{"id":2265273,"date":"2026-02-03T19:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2265273"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:59:31","slug":"oklahoma-supreme-court-clears-path-for-rock-creek-entertainment-district-construction-kgou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/oklahoma-supreme-court-clears-path-for-rock-creek-entertainment-district-construction-kgou\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Supreme Court clears path for Rock Creek Entertainment District construction | KGOU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The ruling clears the way for the project to continue.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, organized by Oklahomans for Responsible Economic Development, got <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgou.org\/2024-10-17\/norman-residents-submit-over-11-000-signatures-for-entertainment-district-petition-nearly-double-amount-needed\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\">over 10,600 signatures<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment district plans include a new arena to host OU\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball and gymnastics events. Tax increment financing will be used to pay for $600 million of the total cost, and the rest of the funding will come from private donors.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released following the ruling, OU said it has been working with the County Trust during the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgou.org\/2024-12-16\/legal-challenge-delays-vote-on-norman-1-billion-rock-creek-entertainment-district\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\">legal delay <\/a>to prepare the development for construction.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgou.org\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\"><u>KGOU<\/u><\/a><i> is a community-supported news organization and relies on contributions from readers and listeners to fulfill its mission of public service to Oklahoma and beyond. Donate<\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgou.org\/donate-online\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\"><i> <u>online<\/u><\/i><\/a><i>, or by contacting our Membership department.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '130719443711',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kgou.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ruling clears the way for the project to continue. The petition, organized by Oklahomans for Responsible Economic Development, got over 10,600 signatures in 2024. The entertainment district plans include a new arena to host OU\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball and gymnastics events. 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