@HomeInTulsa, (7/23/2009 8:05:36 AM)

Save money Investors. Seek out an AHL team. Please.

Navin Johnson, Tulsa (7/23/2009 12:50:01 PM)

Some of you don't seem to understand that Tulsa already has a glut of middling professional sports teams, each of whom is struggling (except the Drillers). Why should we add another one? This eventually will fail because once attendance declines sharply in years two and three, the ownership group will want to move on. Then Tulsa will be known as a city which can't support "Major League" sports (and I use that term loosely).

This is bound to fail. It has zero appeal to the key consumer base: 18-35 year-old males. They aren't going to spend their money on this boring crap.

Navin Johnson, Tulsa (7/23/2009 1:53:14 PM)

Hawk--

They better. Who do you think has the disposable income and the personality to spend it?

The bigger point is this: the WNBA has such limited fan appeal, that a metro area this size isn't likely to support it well enough to last. Anyone who thinks that fans from the OKC area will drive over to Tulsa to watch during the summer is nuts. First of all it's summer, people are on vacation. Second and most importantly... it's women's basketball. Relatively speaking, no one cares. That's why they play in the summer and play a limited schedule. That's why the NBA forces sponsors to also sponsor the WNBA. It can't stand on it own merits and it won't last in Tulsa.

GoldenDriller1, Out of State (7/23/2009 9:01:48 AM)

What a WASTE of $$$. Not a smart investment, the leauge is on the brink of colapsing.

tulsandn, Boswell / Tulsa (7/23/2009 8:34:39 AM)

Tulsa will never support any kind of sports franchise, they have a nationally ranked div-1 football team that they can't get 10,000 fans in the stands....

I say, just give on sports in Tulsa in general....

If you try and ride a bike there people curse you and drive close to scare you and in some cases, they get to close and "accidently" run you over....

Sports in Tulsa will never succeed....Every franchise that was ever brought there failed....The college baseball team made it to the college world series and they don't exist anymore....Just give up on sports, Tulsa is a sports blackhole....

tulsandn, Boswell / Tulsa (7/23/2009 8:49:08 AM)

We don't need outsiders coming into our town & laughing at us....Keep them away!!!!

Golden Hurricane, Tulsa (7/23/2009 9:22:34 AM)

"Without the support of the citizens, this will not happen," Cameron said.

That being said, let's hope the citizens speak a loud NO to this!

Before any of you make some stupid comment about people who think this way just don't want Tulsa to progress, STOP! I absolutely want to see Tulsa grow, but if you think the WNBA is growth then you are the one with the thinking problem.

The WNBA is the butt of every joke on Sportscenter. There is not one shred of this league that is taken seriously by the mainstream sports fan. I love Tulsa, I want the best for this city...the WNBA would be an embarrassment to our city, period.

The league is plain and simply the most unwatchable product in all of sports. If it does end up here, I won't be rooting against it, but I can guarantee you that it has NO CHANCE to succeed. Would you pay money to watch paint dry?? I know I won't!

Note to investors: FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR FAMILIES, SAVE YOUR MONEY AND INVEST IN SOMETHING MORE WORTHWHILE!

Peace...out!

Non-BUBBA, Tulsa (7/23/2009 9:01:11 AM)

I'm seeing a trend here...I am thinking that folks just see being negative as a hobby. I guess if you don't like the sport, don't go. There is no way to determine if it will work without actually TRYING. "if man were meant to fly..."
Secondly, why can't we renovate the current driller stadium at the fairgrounds into a soccer pitch and try for a MLS team?
Also, AAA baseball, and AHL hockey would be awesome!!! But then, there are so many ways to be negative about all this..."The BOK is a waste, it'll never work, there's no parking.. la la la" Geez People, get some prozac!!!!

Non-BUBBA, Tulsa (7/23/2009 9:15:59 AM)

ROCKET,, YOU NAILED IT!!!!

Non-BUBBA, Tulsa (7/23/2009 10:07:51 AM)

Also, as I understand it, this isn't costing taxpayers anything, so what the hey??

