As an Oklahoma City resident I have mixed feelings about this. It would be cool for my city to have the tallest building in America and it would put OKC on the map. But then that’s also the problem. I think it would spur the kind of growth and change that I don’t want. And might even change the vibe of the city. Some people would like it. Some wouldn’t. I already think I’d love living in a smaller community.
@Cheezyquackers2 the city is 620 square miles, and only the very edges rarely ever get hit by a tornado, mostly the most southern edges that are more country then city.
I live just 20 miles south of Downtown Oklahoma City. While I think it's a really awesome piece of engineering I don't think our economy here could support such a piece. There are many huge buildings downtown that are near or totally empty due to the lack of business. I worked downtown for years and multiple buildings there are ghost towns. The business (mainly Oil and Gas) couldn't sustain. While it's possible a building like this attracts more business I am skeptical. Regardless it is a beautiful building and concept, but I have a hard time seeing them getting this past the finish line.
@@willchristie2650 as the old curmudeon and erstwhile Yankees catcher and manager said, the future ain't what it used to be. There are clearly regional planning notions afoot that we don't know about. The funding is intact, and didn't appear out of nothing. Still, I'm at a loss as to what those plans are, and I'm snooping.
I live in OKC area. My concern comes from my personal experience about this type of massive development in lass affluent areas: locals who have lived here for generations WILL be pushed out. I've witnessed this three times in my life so the odds are that existing residents in the greater metropolitan area will be pushed out to make room for the affluent "in" crowd. The city and states tax concessions for many years coupled with increased stress on infrastructure, will result in massive tax increases on citizens with little to no return for citizens. Parking in OKC has gone from mostly free to $20 just to go out to eat. Parking slots availability will drop drastically. What used to be a reasonably price night out now costs two days wages compared to 3 hours wages before this drive to play on the global stage. It is sad to see the focus on only growth that entices the elite affluent and pushes the average blue-collar family out. Another concern is that OKC would become a world-class terrorist target.
With a skyscraper like that it absolutely would. A shame. I moved here about a year and a half ago. I wish they’d try to entice middle America to flood in instead of costal elites and such. Why not do stuff to encourage good common folk from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas to move in instead of folks fleeing NYC and LA?
The same can be said for the thunder the taxpayers is stuck with footing the bill to build them a new arena to help millionaires and billionaires get richer and you can bet your ass to ticket prices to the concessions and the merchandise is going to be more expensive and they show you how much they appreciate you by making you subscribe to cable or streaming Network just to watch them play
Critics said the same thing about the Devon Tower before it was built and they were wrong. We need all the development we can get as it will only help all OKC residents in the long run.
As a person who lives in OKC and is really into development, I would love to see the three towers built as originally planned. If there is a need for a supertall tower, at that point, sure. But I am not holding my breathe that this will ever happen. The FAA just stated they wouldn't give their approval due to the location to multiple airport landing sites.
I think their ultimate goal was to get the hotel/shopping center to siphon off of the Thunder and they just added the skyscraper as eye candy with no real intent to actually build it. Because it makes absolutely no sense.
Does OKC have the infrastructure to support a tower of this height? Water/sewer and a fire dept that has the equipment to service a supertall if it catches on fire?
Unlike the metroplex (DFW) OKC has the water. It purchased water shed lakes all over the state and pumps the water to multiple lakes ending at Hefner Lake (essentially a bath tub) a high built lake that gravity feeds the water treatment plant.
@@buddyryeSE Please don't tell people what to do. To support a tower doesn't necessarily mean only it's height in respect to ladders. It means man power, it means inspectors to make sure that the proper fire fighting equipment is installed in the building, it means having the kind of water pressure, and it means having the proper code in effect to cover super tall buildings...none of which this city remotely has any experience in. If you can't be civil, perhaps you should refrain.
No city has a ladder for these global structures, they all have advanced internal fire protection and suppression systems. If they can pump water to flush a toilet they can send water to suppress a flame.
OKC resident here. As both cool and completely ridiculous as it would be, I doubt it will get built, certainly not at 1907 feet. They'll reassess the height based on market needs once the other towers are well under way. That's my prediction anyway.
They should paint a giant red heart on the very top of the building so it would represent the heart of this beautiful country. Flying over it and looking down to see a giant heart and what it would represent, would be awesome! Being that it’s almost dead center of the country, it would be a great gesture.
I'm not sure why this would affect air traffic. The Devon Tower is already less than half a mile from the location, and airlines or other planes don't typically fly near, and certainly not over, skyscraper clusters like those in Oklahoma City. Additionally, Tinker Air Force Base and Will Rogers Airport are both about five miles to the east and south of the location, respectively.
