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The Lloyd Noble Center is a 10,967-seat multi-purpose arena located in Norman, Oklahoma, some 19 mi (31 km) south of downtown Oklahoma City. It opened in 1975 and is home to the University of Oklahoma men's and women's basketball and women's gymnastics teams of the Southeastern Conference .
Holmberg Hall (Reynolds Performing Arts Center) 1918 A European style opera hall, it was renamed in 2005 following an extensive renovation. [41] Monnet Hall 1914 Built as the home for the College of Law, Monnet Hall now houses the OU Library's Western History Collection. [42] Oklahoma Memorial Union: 1928
On March 10, 2015, the University of Oklahoma board of regents approved the initial construction of "Phase 1" to renovate Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. [22] The renovation is expected to cost approximately $160 million and anticipated completion is just prior to the start of the 2016 football season.
The 122,000-square foot Young Family Athletic Center opened its doors on Jan. 20 with the start of YFAC Basketball League play and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday.
The Thunder is the city's second "permanent" major professional sports franchise after the now-defunct AFL Oklahoma Wranglers and is the third major-league team to call the city home when considering the temporary hosting of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 NBA seasons.
The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman.The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to a nickname given to the early participants in the Land Run of 1889, which initially opened the Unassigned Lands in the future state of Oklahoma to non-native settlement.
Home of Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball until 1975, the Field House currently hosts the men's wrestling, women's volleyball, and men's gymnastics teams. The Field House is named for T. Howard McCasland, a two-sport star who was the captain of the 1916 basketball team and an end for the football team.
The five-time Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year is headlining "Blake Shelton & Very Special Friends: Oklahoma Is All for the Hall" at 7 p.m. March 30 at Tulsa's BOK Center.