Report: New Thunder Arena Gets Potential Completion Date

The Oklahoma City Thunder are set to get a new arena after last November's vote. There is a report of when the building will open and how it fits the timeline of the team.

The new Paycom Center logo is shown Tuesday on the downtown Oklahoma City arena. Paycom now has the arena's new naming rights agreement. PHOTO FOR JUMP PAGE / CHRIS LANDSBERGER/THE OKLAHOMAN via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Last November was a historic time for Oklahoma City as tax payers approved a penny sales tax increase to fund a $1 Billion Dollar Arena in downtown OKC which will house the state's lone professional sports franchise, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

This will mark just the second building the Thunder have called home since moving to Oklahoma City in 2008 the team has played in their current downtown arena. Once the vote passed a year ago, the topic of discussion has a been the buzzing question of when the new building will be erect and the team can begin play in their new home.

On Wednesday, OKC Talk released a report that the details are being released on the new area including a completion date already leaked.

"Plans have been filed to demolish the old Myriad/Cox Center/Prairie Surf Studios to make way for a new $1 billion arena. Last December, OKC voters approved a penny sales tax increase to fund the new home for the Thunder and other events. Completion of the arena is June 2028," the local news outlet reporte.

Plans have been filed to demolish the old Myriad/Cox Center/Prairie Surf Studios to make way for a new $1 billion arena.

Last December, OKC voters approved a penny sales tax increase to fund the new home for the Thunder and other events.

Completion of the arena is June 2028. pic.twitter.com/evfn5CpgWG

— OKCTalk.com (@OKCTalk) September 11, 2024

If the timeline stays true and the arena is complete in June of 2028, the Oklahoma City Thunder will begin play in the 2028-29 season in the midst of what could be the team's most successful run on the hardwood.

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