This feels like an AI generated video, voice by AI generated audio. The voice is rock-stable American English, with obvious syntactic errors that a native speaker of this level would never make. With the apparent video mistakes that others have pointed out, it takes the credibility of the channel as a whole down. Sorry
Half the pictures of "OKC" are pictures of Tulsa... These videos have been around forever, they predate AI. Now that AI is around they have only gotten more prevalent.
If you build it, they will come Maybe. If I was in the area, I think it would be a cool destination to visit. If I was a local, it would be cool to look at the residential floors, but I imagine they'd be too expensive for me.
@@NoelFallstromStill I would go spend time and a little money. There is more than just the Tower . Three more Buildings surrounding the tower also , with different shops. It's just not the tower alone. Visitors coming To The City , All wanting to see the tower then see the different types of stores shops businesses around in Beautiful Oklahoma City. You get it. Potentially a lot more Income for the City.
As a resident of OKC I’m not sure about this one. I’d much rather have just the arena and the smaller buildings. And if they can do something about the awful parking downtown that would be great.
I live in OKC. I don’t see the skyscraper being built but I do see the bottom part being built. OK doesn’t have enough people for the building. It would be better suited in Dallas or Houston.
Yeah. I will believe it when I see it. I remember back in '06 or '07 Nashville actually broke ground to build a ridiculously huge tall tower. Then, they started reducing floor count over and over until they canceled the project altogether. I was disappointed.
Born and raised in OKC, I say, build it. Why not? It’ll create jobs, attract tourism, and bring money to the city. I don’t get why people are so against it. Growth is essential... That’s what sets us apart as humans: our drive to push boundaries and innovate. This could be a phenomenal architectural achievement.
Also, on the vertical layout of the floors I think I missed seeing a very large parking garage to accommodate the need for parking for that many people
@pdsrunner It doesn't have to be in New York City or Chicago. It would also be reasonable in Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, Houston, or San Francisco. It seems like it will clash too much with the existing skyline in Oklahoma City. The OKC metro area is also smaller than two million people.
It took so many years for OKC to get an NBA team. OKC built a NBA regulation venue. In fact if Katrina had never hit New Orleans and the Hornets (now Pelicans) needing a temporary home allowing OKC to prove it could support an NBA team OKC would still have an NBA venue for concerts.
@@tom9188least educated by institutions yes. That doesn’t mean stupid. Frankly these days it means not brainwashed. You can learn a lot of stuff like philosophy and the arts and science and such from books and the internet. You don’t need a degree and to be a debt slave anymore to be educated.
This building will take title of tallest in the Usa, taking it away from the Freedom Tower, New York City will want to build a skyscraper that's taller to take the title back, this might cause another skyscraper race like the one in the 1920s/1930s
@@sylvainguinepain5624 Economy and commercial things, yeah, it's pretty bad right now, but once it gets better and peaks then possibly it could happen, it's not like it can't recover.
All these negative comments from people who thinks everyone still rides horses in Oklahoma. If Japan can build structures to withstand earthquakes I think they have enough technology to make buildings withstand the wind..... Not to mention Oklahoma has almost 150 casinos including the worlds largest casino that is less than two hours from OKC... I wish the city would quit growing honestly all you out of state people don't know how to drive GTFO of the fast lane.
Same. OKC was a great place to grow up. It was way more friendly prior to MAPS. People would smile, opens the door for you, say hello, etc. I learned to drive in the 90’s. People would give you plenty of space, let you merge onto the highway. I have no interest in bringing in more coastal immigrants, bad attitudes, their culture or their politics.
People just complain, the tallest skyscrapers in our world sit in the most violent areas, Japan and China have earthquakes, tsunamis, Chicago has high winds, Dubai has all its stuff literally on sand. NY has its tallest at a former tallest site after a man made tragedy. We can build where ever we want.
This tall of a building is just not needed especially in OKC. It will be a spectacular thing to see at first if it happens but I think it will cause more problems than it solves. And what happens far into the future when the building is so old and beyond repair it just needs to come down??
It's ridiculous in a city like that. In a city like NY, where space is a real challenge, it's one thing. In a small city without the need for something that tall, it seems like white elephant, not to mention the extreme weather events there.
OKC is not a small as you think. It has grown a lot, surpassing many other cities. I think it is th 20 th largest city in the US and is only going to climb like DFW.
