USA BMX celebrates grand opening of Tulsa headquarters
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Tim Landes
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Numerous officials celebrated the opening of the USA BMX Headquarters on Tuesday.
The new facility includes the Hall of Fame, the USA BMX Foundation and the Hardesty National Track Stadium containing both an Olympic-level and amateur track.Â
Funded by voters through their approval of Vision Tulsa in 2016, the City of Tulsa and USA BMX broke ground in 2019 on the headquarters. The site is located on 11 acres on the historic Evans–Fintube property in the Historic Greenwood District.
The total investment for the headquarters was $23 million: $15 million allocated from Vision 2025 to relocate USA BMX headquarters from Arizona; $6.5 million from the Tulsa Parking Authority and the City of Tulsa and $1.5 million from the Hardesty Family Foundation.Â
Phil Armstrong sings "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Shane Fernandez, President USA BMXÂ
Matt Pinnell, Lieutenant Governor of OklahomaÂ
Mayor G.T. Bynum
B.A. Anderson, CEO USA BMXÂ
Mike Neal, President and CEO, Tulsa Regional ChamberÂ
Ashleigh Bechert, Interim Senior Vice President of Regional TourismÂ
Starr Fisher, Former Miss Black Oklahoma, Greenwood ChamberÂ
John David, Chief Strategy Officer, Sports Tourism & Economic Development, USA BMXÂ
The headquarters building features a two-story, 25,000-square-footlong span steel structure. The Hall of Fame is located on the ground floor.
The building also includes office space, training and conference rooms, a gym, locker rooms, concessions and a catering kitchen. Â
The Hardesty National BMX Stadium features an outdoor free-span arena with roof and seating for 2,000 spectators.Â
The arena will also host weekly local races and practices, coaching clinics, elite training camps and as many as five national or World Cup events annually.Â
The arena is three stories tall, a football field and a half long and a football field wide. Â
Within the first five years, officials project USABMX will attract over 100,000 visitors and generate more than 100 local, state, national and international events in downtown.Â
In May, the arena will host its first national race, the Legacy Nationals.Â
The recessed Olympic level racing track has starting hills for both amateur and professional riders. Â
Team Quickie Mart took part in the grand opening celebration.
Tim Landes
Features Editor
He is a Cherokee Nation citizen, who serves on the Cherokee Phoenix Editorial Board and is a member of the Native American Journalists Association, as well as a board member of Tulsa Press Club.
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