Call a truce between OKC and Seattle

Okay,   first of all, the Okla City metro area has 1 million plus people. Roughly twice the size of Tulsa. Tulsa is about 90 miles to the Ford Center. Drive time about 3 hours round trip. Not a bad road trip. I think your costs were a little high. More like $50.00 in gas at $5.00 per gal. The city of Norman (OU University) 17 miles from downtown. My opinion is this: If there is a relocation, there will be 13,000 season tickets sold less than a month after it is announced. That leaves just over 4000 tickets a game to be had. And I promise you they will not be good seats. What I don't think you guys understand is how hard it was to get tickets even when Memphis came to town. You could not sniff a ticket when the Lakers, Cavaliers, Spurs, played here.

  As far as being able to afford going to the games. The average fan would maybe attend one game every year or two. That would be a special night out with dinner and a game. Most fans would rather sit home and watch it. Honestly, there are so many people that are sports fans, and when money is no object, that arena fills fast. Look, I was every bit like you thinking there is no way that OKC would support any major league team. I was wrong by a mile. It was really unbelievable. I honestly feel that OKC citizens would fill the place with out any Tulsans.

Do me a favor and check out the OKC website, and I think you will find that this city has grown and will continue to grow. There are many large companies here that employee thousands of people. I really don't think OKC has be given a fair shake.

Here is just one thing I have thought of is that OKC,s Double A hockey team not only has the highest attendence in minor league hockey (including American and International), but also last year and the year before averaged more people than 6 NHL teams. 12,500 per game. I know, its minor league hockey with minor league prices, but my point is that OKC has be so starved for so long for something like this,(relocation) that no matter who came here, they would be supported.

  OKC fans see what has happened to the Hornets and the money George Shinn made from being here, they feel the same thing can happen again. How good could Durant and Green be with some serious help? The Hornets would never be where they are now, without the 2 years here. Shinn has said many times that was how he got Tyson Chandler, Peja, and signed David West long term.

As I have said before, what is going on with Seattle sucks for you guys, and your city leaders did not look out for you. Honestly, who really knows what went on with Bennett and Schultz? We will probably never know.  Bennett has not screwed us yet! By the sounds of it, he probably will.  As far a support, there are so many people here with so much money, there will be tens of thousands of fans trying to get one of 4000 tickets or less..

I really think you guys are underestimating the support Tulsa will put up.  There's a reason the Tulsa mayor was at the tour in OKC.

Lets do a little math :

180 mile round trip in my Chevy Suburban at 18 mpg (yes, it gets that)

10 gallons of gas, current prices a little less than 3$ a gallon here -

29 Bucks for the round trip.

Think I could swing that.

Is food really more expensive in OKC?

I know a lot of b-ball hounds in Tulsa who go to 3-4 Mavs or Grizz games a year, that would certainly pick up.

Tulsa has a new arena, bet your bottom dollar they will be playing exhibition games there to drum up interest, maybe even a few regular season games when scheduling conflicts arise at the Ford Center for a concert, conference tourneys, NCAA regionals, etc.

I'm from Tulsa and if they move I'm going to buy some high dollar season ticket seats, go to 10 -15 games a year, and pass around the rest of the tickets to friends and family.

Tulsa a couple of hours down the turnpike?

Do you ride a moped?