Meanwhile they don't know who to put in all the commercial property already built. And, put it in tornado alley. Pay highest interest rates for funding. Seems like a great idea
This is awesome, as a Spider-Man fan since a kid. I was always disappointed with my city's lack of tall buildings . I've gotten to watch my city grow, the Devon tower is still such a beautiful building that you can see from miles and miles away. Before you know it, OKC will look like Manhattan. I'm about 45 miles away from OKC and when I go to the 12th floor of the Grand Casino Hotel, I can see the top 3rd of Devon tower, So im excited and hopeful that I will be able to see legends tower on the ground somewhere. Or only have to go up 2 stories to see it from the trees in the way. My 13 year old self would be so incredibly excited for this new building Its rare that Oklahoma gets a new sky scraper. I'm happy that I will get to witness the building of Legends Tower. Its going to look otherworldly in this great state of Oklahoma
@drewbaker100:- Jealous much? You must be one of those loser Democrats from NYC. Those illegal immigrants have taken over your shit hole of a city and turned it into one gigantic garbage dumpster. 😂😂😂
Devon tower is already dwarfing the Oklahoma skyline now we need a building thats 2 and a half times taller than the ones thats already dwarfing the skyline ☠️☠️☠️☠️
The old saying is if you build it they will come. Oklahoma City has the growth and potential for much more growth. This might spur that growth in a downtown already small for a city that size.
They should invest in better schools and transportation infrastructure. You can't have a great downtown when half of it is dedicated to surface parking.
@markrichards6863 The government isn't funding this building. Move along. Also, people love their cars, and schools are fine just get the federal government out.
I honestly think tides are changing to where the locals don't want this growth because of 2 things: increased traffic, and a loss of small-town culture feel. That's the growing sentiment here in Nashville and I guarantee you OKC will be in that same predicament when they finish completing this.
Devon Energy tower looks out of place in OKC. It would have fit in better in Tulsa to go with One Williams Center which Devon surpassed as Oklahoma's tallest building lol. I'm wondering how the engineering will be done to withstand severe thunderstorm winds and potential strong tornadoes.
The reason New York and Chicago and Los Angeles have so many skyscrapers is because there's no more room to grow out, so you have to go up. That's not the case with Oklahoma city. There is absolutely no reason to build a building over 50 stories.
The higher up we go the more land can be used for other things like Trees and Farms so we can use those areas to produce food for survival. Also, I would like to see a Skyscraper build to include Aquaponics so that more food can be build within the Building. If we can build apartments that are affordable then we can get people out of the single use homes. We would need a police force within to stop the TROUBLE MAKERS>
The FAA needing approval is kind of bs. Will Rogers airport's approaches is not over downtown OKC. Neither is Tinker AFB. Even the crosswind runways run northwest to Southeast. Just another example of too much government. And it shouldn't take any amount of time for them to look into the deal and give a yes or no. Not months or years.
Makes no sense to me to be near Brick Town. :) Love Brick Town. But put the effort into the local area. Now if they can pull this off, my hat is off to them.
I live in OKC. It's never going to happen. FAA has already said it would cause issues with flight lanes or some BS like that. Personally, I wouldn't want to be within half-mile of it when the south winds or tornadoes start whipping up. Haven't these guys ever seen Twisters?
The footprint of this area, with such a massive tower is ridiculous. It will become the giant middle finger of OKC, which would actually be cool. But it will never happen, so much more of the area could use remodeling
A solution to a problem that doesn't exist. OKC has plenty of space and there is no need to spend $1.5B to build a tower. Also, something like 30% of the children in Oklahoma live under the poverty threshold. Not only is this tower not solving any of the problems the city faces but it is actually in poor taste in a state where people are poor and under educated. It's a vanity project that will end up costing the tax payers.
We also already have Hammond Tower anyways. Could we not build something that isn’t another ugly glass and steel architectural fustercluck? Could we not build some building or place more traditional looking? With pretty architecture?
However, OKC is not the tourist mecca nor is it the retail, entertainment or business center that can support such an audacious, supertall skyscraper. I do hope that it is built, somewhere. The idea of it being the tallest building in the US & the Western Hemisphere is a lofty one, but hey, we can dream.
@@-OAK- so build one twice as tall so it can lose twice as much money? Quit while you are ahead. I'm sure people all over the world are lining up to buy a condo in OKC lol
Critics are always to be around, the key is to not let them get in the way. They have to realize that while they are entitled to their opinions, they have to know that we don't give a shit what they think.
What is the need, there is plenty of land in OK for living and office. Building a bigger stadium makes more sense because that will bring more performances to OKC beyond NBA. Why not something bigger than Jerry Jones Cowboys stadium in Dallas so we can get NFL and OU bowl games in there.
Buildings in downtown Tulsa are much prettier and interesting with the Art Deco style in which they were built. Also Tulsa downtown looks more like a nice traditional downtown, not half parking lots as OKC. I hope they do build this at a scaled back version as the Thunder's new arena will be built and will be fantastic venue.
I suspect they are planning to lure businesses from less business friendly cities and states along the coasts. That said, I hope it doesn’t get green lit.
@@mmedrano21 I think multiple shorter buildings (between 30 and 50 floors) would make for a prettier skyline and better urban infill. That's just me though.
I really dont see the point investing so much money on a status symbol building, only to have it be slightly taller than its competator. If you want to make a statement, go for at least 600m. There are so many buildings in the 500m-600m range that this is really not note worthy.