OPEN YOUR EYES TULSA, Tulsa (7/23/2009 11:52:27 AM)

I probably would not go because I do not follow the WNBA now. I would rather see them work on a deal to get the OKC Thunder to play 50% of their games in Tulsa or get Tulsa their own NBA team.

davidlinda1020, Tulsa (7/23/2009 9:57:03 AM)

I support this great opportunity for the city Tulsa. Where and who do I get in touch with for a job to help this team?

abrcr99, Tulsa (7/23/2009 4:23:03 PM)

I am in agreement that having the WNBA here is not a big step forward, just like having the NBA D-league doesn't really mean anything. However, from college to High school, I have been really really surprised how big of a following there is for women's basketball. I myself am not a fan of it, but I do admit that there seems to be a very big following for it, and not just OU-OSU but also regional High School girl's basketball has great turn outs, so IF that following would pour over into the WNBA, then I actually think that the WNBA would do just fine, and maybe even better than other markets are doing.

And who knows maybe if the WNBA does well, the drillers in there new stadium do well, maybe Tulsa sometime will be up for an NHL or MLS team.

Edgar, Norman, (7/23/2009 12:41:55 PM)

Hey haters, attendance isn't mandatory. Heck you don't even have to read the recap in the paper. geez, Tulsans are so irritable.

Have that, America (7/23/2009 8:25:07 AM)

Don't bring this here...its a waste. And when it fails that will only make other teams that would succeed second guess coming here.

we should have a AAA baseball team. don't get me wrong, I love the drillers, but tulsa is a bigger city, better market than most of the texas league, and will have the best facilities especially after the new stadium is done.

Tulsa Life, (7/23/2009 3:09:08 PM)

Would I go to a game? Probably not. But I still think Tulsa would be a great town for it. Like the article said OU and OSU get solid attendance. Girls High School Basketball is huuuuge in the state. Go for it!

WilliamTheArtist, (7/23/2009 8:23:41 AM)

I am not against the womens basketball possibly coming to Tulsa. But would hope that our leaders are trying to get MLS in Tulsa. Soccer has continued to grow here and would likely attract a lot more people. I can also imagine they are doing this to help the BOK Arena, we have it, lets try to use it to its fullest potential. But dont forget about soccer if your aiming to get a sports franchise in Tulsa.

Steff M, Claremore (7/23/2009 6:27:32 AM)

Like watching paint dry. Just say no.

Steff M, Claremore (7/26/2009 2:35:53 AM)

Just say no.

rocket, (7/23/2009 9:09:12 AM)

Memo to Donna Orender: Disregard everything you read on this message board as largely unrepresentative of the city. This board is a frequent refuge of negativists, angry bloggers, malcontents and generally grumpy people who are against almost anything that upsets their daily status quo. If they had prevailed a few years ago, the magnificent BOk Arena you visited Wednesday wouldn't exist. Fortunately, they didn't prevail. They rarely do. All they have is this sad message board.

BigOkie, (7/23/2009 7:34:08 AM)

First the league needs to be viable. Currently it doesn't seem like it is.

predidentford, wellston (7/22/2009 7:39:03 PM)

They must not be basketball fans. My wife and I ready to make 100 mile drive to Tulsa to watch games.
OU had over 9000 per game last year and 10,000 the previous year, OSU had over 3000, add all the other state schools grade school through college that have girls basketball, then that is alot of potiential fans.
There has been a girls game with over 13,000 in attendance each of the last two seasons, so get it done and bring on the season tickets.

predidentford, wellston (7/23/2009 4:33:57 PM)

Womens basketball has a large folling in Oklahoma. OU and OSU has a combined average attendance of over 10,000, more than USC, UCLA and Stanford combined, yet Calif. has 2 WNBA teams.

MMORU, (7/23/2009 12:45:47 PM)

I was one of the 75 people in attendance, and I liked what was said yesterday. The negative talk on here is coming from people that haven't heard the reasoning of a WNBA team. You don't bring in a WNBA team because of the financial returns. You bring it in as an investment for the city. It's worth something to have Tulsa on ESPN and ABC as well as being listed in newspapers across the country. There is value in having the players be role models to the youth in the Tulsa area. We would be bringing in some quality people to the city. It's also 17 more events at the BOK Center that will help downtown businesses. However, do I think Tulsa could have 7,000 fans a game? No, but that might not be the goal. Can they find a way to make this work financially, and make this thing work? Yes. I hope people look beyond the fact that it's just women's basketball, but that it is something that represents us as a city and something we could all be proud of someday. It's good for our city even if you don't care about it personally.

MMORU, (7/24/2009 9:41:51 AM)

Marathonman, I didn't mean the franchise was an actual investment that the city was financially involved. I meant that it's supported by private investors, and therefore benefit the city.