New Arena Deal For The Thunder Secures Them In OKC Through 2050

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00:00 Sportscaster Rick Harrow inside the 1.3 trillion dollar business of sports with your daily numbers game.

00:05 Well the Oklahoma City Thunder were the Seattle Supersonics in 2008.

00:10 Then a new arena as part of a nine facility maps metropolitan area project strategies packet

00:16 lured them from Seattle, became the first major league professional sports franchise in Oklahoma.

00:22 December 12, a chance to keep the Thunder in town.

00:26 For 25 years through 2050, the chairman Clay Bennett signed a letter agreeing to that.

00:32 Assuming a new building, 900 million dollars or so is built.

00:37 Thunder brought in 600 million dollars of economic activity, 3,000 jobs, GDP up 62 percent.

00:46 Oklahoma City goes from 31st to the 20th largest city in the country.

00:51 Amazing what sports can do from an economic development perspective and this would only enhance it.

00:57 Sportscaster Rick Harrow, Daily Numbers Game.