As an Oklahoma City resident I have mixed feelings about this. It would be cool for my city to have the tallest building in America and it would put OKC on the map. But then that’s also the problem. I think it would spur the kind of growth and change that I don’t want. And might even change the vibe of the city. Some people would like it. Some wouldn’t. I already think I’d love living in a smaller community.
But just think. If you live there you will be the first to see a tornado coming! 😅
Same! I’m on the fence about it myself!
@@Cheezyquackers2unless you’re on the opposite side! But valid point 😅
Same
@Cheezyquackers2 the city is 620 square miles, and only the very edges rarely ever get hit by a tornado, mostly the most southern edges that are more country then city.
I live just 20 miles south of Downtown Oklahoma City. While I think it's a really awesome piece of engineering I don't think our economy here could support such a piece. There are many huge buildings downtown that are near or totally empty due to the lack of business. I worked downtown for years and multiple buildings there are ghost towns. The business (mainly Oil and Gas) couldn't sustain. While it's possible a building like this attracts more business I am skeptical.
Regardless it is a beautiful building and concept, but I have a hard time seeing them getting this past the finish line.
Several times you showed downtown Tulsa instead of downtown Oklahoma City. 😂
It is all good, it does not really matter...
@@jorgemanso521 It doesn't matter because it's never going to get built, at least not at that scale.
@@jorgemanso521I think it matters
There is even a picture of Las Vegas with the Golden Nugget
@@willchristie2650 as the old curmudeon and erstwhile Yankees catcher and manager said, the future ain't what it used to be. There are clearly regional planning notions afoot that we don't know about. The funding is intact, and didn't appear out of nothing. Still, I'm at a loss as to what those plans are, and I'm snooping.
I live 40 miles from the site and I’ll believe it when I see it going up.
What about tornadoes lol
@@ghanjahmanI live Edmond, a suburb of OKC, and I can't remember the last time a tornado hit downtown. Around the metro, yes, a few times a year.
@@ghanjahman 5:39
MEE TOO I LIVE IN ELRENO OK!!!!
Well, I live in Sulphur and we never expected one to hit right in the middle of downtown.
Now it’s all gone. Nature does not care.
I think it is an absolutely phenomenal idea for ANY city/metropolitan area in America, really! :)
"There's power in the built environment."
I live in OKC area. My concern comes from my personal experience about this type of massive development in lass affluent areas: locals who have lived here for generations WILL be pushed out. I've witnessed this three times in my life so the odds are that existing residents in the greater metropolitan area will be pushed out to make room for the affluent "in" crowd. The city and states tax concessions for many years coupled with increased stress on infrastructure, will result in massive tax increases on citizens with little to no return for citizens. Parking in OKC has gone from mostly free to $20 just to go out to eat. Parking slots availability will drop drastically. What used to be a reasonably price night out now costs two days wages compared to 3 hours wages before this drive to play on the global stage. It is sad to see the focus on only growth that entices the elite affluent and pushes the average blue-collar family out. Another concern is that OKC would become a world-class terrorist target.
With a skyscraper like that it absolutely would. A shame. I moved here about a year and a half ago. I wish they’d try to entice middle America to flood in instead of costal elites and such. Why not do stuff to encourage good common folk from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas to move in instead of folks fleeing NYC and LA?
I can barely afford to live here as it is. Not looking forward to it, but the tower would be cool cant lie
The same can be said for the thunder the taxpayers is stuck with footing the bill to build them a new arena to help millionaires and billionaires get richer and you can bet your ass to ticket prices to the concessions and the merchandise is going to be more expensive and they show you how much they appreciate you by making you subscribe to cable or streaming Network just to watch them play
@@AngelRivera-de1lqyeah your access card only goes so far huh? If you can't afford to live in Oklahoma City you're obviously too lazy to work
Yess build it! America needs more crazy tall towers and other cities might step it up!
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The flight disruption argument is absurd. I fly in and out of OKC multiple times a month and have never flown over downtown taking off or landing.
A spectacular skyscraper. Can’t wait to see it.
Laughing at the critics. They’re wrong, as usual.
It will be a big empty cash hemorrhaging laughingstock.Then again, red states love wasting money on unnecessary things.
Critics said the same thing about the Devon Tower before it was built and they were wrong. We need all the development we can get as it will only help all OKC residents in the long run.
@@soonerdad3 it is 30% vacant and has lost $87 million since 2020 which Okies pay for when Devon writes off the loss. Enjoy..
Nobody cares about that dude like really, that's probably not even the facts @christopherwheeler5404
OKC doesn't seem to need the towers it already has, given all the horizontal space available, often literally across the street.
Good idea, put it in the heart of tornado alley.
Ok is just barely in tornado alley, It’s more to the west.
Seriously 😂😂😂
@@TheMulzets Oklahoma is actually #4 in the country with tornados. Look up Moore OK, it's a suburb of Oklahoma City.
