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The Professional Bull Riders circuit hosted a Built Ford Tough Series event at the Convention Center between 2005 and 2008; since 2009, the event has been held at the BOK Center. From 2009 through 2012, the Convention Center was the home arena for the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League .
In addition to athletic events, the arena also hosts CBU's chapel program, student orientation activities and commencement ceremonies. [2] In February 2023 the arena was re-named in honor of Dale E. Fowler and his wife Sarah Ann Fowler in recognition of the couple's $28.5 million donation to the university. [5] [6] [7]
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, US 64 and US 75. [1] The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district; it is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. [2]
In the fall of 2010, CBU added a College of Health Science, and enrollment exceeded 4,700 students. [9] On September 8, 2015, CBU offered its first doctoral degree, a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) through the School of Nursing. The CBU Events Center opened in November 2017. [10]
The Tulsa metropolitan area is the economic engine of the Green Country as well as Eastern Oklahoma. In 2017 the Tulsa metropolitan area's GDP was $57.7 billion, [18] up from 43.4 billion in 2009, nearly thirty percent of Oklahoma's economy, and the 53rd largest in the nation. [19]
The arena contains 2,934 permanent seats and can host concerts, trade shows (27,480 square feet (2,553 m 2) of space at the arena floor), conventions, and other events. There are 6 concession stands and 14 restrooms divided equally between the men and women. The center scoreboard at the UMAC features a 6' x 8' video screen.
The venue played a prominent role in the development of western swing in the 1930s and 1940s, when Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys broadcast a near-daily show and performed live weekly. [4] [5] Leon Russell and his band were regularly booked at Cain's when it was owned by Larry Shaeffer.
Tulsa, the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, is the site of 26 completed high-rises over 200 feet (61 m), 4 of which stand taller than 492 feet (150 m). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tallest building in the city is the BOK Tower , which rises 667 feet (203 m) in Downtown Tulsa and was completed in 1975.