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WelcomeFrom the Mayor We hope you enjoy your stay in our wonderful city. Oklahoma City is rich with visitor opportunities, offering a variety of attractions and entertainment activities, and has a small-town flavor while offering the ben- efits of a large metropolitan city. You can experience first-class cultural programs of music, theater and dance, as well as museums and galleries. These, combined with our excellent shopping, hotels and restaurants, will create an unforgettable visit to Oklahoma City. I am pleased that you have chosen to visit Oklahoma City and let KEY Magazine be your guide. KEY Magazine is a comprehensive guide to events and attractions and provides helpful information about tourist sites, restaurants, and places to shop. I am sure that you will enjoy our unique brand of western hospitality and our friendly people! Sincerely, Mick Cornett, Mayor 6 Oklahoma City: The Newest Frontier 10 KEY Feature: Pole Position Raceway 12 City Sources 14 What to See & Do 16 KEY Editor’s Pick: Urban Johnnie Restuarant 20 Entertainment Districts 22 Calendar of Events 32 KEY Dining: Stella Modern Italian Cuisine 34 KEY Exhibit: Prix’de West 37 Dining Guide 38 Clubs and Entertainment 40 KEY Shopping: Crossbar Gallery 42 Key Casino: Grand Casino 44 KEY Editor’s Pick: Broadway Wine Merchants 46 Oklahoma City Map 48 KEY Nightlife: Coyote Ugly Saloon 50 Downtown Map 52 Shopping 56 KEY Editor’s Pick: Bricktown Brewery 58 KEY Attraction: River Sport Adventures 60 KEY Editor’s Pick: In the Raw Sushi Contents OKLAHOMA CITY ® Vol. 70 • July 2014 • No.5 Established 1947 Key of Oklahoma, Inc Corporate Offices 25 S. Oklahoma Ave. Suite 112 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Office: 405-602-3300 FAX: 405-602-3800 [email protected] www.keyokc.com Publisher Frank Sims Managing Editor Mary Motter Advertising Manager Scott Hope Design • Layout • Photography Welch Creative Services Distribution Matt Page © COPYRIGHT 2014. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, including electronic and photocopy, without the permission in writing from the publisher. All ads designed by Oklahoma City KEY Magazine may not be reproduced for publication elsewhere. Distributed monthly to hotels, motels and other distribution points in Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, and statewide at Tourist Information Centers. Subscription rate: $40 per year, first class mail. Single copies mailed at $3.95 each. Bulk orders filled at no cost to conventions and special groups. Oklahoma City KEY Magazine is a registered trademark. This magazine is authorized by KEY Magazines, Inc., a national chain of visitor publications located in Arizona, Carmel/Monterey, Chicago, Cincinnati, Colorado, Dallas, Fort Worth, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Palm Springs. Affiliates: Boston Panorama, Florida See Magazines, This Month in Houston, Today in Las Vegas, New York City Guide, Pittsburgh Point, This Week in San Diego. OklahomaThe Newest Frontier City Cowboys began their history on the Texas plains. Texas ranchers found they had large supplies of beef with no place to sell it. The East Coast needed beef. To meet that demand, Texas ranchers had to move their cattle to the closest railroads, which were in Kansas. The Chisholm Trail and other cattle routes were made through Oklahoma City is a surprise ABOUT OUR PAST… Oklahoma between 1866 to many visitors and Oklahoma’s written history and 1889. While traveling newcomers, with all the began in 1541 when through Oklahoma, the friendliness of a small town Spanish explorer Coronado ranchers realized the territory and the amenities of our ventured through this area. was not only closer to the nation’s biggest cities. And At that time, it was the home railroads, but a good location with over fifty attractions, of the Plains Indian tribes, for raising cattle as well. museums and other activities, such as the Osage, Kiowa, There was one parcel of visitors will never be at a Apache and Comanche. In land that was never given loss for fun things to see 1803, Oklahoma was sold over to any Indian tribe - and do. to the U.S. as part of the the Unassigned Lands. In Louisiana Purchase. the 1880s, many frontier Oklahoma City was born Americans wanted to move in a single day - April 22, In the 1830s, the federal into this land. Soon, landless 1889. Just a little over a government forced the Five pioneers began slipping century ago, the site of Civilized Tribes to leave over into this area without Oklahoma City was a grass- their homelands. These and-timbered land of gently tribes were living in the authorization. These rolling hills flattening out southeastern part of the U.S. were the “Boomers,” who into prairie in the west. In They had to walk to were trying to force t h e just over 100 years, this Oklahoma over a trail that government into opening collection of tents grew to became known as the “Trail