Don't tell Miami, Houston, or New Orleans about hurricanes. They may not build...
@@TheMulzets What?
As a person who lives in OKC and is really into development, I would love to see the three towers built as originally planned. If there is a need for a supertall tower, at that point, sure. But I am not holding my breathe that this will ever happen. The FAA just stated they wouldn't give their approval due to the location to multiple airport landing sites.
I think their ultimate goal was to get the hotel/shopping center to siphon off of the Thunder and they just added the skyscraper as eye candy with no real intent to actually build it. Because it makes absolutely no sense.
@@7y2oN just like mgm did to Springfield MA with it's 25 story eye-candy hotel that ended up a cheap 7 story build
I won't hold my breath.
Does OKC have the infrastructure to support a tower of this height? Water/sewer and a fire dept that has the equipment to service a supertall if it catches on fire?
Unlike the metroplex (DFW) OKC has the water. It purchased water shed lakes all over the state and pumps the water to multiple lakes ending at Hefner Lake (essentially a bath tub) a high built lake that gravity feeds the water treatment plant.
No
@@buddyryeSE Please don't tell people what to do. To support a tower doesn't necessarily mean only it's height in respect to ladders. It means man power, it means inspectors to make sure that the proper fire fighting equipment is installed in the building, it means having the kind of water pressure, and it means having the proper code in effect to cover super tall buildings...none of which this city remotely has any experience in. If you can't be civil, perhaps you should refrain.
Yes we've been running s#!t out of our state for years!
No city has a ladder for these global structures, they all have advanced internal fire protection and suppression systems. If they can pump water to flush a toilet they can send water to suppress a flame.
I live in okc. I love the boardwalk idea and the three smaller buildings, but i think the skyscraper is absolutely pointless
OKC resident here. As both cool and completely ridiculous as it would be, I doubt it will get built, certainly not at 1907 feet. They'll reassess the height based on market needs once the other towers are well under way. That's my prediction anyway.
Can we please make it a standard to quit including the few hundred foot antennas in the building heights?
Exactly. It's like putting a fork in the middle of a pizza and calling it the world's thickest pizza haha
They lease those antennas to telecommunication companies
I agree. Building height should only include floor count height from street surface to roof not antenna.
They should paint a giant red heart on the very top of the building so it would represent the heart of this beautiful country. Flying over it and looking down to see a giant heart and what it would represent, would be awesome! Being that it’s almost dead center of the country, it would be a great gesture.
Glad we're SE of OKC. Its been a minute since a twister hit that area, but id hate ro be in/around that building when it does!
That’s what I’m sayin. 😮
I wish that it would happen. It would be excellent for the city. I see your point. :-)
I'm not sure why this would affect air traffic. The Devon Tower is already less than half a mile from the location, and airlines or other planes don't typically fly near, and certainly not over, skyscraper clusters like those in Oklahoma City. Additionally, Tinker Air Force Base and Will Rogers Airport are both about five miles to the east and south of the location, respectively.
Absolutely this. If pilots have trouble avoiding the literal tallest thing in the country with a known location, then they don’t need to be flying.
This feels like an AI generated video, voice by AI generated audio. The voice is rock-stable American English, with obvious syntactic errors that a native speaker of this level would never make. With the apparent video mistakes that others have pointed out, it takes the credibility of the channel as a whole down. Sorry
Definitely AI VO.. you can easily tell with the way “he” says the heights.. 😂 “and over hundred and ten thousand..”
Half the pictures of "OKC" are pictures of Tulsa...
These videos have been around forever, they predate AI. Now that AI is around they have only gotten more prevalent.
Where is the cost benefit analysis for such a skyscraper idea. Sounds pointless
There isn't one!
If you build it, they will come
Maybe.
If I was in the area, I think it would be a cool destination to visit. If I was a local, it would be cool to look at the residential floors, but I imagine they'd be too expensive for me.
It is pointless, that's what billionaires do, pointless things.
@@NoelFallstromStill I would go spend time and a little money.
There is more than just the Tower . Three more Buildings surrounding the tower also , with different shops. It's just not the tower alone. Visitors coming To The City , All wanting to see the tower then see the different types of stores shops businesses around in Beautiful Oklahoma City. You get it. Potentially a lot more Income for the City.
Tourists and people moving in
Kinda like NYC when the Empire State Building was built. Las Vegas arose in the desert. Nothing else was close but it established a precedent.
As a resident of OKC I’m not sure about this one. I’d much rather have just the arena and the smaller buildings. And if they can do something about the awful parking downtown that would be great.
Looks like 'American Art Deco' architecture but Smooth and modern 👍
OKC is the 20th largest city in America, just ahead of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas
And it’s Tornado World Headquarters 😂
@ OKC not so much. Moore and western Oklahoma, definitely.
soooooo?
