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Bricktown not Brickton lol

The completion and opening of that tower should definitely bring plenty of tourism and revenue to Oklahoma City. From what I know Oklahoma City certainly doesn't have a large percentage of visitors annually compare to the visitors that go to Miami, NYC, Vegas and Orlando. So I certainly wouldn't mind visiting that city once that tower is complete and open to the public. I've been fascinated with skyscrapers since my childhood.

This is a terrific idea! Oklahoma City is off most peoples radar. I live in Toronto and would go to OKC, to see this skyscraper. Furthermore, The USA is the birthplace of the skyscraper, yet skyscrapers in Asia are, generally, taller and more spectacular than those in The USA. The Legends Tower would help redeem the reputation of American architecture. Build it!!!

I'd rather have the nation's tallest building be located in Jacksonville, Miami, Charlotte, or Atlanta. Why in the world would you have the tallest building in Tornado Alley, of all places?

Considering how bad the commercial real estate market has been doing and still looks for the future, this move is very risky.

Makes sense if you put it in NYC or Chicago it would not stick out as much. Even Sears Tower's height is only noticed outside the city because when you are in the loop other buildings cover it up alot of the time.

having the tallest building in Oklahoma City is awesome…..need that view of ???? Also though. Good on them.

gurl "Brickton?" 😂

Damn, that is gonna be one big building 👻

People are dumb for questioning “why Oklahoma?” Oklahoma has tons of skyscrapers already…including in Tulsa and OKC. This will be iconic!

Love all the walmart graduates commenting on it being in tornado alley or just in OKC like it's not only one of the fastest growing large cities in the country. This tower is like dubai making the Burj Khalifa, after which the tourism increased drastically. And with a building that big and designed correctly, there's no real danger of a tornado doing much damage aside from a broken window or two Just for anyone reading this, the tower is almost entirely RESIDENTIAL, not OFFICE SPACE Source: Me, coz I actually live in Oklahoma

This is the dumbest crap ever. You’re in Oklahoma City, literally a city in the middle of nowhere. Why do you need to build up?

Wouldn’t want to be in that place when a tornado hits

I think it is totally RAD!!

Guys this is our time to shine we can’t let the world down 😂

Also it’s Bricktown.

Go okc

OKC is not use to these type Of proposals! Down here in Dallas which is only like 2.5 hours south, these tall skyscrapers get proposed all the time and never get built. I will admit that they are not this tall though. The Funny thing is that OKC downtown is not even as big as Ft. Worth and they are building this. That building would look crazy even in Dallas! A lot of people don’t realize how rare a 1000ft tower is in the US outside of NY and Chicago. This building is almost twice that height!

Having one really tall building with a lot shorter buildings will make the city skyline look like a hand giving the middle finger.😂

Fake publicity stunt by developers to get attention

Wow! I would have never dreamed as a kid, that my home of Oklahoma will be home to the newest tallest skyscraper! No way! These things are usually in areas that already have a huge city skyline. But i like it, and what he said. There aren't any rules! And when you think about it, all big cities started from the same blank canvas. I think its super cool. Oklahoma City has been growing before my eyes. The devon tower still blows my mind. Its soo freaking tall. You can see it from miles and miles away. I cant even imagine how tall this one is going to be. At this rate, by the time I'm an 80 year old man. OKC will look like New York. Its just wild to see a city grow in your lifetime

I live in Oklahoma and don’t understand this. There isn’t a need. Office space isn’t as important as it used to be and it’s not like we are overflowing with people.

There's what is called a skyscraper index that is used to track the economy of a certain region. It appears whenever one is actually built or approved to be built, the local economy goes into freefall shortly afterward. The Willis Tower (New Sears) was completed in 1974, a year after the first oil shock that brought the country into stagflation. (BTW, the World Trade Center twin towers were completed in 1973.) The Madronas Towers were built in Malaysia in 1997 that exceeded the Willis Tower in height just as its economy crashed, and the Burj Khalifa was built in Dubai and opened right around the global financial crisis of 2008. It makes me wonder why they're building another tallest skyscraper just as commercial high rises are going into a structural meltdown due to the rise of remote work.

HMMMM what could possibly go seriously wrong , the state of Oklahoma is VERY known for having very big tornadoes you are putting your lives into very big danger.

The Okla-Boner

I think OKC is one of the best cities in the country. I mean that. However, when the avg 3bd 2bth home here only costs about 230k. This project makes absolutely no sense. I really don't understand this project. I know it's a stunt. However it's a stunt with absolutely no purpose. Like I said I really don't understand this project.

Nice we Coming Up with the Legend Tower.💯

There is a national height restriction in the US of 2,000 ft. This is why the USA can't have the tallest building in the world even though the skyscraper was invented here.

They should make more buildings in art deco style! It’s beautiful

This may be the dumbest construction project ever. It will make the skyline look ridiculous. The city would be better off with 3-650’ towers.

Will it actually be built?

This sounds like something the onion news would publish

This shit ain’t ever gonna happen

Stupid Idea. Busted windows from tornado damage every year.

1907?! Wow Oklahoma is a younger state than I thought…

Does okc even have enough people or companies to fill the tower?

Certainly with 30 new skyscrapers planned for Manhattan over the next 5 years this record can easily be beaten. It's enough Brooklyn tower almost beat the empire state building. The only issue is that one world trade center will lose it's title.

I do hope they build it and it works likes the Burj Khalifa worked for Dubai and puts OKC back on the map.

If no one is there to see it, does it exist??

WHY ?!!!