the territory up to a metropolitan city that of Tears.” Many men, homesteaders. sprawls across 625 square women and children died miles of America's heartland. during this long and treach- President Benjamin Its metro population numbers erous trip. Once these people Harrison signed legislation over a million - a third of the settled here, Oklahoma that opened up the entire state’s population. became Indian Territory. Unassigned Lands and on 6 Oklahoma City KEY • July 2014 Did You Know? April 22, 1889, about like the National Cowboy 50,000 homesteaders and Western Heritage gathered at the boundaries. Museum, Remington Park The world’s first installed At noon, the cannon Race Track, Frontier City parking meter was in roared, and the hordes of Theme Park, and the Red people streamed over the Earth Indian Center all Oklahoma City, on July 16, line on wagons and buck- reflect the strong ties this 1935. Carl C. Magee, of boards, horseback, on foot area has with its western and even on bicycles into the heritage. Oklahoma City, is generally two million acres of land, credited with originating the made their claims and, In the early 1990s, the parking meter. He filed for a overnight, Oklahoma City leaders of Oklahoma City grew out of the plains. were faced with a decision: patent for a “coin controlled The settlers who entered to compete or retreat. The parking meter” on May 13, to claim land before the decision was made to official start of the land compete and the city 1935. run were called Sooners. launched a visionary project - Hence the state’s nick- one that would change the name. On December 16, face of Oklahoma City 1907, the Oklahoma forever. That plan was Territory and Indian Territory Metropolitan Area Projects joined, and Oklahoma (MAPS), an ambitious became the 46th state. program that is one of the most aggressive and OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY successful public-private The pioneer zeal of those partnerships ever undertaken early settlers is just as in the U.S. The current evident in the Oklahoma amount being spent in this City of today. The western public/private partnership spirit that helped found exceeds $3 billion. Oklahoma City is apparent everywhere you go. As a result of that vision, Oklahomans are just as visitors can now enjoy a likely to be wearing boots multitude of new attractions and a cowboy hat as they and entertainment are a suit and tie. options. The NBA Magnificent attractions Oklahoma City Thunder Above: Cowboys and Rodeo are center stage each January at the International Finals Rodeo. Left: City Church Opposite Page: Metro Transit Trolley; Bricktown Ballpark. 8 Oklahoma City KEY • July 2014 attract record crowds with its fast-paced, pulse- pounding action in the new Chesapeake Energy Arena. The arena, a 20,000-seat entertainment facility, has proven to be an ideal location for basketball, concerts and events. The 15,000-seat AT&T Bricktown Ballpark is home to the Oklahoma Work on this $23 million through downtown with an City RedHawks, the project will continue additional segment of the Houston Astros Triple A through 2011. Shops, trolley system linking the affiliate, and has been restaurants and entertain- Meridian area hotels, state named one of the nation's ment, hiking and biking fairgrounds an Stockyards top two minor league trails, and park areas are area with downtown and baseball facilities. part of this developing area. Bricktown. The unique streetcars offer continuous Our professional ice A multi-million dollar service six days a week. hockey team, the facelift and renovation of Oklahoma City Barons, the Cox Convention Oklahoma City isn't lacking thrill sports fans in the Center has added new in entertainment options, Cox Center. meeting rooms and lobby either. The Oklahoma City areas, along with a remod- Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bricktown Canal eled exterior and exhibit Ballet Oklahoma, and extends through the space. The renovation of Broadway shows at Lyric Bricktown entertainment dis- the Civic Center Music Theatre and the Civic Center trict -- just east of downtown, Hall, an historic art deco are just the beginning. past the Ballpark to the building, is now the pre- Beautiful lakes, parks and Oklahoma River. The river is mier performing arts some of the nation's best being transformed into a venue in the Southwest. golf courses and tennis seven-mile-long series of river facilities also await the out- lakes bordered by landscaped A new trolley system, the door enthusiast. Welcome areas, trails and recreational Oklahoma Spirit, covers a to the new Oklahoma City. facilities. three-mile area and loops Oklahoma City KEY • July 2014 9 Pole Position Raceway is America's number one chain of indoor go kart tracks, and the company's largest facility is right here in Oklahoma City. The state-of-the-art indoor karting center is home to the fastest go karts in the state, and are capable of speeds up to 45mph.