I live in OKC. I don’t see the skyscraper being built but I do see the bottom part being built. OK doesn’t have enough people for the building. It would be better suited in Dallas or Houston.
Also we don’t have any big companies that don’t already have their campus buildings.
I like the OKC thunder there doing good.
Very similar to OKC's visibility, via the NBA, this project will contribute to the growth and reputation of the city.
I support this innovative tower for OKC
Yeah. I will believe it when I see it. I remember back in '06 or '07 Nashville actually broke ground to build a ridiculously huge tall tower. Then, they started reducing floor count over and over until they canceled the project altogether. I was disappointed.
This is a bad idea. The development looks great but the building doesn’t need to be that tall. It will probably sit empty for years.
Born and raised in OKC, I say, build it. Why not? It’ll create jobs, attract tourism, and bring money to the city. I don’t get why people are so against it. Growth is essential... That’s what sets us apart as humans: our drive to push boundaries and innovate. This could be a phenomenal architectural achievement.
:34 seconds that’s Tulsa not OKC.
I live in Oklahoma City. I'm excited for this but however, we have more problems to work on than worrying about a new Skyscraper.
Also, on the vertical layout of the floors I think I missed seeing a very large parking garage to accommodate the need for parking for that many people
Why Oklahoma City of all places?
because the developer and investors are from Oklahoma? so why not Oklahoma? everything grand doesn't have to be NYC or Chicago.
@pdsrunner It doesn't have to be in New York City or Chicago. It would also be reasonable in Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, Houston, or San Francisco. It seems like it will clash too much with the existing skyline in Oklahoma City. The OKC metro area is also smaller than two million people.
cost to build is cheapest here.
Because of all the massive F-5 tornadoes that form there. Silly.
@@deepspire DET hasn't lost anything but windows.
Go ahead and build it. See what happens. OKC says it is not and has never been a sanctuary city, so I hope it prospers.
It took so many years for OKC to get an NBA team. OKC built a NBA regulation venue. In fact if Katrina had never hit New Orleans and the Hornets (now Pelicans) needing a temporary home allowing OKC to prove it could support an NBA team OKC would still have an NBA venue for concerts.
One of the poorest and least educated states.
@@tom9188least educated by institutions yes. That doesn’t mean stupid. Frankly these days it means not brainwashed. You can learn a lot of stuff like philosophy and the arts and science and such from books and the internet. You don’t need a degree and to be a debt slave anymore to be educated.
This building will take title of tallest in the Usa, taking it away from the Freedom Tower, New York City will want to build a skyscraper that's taller to take the title back, this might cause another skyscraper race like the one in the 1920s/1930s
Not likely. Commercial real estate is in sad shape after COVID. There are hundreds or even thousands of empty office buildings all over the country.
@@sylvainguinepain5624 Economy and commercial things, yeah, it's pretty bad right now, but once it gets better and peaks then possibly it could happen, it's not like it can't recover.
what an odd city for such engineering.
That's what they said about Las Vegas and Dubai.
@@elithompson4681 but its right in the middle
The liberal cities are all in decline
Yeah, that's our sentiment here, too!
All these negative comments from people who thinks everyone still rides horses in Oklahoma. If Japan can build structures to withstand earthquakes I think they have enough technology to make buildings withstand the wind..... Not to mention Oklahoma has almost 150 casinos including the worlds largest casino that is less than two hours from OKC... I wish the city would quit growing honestly all you out of state people don't know how to drive GTFO of the fast lane.
Same. OKC was a great place to grow up. It was way more friendly prior to MAPS. People would smile, opens the door for you, say hello, etc. I learned to drive in the 90’s. People would give you plenty of space, let you merge onto the highway.
I have no interest in bringing in more coastal immigrants, bad attitudes, their culture or their politics.
Weather...Don't tell Miami, Houston, or New Orleans about hurricanes. They may not build...
People just complain, the tallest skyscrapers in our world sit in the most violent areas, Japan and China have earthquakes, tsunamis, Chicago has high winds, Dubai has all its stuff literally on sand. NY has its tallest at a former tallest site after a man made tragedy. We can build where ever we want.
To be fair, that casino is big because of how long and wide it is, not because of how tall it is.
I feel exactly what you're saying. People tend to have a pessimistic attitude for no good reason.
You'll never see San Diego do anything this awesome.
Greatness
Think about it. It will draw in people from all directions in an area with nothing to do. This is genius.
This tall of a building is just not needed especially in OKC. It will be a spectacular thing to see at first if it happens but I think it will cause more problems than it solves. And what happens far into the future when the building is so old and beyond repair it just needs to come down??
Will change America forever?
It's ridiculous in a city like that. In a city like NY, where space is a real challenge, it's one thing. In a small city without the need for something that tall, it seems like white elephant, not to mention the extreme weather events there.
What else to expect...The fucktardation never ends....
