After what we’ll freely admit was a bit of a bummer of a 4th of July 2020, live Independence Day events to celebrate freedom are back all over the OKC area. That includes Bricktown’s 4th of July celebration on – you guessed it – Sunday, July 4th.
We talk bowling (for some reason), Scissortail Park’s market options, as well as how things are re-opening and what we’re looking forward to doing in OKC this summer including Dodgers and Energy games, pickleball, InternOKC and more.
VisitOKC VP of Destination Marketing Lindsay Vidrine joins us to tell us about The Modern Frontier campaign and the new branded beer and future plans. We also talk about the First Americans Museum’s upcoming fall opening, the OKC Dodgers’ and Energy FC’s in-person plans and schedules, election info for April 6, and RIVERSPORT’s opening plans.
Professional sports in Oklahoma City are set to make a return after the COVID-19 pandemic separated the Energy, Dodgers and the Thunder from their enthusiastic and loyal fan bases.
While all their seasons may have been put on hold, our local professional teams are doing their part to help keep their rabid fan bases engaged.
Between April 18-19, 2020, the Oklahoma City Dodgers will honor our first responders who continue to serve our state, as well as those who were instrumental on April 19, 1995. Events include recognizing families and first responders impacted by the bombing, live displays on Mickey Mantle Plaza, the formal unveiling of the No. 168 display in left field and much more.
Olympic Gold medalists and husband-and-wife Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci have called Oklahoma home for decades and continue to give back to the area by encouraging children to be more active.
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher and OKC native Johnny Bench joins retiring Baseball Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson and acclaimed photographer Jean Fruth Saturday, July 6 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark to promote Grassroots Baseball, participate in a youth baseball clinic and a book signing.
