up wind patterns, but y’all are complaining about it being in OKC because it’s not a big city like New York, La or Chicago, y’all realize Dallas is in tornado to? What about all of their skyscrapers???
saying tornadoes don't hit skyscrapers is ignorant. Its a made up myth and tornadoes don't care about the location of a skyscraper. Yes tornadoes have hit all 50 states but Oklahoma is prone to strong and more frequent tornadoes compared to other states. The Downtowns of Atlanta, Fort Worth, Nashville, Miami, and Salt Lake City have all had tornadoes hit their skyscrapers within the last 25 years and downtown OKC has no more or less of a chance to face the same fate.
Now that I think about it OKC would be really nice to be that 30th MLS team
31st, San Diego is next expansion.
I really hope it gets built! 🤞
Makes no sense as OKC has all kinds of open land around its downtown or land occupied by low value residential and businesses.
I remember someone in the 1990's proposed a 200 story skyscraper for Tulsa, Ok. (The future belongs tp Tulsa?) Nothing ever became of it. Interestingly, if it's build, it sure will dominate the horizon for miles! I look forward to watching it go up.
I hope maybe this Maugham at some point be like what we see in the Middle East like in Dubai or what they plan to do in Jeddah Saudi’s Arabia where they built a tall building along with other skyscrapers normally surrounding the main tower. It probably wouldn’t be too out of place if they do it that way
Major League Soccer has 2 expansion there which is Phoenix and las vegas. Oklahoma city will be less likely to go there. So sorry that might not be happening anytime soon here.
Continue to build in places where the water supply is marginal. Build where the cost of energy will continue to rise. This is the way development works in the USA. Not a state I want to move to, I must say.
Go for it OKC!!
Will these new structures have translucent roofs? 🤔
Well they got rid of the height restrictions and they secured the funds for the project. Strange pick for the tallest. But at least it's a change from the usual NY city and Chicago.
I wish OKC all the luck in the world, but I honestly doubt this skyscraper will happen as described.
One of the 3 adjoining buildings is supposed to be dedicated to "affordable housing." My question is: - Affordable to whom? A Jr. partner at Stanley Morgan or a poor 2nd string player that plays for The OKC Thunder?
I’ve always wanted to do this in Buffalo lol. Just built this giant 2000ft building in the middle of a small city…just to look as idiotic as humanly possible.
do you really want to compete with your baby photos?
Except for the lengths of a tower in the world, the same Dubai, the Arabs, and the same China, the lengths of a hotel tower in the world, or the lengths of a residential tower in the world, 200 floors
What next? Twin towers in Omaha?
Why not it could happen in my opinion😂
lol as an Omaha resident we could use a couple condo and rental towers 😅 but nooooooo we gotta do a streetcar
At least in Oklahoma they will see the planes coming in much earlier this time ...😞
@@thejaded8218 OMAHA is a wonderful city and didn't you get a new tallest a few years ago?
Except that who wants to move to OKCity where women can't even get healthcare. I wouldn't want my sister, daughter, mother, wife, to move there.
Tornadoes!!!
It's crazy they're building that in a city where the next tallest building is only 100 feet tall!
You obviously have never been to Oklahoma. How pathetic.
The next tallest building there is 850 feet, the Devon tower genius.
This might spur or be a catalyst of skyscraper boom in oklahoma and companies from Texas and California might move in OKC
Skyscrapers are a result of a business climate that already exists. They alone don't create that demand.
Sounds weird but whatever brings the spotlight to Oklahoma. More to brag about
This is very good opportunity to work for this company which is constructing 200 floor 5 th biggest in world and be part of actual architecture of this building near sports and stadium City.
Love OKC's vibe downtown in the Brickyard and their "riverwalk", but this is ridiculous. Where are those people gonna go when a Tornado hits?
A tornado has never hit downtown OKC, and skyscrapers are built to survive stuff like that
Lol...@@-OAK-
@@-OAK-Moore is very close to that area and was mostly leveled TWICE by an F5. While it's unlikely, if a powerful tornado hit that building, it would probably be gutted with all the windows, furnishings, and unfortunately people blown out of the structure and the structure itself could be compromised beyond repair. Such an event actually happened to a high rise in Fort Worth, Texas and the building had to be demolished.
@@dustinzilbauer7582 Moore isn’t downtown OKC, the actual city of OKC has never once been hit by a tornado, skyscrapers are also built to survive natural disasters, the tallest tower in the world is built in a place with sand storms and just as strong of winds as Oklahoma
That's a very low chance scenario considering a tornado has never hit okc and if your using that logic than you should complain about miami building skyscrapers cause of hurricanes
😮Was stationed in Oklahoma City area for 3 years and while it was ok, the OKC mindset seems to want to rival Texas or kinda has a "Little Man's" syndrome. There are so many Hall of Fames there, knock off SA River Walk. The Devon Tower sticks out like a sore thumb alone, this thing if built to total height (I doubt) will look way out of place.
No one cares about Texas other than Texans.
Isn't there some anecdote that whenever someone tries to build the "next tallest" building it usually precedes a recession?
Uhhhh...what's the contingency plan for a "El Reno" or "Moore" tornado???
Chicken and the egg conundrum : which came first, the big metropolitan supercity, or the skyscrapers? How the hell does a fourth tier metro support something like this? Ludicrous. This would be more appropriate in Dallas (metro population over 8 million).
even Dallas has no plans to build anything that big, and land in Dallas is significantly more valuable then in OK City. This is just a vanity project.