This is crazy, who wants to go to Oklahoma City? I’ve been and it’s nice and all, but definitely not what comes to my mind when I think of great American cities. I’m sure if this materializes, it will be a nice building, but I’m not gonna go just to see it.

because Oklahoma real estate prices are so high? land is so hard to get there?

need to build new infrastructure that the people want not new skyscrapers

Oklahoma is OK 👌

What about the tornadoes? 🌪️

the new-yorkification of oklahoma city starts with this building, was bound to happen at some point but this is def a shift

I’ve only been in an earthquake one time in my life. And it was in Oklahoma City.

OKC will be Mobile on steroids with that out of place very tall tower

Why ???? Why there ?

What a colossal waste of resources taking the elevator to the observation deck to get a good view of absolutely nothing in the land that time forgot... I doubt it ever gets built.

Tornado alley seems to be shifting to the east..maybe north east? Either way...im looking forward to this skyscraper..

First off, it is BricktoWN, not Brickton! Second, this area is not struggling. We have Thunder Basketball, a river front walk, an Olympic Rowing Training Center, 2 beautiful parks, one with an outdoor concert space, the Myriad Gardens, a vibrant art community, there's Midtown, the Paseo, an active and welcoming LGBTQ+ Community, Tinker AFB and so much more! Third, tornadoes never make it downtown. They go around the heat of the city. While I'm not thrilled about the height, I'd like to think our beautiful city was chosen because we have a lot to offer!

Sorry, it’ll never happen in OKC; I’ve seen suburban downtowns bigger than Oklahoma City’s. Maybe the city should work on creating the infrastructure to develop a decent downtown, not to mention tackle the horrible crime stats.

It belongs in Miami.. Not in the badlands/tornado alley.

I'm from New York that's just one building

So funny seeing all the jealous coastal residents throwing a tantrum because the place they refer to as flyover country is getting the nations tallest building. I guess if a civil war happens and the Midwest and south east secede we will have the tallest building not them. lol

A lot okies don’t even wanna see this come to fruition while some have little man syndrome about it “why not Oklahoma” gaslighting the tornado threat and the fact that economically it makes no since to put this here lol gonna be a money pit. Let’s talk vacancy rates in downtown OKC office buildings

OK but does it blend?

NYC and Chicago about to get back in the “tallest skyscrapers” game

Every penthouse has a 360 view smart. Not looking at the person across the street.

Genius... let's put a Skyscraper were ALL the Tornadoes live... No this is a 50th ranked in Education Level Idea AT ALL...

Ain’t no way that will ever be built

Never gonna be built to that height

Smart have a tornado spotter up top

Asia has done the mixed used areas much better than the US. It's pretty common place to have condos mixed with offices + commercial areas all in one small area.

Asia is leading in Skyscrapers cities, America is losing its power, America is crumbling and declining 🥴🤣

We just never learn

Tornados will destroy it in seconds

Probably gonna need high speed rail AND HYPERJET PORTS an RUNAWAY.

Absurd. Dumbest idea ever for a city with no shortage of vacant building lots, and it will not happen. The cost of that finished space would far exceed what the Okie real estate market will bear.

Will be very empty

I wish she would have let him talk, I loved this history lesson he was giving. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Good! Maybe thus will start a skyscraper war in the US

Thank God we have the tallest building in the US. Just what OKC needed. Not that it's one of the worst cities in the US to live or anything, but yeah. Maybe tourism is the answer. Glad this is what my taxes are going towards.

Doubt it ever gets built. Not a very good market.

We have tornadoes here. That's why height restrictions exists. This will end badly. This is foolish.

This is stupid

Tornado alley tower

So we're just gonna forget that planes destroyed 2 towers?

That's just dumb.

Demand for office space is plummeting and this is what they are proposing?

People complaining about tornados aren’t very bright

Let me guess... another rectangle, bloc style?

A waste of $$$ try building housing for low income cause there is ALOT OF LOW INCOME IN OKLAHOMA!

No character to the building at all. Efficient, functional, and ugly. Yep, it's modern

This is stupid. If any government funds are used, it will be a huge waste of money. Oklahoma....let alone Okc, doesn't have the population to support this building.

This will never happen.

I seriously doubt this bldg will be built in OKC. For several reasons. The Bldg would struggle to find tenants to fill a 1907 ft tall Bldg there. Just who do they think is going to buy or rent, in a Bldg that size in Oklahoma. I mean get real. Oklahoma is prone to some serious Tornados. That in itself should be enough to realize this project is stupid. This entire story sounds completely ridiculous.

She could at least get the word correct. It’s not Brickton, it’s Bricktown, pronounced Brick Town!

Nashville

.......IN THE MIDDLE TORNADO ALLEYS......??????

A better location would've been Dallas.

This is the dumbest idea I have ever seen considering the amount of severe weather they get.

Just so that it can be knocked down.not a good idea

This is stupid lol

No, its not... ain't going to happen, some developer is blowing smoke up our butts.. There is no market for this size of a building.

There will probably be design changes like height reduction and it will take 10 years to build with a $20B price tag. America just doesn’t have what it takes to aim bigger and better anymore. We had our time of glory in the 20th century. 1,907 feet is the best we can do? C’mon. Might as well just go for 2,000 foot mega tall status like Chicago Spire was supposed to before it got scrapped.

all this money can go to veterans.

I will be surprised if that building ends up getting built. There is a lack of demand for office space.

wow, another pointless waste of money. what about all the flood damage? lots of downtown for all the displaced people right by the skyscrapper