OKC is not a small as you think. It has grown a lot, surpassing many other cities. I think it is th 20 th largest city in the US and is only going to climb like DFW.
@@johnbeck9997 exactly, I’ve been here for 32 years and I’ve watched it grow like crazy!
i live in oklahoma and i have been hearing about it for months now from ppl in okc
Remember the First Americans Museum? Big plans. Building started, then funding ran out and the eyesore sat there for years half finished.
San Francisco needs one of these
Meanwhile they don't know who to put in all the commercial property already built. And, put it in tornado alley. Pay highest interest rates for funding. Seems like a great idea
This is awesome, as a Spider-Man fan since a kid. I was always disappointed with my city's lack of tall buildings . I've gotten to watch my city grow, the Devon tower is still such a beautiful building that you can see from miles and miles away. Before you know it, OKC will look like Manhattan. I'm about 45 miles away from OKC and when I go to the 12th floor of the Grand Casino Hotel, I can see the top 3rd of Devon tower, So im excited and hopeful that I will be able to see legends tower on the ground somewhere. Or only have to go up 2 stories to see it from the trees in the way.
My 13 year old self would be so incredibly excited for this new building
Its rare that Oklahoma gets a new sky scraper. I'm happy that I will get to witness the building of Legends Tower. Its going to look otherworldly in this great state of Oklahoma
Why
I wonder if this building could withstand an F-5 tornado....
Don't tell Miami, Houston, or New Orleans about hurricanes. They may not build...
I would move to the building to watch storms roll in. Not many long range views in Oklahoma housing.
An observation deck for what? There is literally nothing to see😂
@drewbaker100:- Jealous much? You must be one of those loser Democrats from NYC. Those illegal immigrants have taken over your shit hole of a city and turned it into one gigantic garbage dumpster. 😂😂😂
Amber waves of grain? Maybe?
@@DisinterestedParty cows a crappin or something 🙄
You don't see the vision
You’ll see the Oklahoma City metro which is larger than you think
Devon tower is already dwarfing the Oklahoma skyline now we need a building thats 2 and a half times taller than the ones thats already dwarfing the skyline ☠️☠️☠️☠️
The old saying is if you build it they will come. Oklahoma City has the growth and potential for much more growth. This might spur that growth in a downtown already small for a city that size.
No one wants to go there except MAGA.
They should invest in better schools and transportation infrastructure. You can't have a great downtown when half of it is dedicated to surface parking.
@markrichards6863 The government isn't funding this building. Move along. Also, people love their cars, and schools are fine just get the federal government out.
I honestly think tides are changing to where the locals don't want this growth because of 2 things: increased traffic, and a loss of small-town culture feel. That's the growing sentiment here in Nashville and I guarantee you OKC will be in that same predicament when they finish completing this.
@@AlexOtto Nashville and Oklahoma City haven't been small towns in a very long time.
Devon Energy tower looks out of place in OKC. It would have fit in better in Tulsa to go with One Williams Center which Devon surpassed as Oklahoma's tallest building lol. I'm wondering how the engineering will be done to withstand severe thunderstorm winds and potential strong tornadoes.
5:52 that is not Oklahoma. That is Andover, Kansas
The reason New York and Chicago and Los Angeles have so many skyscrapers is because there's no more room to grow out, so you have to go up. That's not the case with Oklahoma city. There is absolutely no reason to build a building over 50 stories.
The higher up we go the more land can be used for other things like Trees and Farms so we can use those areas to produce food for survival. Also, I would like to see a Skyscraper build to include Aquaponics so that more food can be build within the Building. If we can build apartments that are affordable then we can get people out of the single use homes. We would need a police force within to stop the TROUBLE MAKERS>
If you build it thay will come
Is this being built in Tulsa?
The FAA needing approval is kind of bs. Will Rogers airport's approaches is not over downtown OKC. Neither is Tinker AFB. Even the crosswind runways run northwest to Southeast. Just another example of too much government. And it shouldn't take any amount of time for them to look into the deal and give a yes or no. Not months or years.
Makes no sense to me to be near Brick Town. :) Love Brick Town. But put the effort into the local area. Now if they can pull this off, my hat is off to them.
Where is your information from? Just asking.
ChatGPT
they pulled it out of their butt.
I live in OKC. It's never going to happen. FAA has already said it would cause issues with flight lanes or some BS like that. Personally, I wouldn't want to be within half-mile of it when the south winds or tornadoes start whipping up. Haven't these guys ever seen Twisters?
The FAA has far too much regulatory power. Hopefully that will be addressed under a future administration.
The footprint of this area, with such a massive tower is ridiculous. It will become the giant middle finger of OKC, which would actually be cool. But it will never happen, so much more of the area could use remodeling
A solution to a problem that doesn't exist. OKC has plenty of space and there is no need to spend $1.5B to build a tower. Also, something like 30% of the children in Oklahoma live under the poverty threshold. Not only is this tower not solving any of the problems the city faces but it is actually in poor taste in a state where people are poor and under educated. It's a vanity project that will end up costing the tax payers.