Duurr... you think maybe that's why they're putting it there? Where land value would make it less costly?
You sound like someone from a one star state.
Just so y’all know, this building’s purpose is to drive growth and economic development. Due to okcs potential in growth, that’s why it’s wanting to be built in OKC.
OKC is one of the fastest growing cities in America, and this building is going to sky rocket its growth.
And tornados don’t hit downtown OKC, and they are built to survive tornados
TRUCKERS PASSING THROUGH DALLAS VIA 75 STARING AT THE SKYSCRAPERS
Facts
tornadoes dont care what man has classified as a downtown. Buildings will survive a hit much like the F5 that hit Lubbock in the 70s but that doesn't mean its impossible. Tornadoes have hit downtown OKC in the past according to RELIABLE sources such as the NWS tornado archives.
Another question : is this going to be the "tallest building in the country" based on the actual height of the actual building, or is it going to be largely cheater or vanity height like the World Trade Center in New York with a third of the building's height an antenna?
Chicago is the real skyscraper capital of the U.S. 👍🏼
I wonder if they are taking tornadoes into consideration with this
Okc hasn’t had a tornado in decades
@@brycenewsom3014down OKC hasn’t had a tornado “ever”
@@brycenewsom3014 its unpredictible. 2 of the most catastrophic tornadoes have happened in the last 25 yrs very close
If the skyscraper happens you would probably be able to see it from quite a distance, just based on what we observe with the Devon Tower.
The point of skyscrapers are generally because you can’t build out so you have to build up like in the case of NYC and Chicago. This is just stupid
You can add San Francisco & Miami to that list.
Tallest NOT BIGGEST !
...and a dorky place to build it too.
Dorky? I mean I would call it strange, but dorky lol
That will interesting if the storm predictions center will move to this skyscraper from Norman to get better access to for radar and others. Which the national weather service in Oklahoma needs anyway. That will help to track tornadoes better from that here. I just wondering anyway here.
That would be awesome 💯 in my opinion
All that's down in Norman on the South End (or at the airport campus North of main campus) at the University of Oklahoma. National Weather Service, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Univ. of Oklahoma Meteorology School, experimental radars, etc.. All located in and around the same building. A doppler radar dish like they use wouldn't fit well on something like this building.
When construction on this happens, New York is going to have another skyscraper race to try taking back the title
Who would go OKC to see that building. That's totally unreal story
It looks horribly out of place, there appears to be a park and single family homes like a block away lol
so what...once this thing is built, those homes will be bought out and new development put in
oh you poor thing, the things you don't know.
Weird they build it that tall. Aren’t they concerned with tornadoes?
Just build the skyscraper and leave the OKC Thunder arena alone!
Oklahoma City is growing maybe they will get an NFL. Team one day
Why build that big of a building on a place where tornadoes are a thing?
I hope the so called " engineer" is not that guy Hamburger who designed that leaning condo tower in San Francisco because he did feel it needed pile foundations to go to solid rock .
Bro, build it somewhere where there’s no storm like Vegas.
Some nerdy info about VEGAS I came across a few years ago. Insurance companies consider VEGAS to be the safest large city in the US from Natural disasters! Who knew??...😂🤣😋
You should consider Miami there becoming a skyscraper city.
In Miami we have mia on the way. The tallest we can build in the city is 1049 feet high. Downtown is smack in the middle of the runway approach, so the faa block the height at 1049
@@robertofernandez7773 Yeah Miami's Airport is 5 miles west of Downtown and the planes fly directly over it otherwise it would probably have Skyscrapers as tall as NYC & Chicago by now.
@jahmalonbethel1307 If it weren't for the Airport being so close to downtown I could see a tower like this there. Miami currently ranks 3rd. in the US after NYC & Chicago in the numbers of Skyscrapers taller than 500+ ft. / 152+ Meters tall with 14 more Under construction.
Delusions of grandeur.
One... OKC is NOT the Midwest!
Two... The tallest skyscraper should be in either New York or Chicago (you know... an actual Midwest city)
Yeah no one wants to go to Kansas...never heard anyone say..hey let's vacation in Kansas..which ranks just about last in tourism
is there enough business/residential demand for that much floorspace? wouldn't existing building owners not be thrilled by such a sudden increase in supply?
you know what they really need? a monorail! 🙂
That building should be getting built in Austin, TX, they already have a booming skyline
Why?
@@joes7930 they already have something going on
@@franciscocolin2008 yeah so do the 20 or 30 other US cities
@@joes7930 what do you have with Austin? That’s like the only intriguing city in the central time zone other than Chicago.
@@franciscocolin2008 what do I have with Austin? Wtf does that mean? . And whats so special about Austin.? What’s so damn intriguing about it? It has one really tall building. Btw you never confined your criteria to “central time zone”.
I can see all the tornadoes forming from my $2m penthouse.
@3:06 all that empty land. They should build a bunch of shorter buildings, and create a lovely little downtowm. This skyscraper is the dumbest idea. BTW, Oklahoma is in the South. Not Midwest.
It’s crazy how tall skyscrapers are being built today. At which point will it be tall enough? It’s really about one man’s ego Vs another man’s ego. One day we will see a super tall skyscraper that would stretch all the way to space. How mad is that, making it catastrophic if a disaster happened and the building came toppling down. Just like the Tower of Babel, according to biblical prophecy. Man’s greed will kill his ego in the end. 💰 💰 💰
At what point do sports teams start demanding new arenas/stadiums every season?