{"id":2374422,"date":"2026-04-15T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2374422"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:15:16","slug":"rainier-university-of-oklahoma-foundation-to-build-1-1b-rock-creek-entertainment-district-in-norman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rainier-university-of-oklahoma-foundation-to-build-1-1b-rock-creek-entertainment-district-in-norman\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainier, University of Oklahoma Foundation to Build $1.1B Rock Creek Entertainment District in Norman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\"><i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">5<\/i><\/p>\n<p>NORMAN, OKLA. \u2014 Rainier Development Co. has executed a master development agreement with the University of Oklahoma Foundation for the planned Rock Creek Entertainment District, a $1.1 billion project in Norman. Rainier will lead planning, design, coordination and development of the 269-acre district in collaboration with Cleveland County, the City of Norman, the University of Oklahoma, community stakeholders and other development partners.<\/p>\n<p>Rock Creek Entertainment District is envisioned as a year-round destination that will include an 8,000-seat performance venue designed to host concerts, conventions and community events, as well as University of Oklahoma men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball games and women\u2019s gymnastics events.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for Phase I of Rock Creek include the performance venue; a central outdoor plaza; approximately 140,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment experiences; roughly 250 multifamily units; and a structured parking garage with 1,200 spaces. Phased openings of the venue, restaurants and retail are expected to begin in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Phase II will include approximately 180,000 square feet of office space and a 150-room hotel. Phase III calls for 500 additional multifamily units, as well as townhomes and single-family residences. Future phases are anticipated to include additional expansion, subject to market conditions and planning.<\/p>\n<p>The project, located near I-35 and Rock Creek Road, is expected to generate more than 3,000 construction and permanent jobs in hospitality, retail and operations over the life of the development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRock Creek Entertainment District is a generational opportunity to help shape a destination that brings people together, supports economic viability and reflects the spirt and momentum of this growing community,\u201d says Danny Lovell, CEO of Rainier Cos.<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure work is anticipated to begin this quarter. Phasing will proceed in coordination with public partners and is subject to required approvals. Norman City Council approved the development in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Rainier Development Co. is a mixed-use developer headquartered in Dallas. As part of The Rainier Cos., Rainier Development specializes in creating retail, residential and entertainment-driven districts. In fall 2025, the firm unveiled plans for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rebusinessonline.com\/rainier-development-unveils-plans-for-400m-riverline-mixed-use-project-in-tulsa\/\">Riverline<\/a>, a $400 million mixed-use project in Tulsa.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Kristin Harlow<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 rebusinessonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 NORMAN, OKLA. \u2014 Rainier Development Co. has executed a master development agreement with the University of Oklahoma Foundation for the planned Rock Creek Entertainment District, a $1.1 billion project in Norman. Rainier will lead planning, design, coordination and development of the 269-acre district in collaboration with Cleveland County, the City of Norman, the University [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2374423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2374422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rainier-University-of-Oklahoma-Foundation-to-Build-11B-Rock-Creek.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374424,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374422\/revisions\/2374424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}