We also already have Hammond Tower anyways.
Could we not build something that isn’t another ugly glass and steel architectural fustercluck? Could we not build some building or place more traditional looking? With pretty architecture?
I’m wondering how this is going to be safe for the city…we’re part of tornado alley.
Like tornadoes don't exist in Oklahoma that a smart move good luck on the insurance
Tornados have never hit downtown okc
@I_frmda405. That means they're overdue. A tornado never hit Sulphur, Oklahoma either... until last spring.
First, OKC finally builds the Devon "Eye of Sauron" Tower. Now this?
No one here in Oklahoma actually expects this to happen. It’s a bit of a joke.
I Like how USA's futurism is Almost always centered Around NBA, NFL, or MLB 😂
this just doesn't make sense. this just looks like a billionaire vanity project.
Not going to happen, but sounds fun!
Will it be tornado-proof ?
Shhhh. Don't tell Miami, Houston, or New Orleans about Hurricanes.
It will eat tornadoes, and send them to texass.
Good, we will be able to see those tornadoes hours before they arrive.
Is it tornado proof???
Tower of Babel
However, OKC is not the tourist mecca nor is it the retail, entertainment or business center that can support such an audacious, supertall skyscraper. I do hope that it is built, somewhere. The idea of it being the tallest building in the US & the Western Hemisphere is a lofty one, but hey, we can dream.
@@-OAK-Haha. You obviously know nothing about Dubai. It was a popular stop over for travellers from Asia and the Pacific, including Australia.
@@-OAK- Devon Tower lost 87 million since 2020. This tower would go bust.
@@-OAK- so build one twice as tall so it can lose twice as much money? Quit while you are ahead. I'm sure people all over the world are lining up to buy a condo in OKC lol
@@brentonpoole4741 oak is a complete idiot.
@@-OAK- you are clueless and you can't spell. Oklahoma is a flyover state not a destination.
so THAT's where the $1.5 billion went!
my rub game is on point. so ive heard your a good rubber.
Should’ve been in Nashville, TN🙄
Critics are always to be around, the key is to not let them get in the way. They have to realize that while they are entitled to their opinions, they have to know that we don't give a shit what they think.
If they really build it I will be in the shade a few days of the year.
Wait... you all know what kind of weather we have in Oklahoma, right?
We can't rent the offices we have now, WTF.
pr0grEsS
They’re not gonna build that at all
They'll start, and then scale it back by fifty percent. The publicity machine has been run brilliantly.
More common sense...
Won’t tornados be a problem?
What is the need, there is plenty of land in OK for living and office. Building a bigger stadium makes more sense because that will bring more performances to OKC beyond NBA. Why not something bigger than Jerry Jones Cowboys stadium in Dallas so we can get NFL and OU bowl games in there.
A direct hit from an F5 tornado,🌪 Oklahoma City will become world-wide famous. 😃
Tornados have never hit Downtown okc
@@I_frmda405 according to you, 🌪tornados will NEVER hit Oklahoma City. 😃
@@DavidMcGowan3And they have, many times.
Don't tell Miami, Houston, or New Orleans about hurricanes. They may not build...
When was the last time a tornado hit downtown Oklahoma City?
I live in Norman, Oklahoma, just south of here. Do they realize the tornadoes we get? It’s insane.
Oklahoma? Yeah, no. No financial basis and weather that is too severe.
Build it all the way up into space and reach the moon. LOL. :)
I love how they keep using images of downtown Tulsa towards the end of the video... Close I guess, but it's an hour away from OKC 😅
Buildings in downtown Tulsa are much prettier and interesting with the Art Deco style in which they were built. Also Tulsa downtown looks more like a nice traditional downtown, not half parking lots as OKC. I hope they do build this at a scaled back version as the Thunder's new arena will be built and will be fantastic venue.
100 miles
@Cam-vz2zk I drive fast soooo.....
Do people really want to live next to, or atop, a sports arena?
No
@@Cam-vz2zk The Sports arena will be 3 blocks nw of the complex
The sports arena is a done deal. A 1,900 foot tall building isn’t.
I can't imagine them being able to fill it.
I suspect they are planning to lure businesses from less business friendly cities and states along the coasts.
That said, I hope it doesn’t get green lit.
@@mmedrano21 I think multiple shorter buildings (between 30 and 50 floors) would make for a prettier skyline and better urban infill. That's just me though.
I really dont see the point investing so much money on a status symbol building, only to have it be slightly taller than its competator. If you want to make a statement, go for at least 600m. There are so many buildings in the 500m-600m range that this is really not note worthy.
Bad idea .
Right in the heart of tornado alley. Not sure if this is a good idea.