4145 E 21st St
Tulsa, OK 74114
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Our mission is to create a significant economic impact benefiting the citizens of Tulsa County by offering to the public year round, mulit-use facilities and service options, enhancing their educational and entertainment experiences through equestrian and agriculture events and special attractions.
Bell's Amusement Park was an amusement park located in Tulsa's Expo Square, part of the Tulsa County Fairground in Oklahoma. It operated for 55 years before closing in 2006. The park was especially known for its large wooden roller coaster, called Zingo, designed by John C. Allen and built in 1966–68.HistoryRobert Bell built a miniature train around his Tulsa house in 1948, and for a time ran children's rides at the Admiral Twin drive-in. In March 1951, he started the amusement park at the Fairgrounds with a small collection of rides and amusements including a three car train and a Shetland pony ride. This would later grow into a family-owned amusement park with several dozen rides and attractions.The park was forced to relinquish its position at the Square at the end of the 2006 season when the county did not renew its lease. The reason given for the park's removal was nonviable business plans, although Bell's asserted that the 2006 season was the most successful the park had seen for years and expansion plans were underway. The park paid $135,000 to the Expo in 2006 and a total of $12.5 million since 1951. The midway for the Tulsa State Fair was provided by Jerry Murphy, owner of Murphy Brothers Exposition. The carnival company was granted, in 2006, a 10-year, non-competitive contract to operate the Tulsa State Fair midway. The 2006 contract included the right of first refusal to expand Murphy's operation into the Bell's tract during the State Fair, if Bell's was no longer a tenant. Following the closing of Bell's, the 2007 Tulsa State Fair saw a 7% drop in attendance and a 29% hit on midway ticket sales. Some vendors told the fair board that the board's decision not to renew Bell's lease was the reason for the drop, and there were some reports that the loss of Bells accounted for some of the drop. The Fairgrounds CEO said that they did not have any theories at the time to account for the drop. Attendance was up in the recession of 2008 from 2007, according to the Tulsa World.
Bell's Amusement Park was an amusement park located in Tulsa's Expo Square, part of the Tulsa County Fairground in Oklahoma. It operated for 55 years before closing in 2006. The park was especially known for its large wooden roller coaster, called Zingo, designed by John C. Allen and built in 1966–68.HistoryRobert Bell built a miniature train around his Tulsa house in 1948, and for a time ran children's rides at the Admiral Twin drive-in. In March 1951, he started the amusement park at the Fairgrounds with a small collection of rides and amusements including a three car train and a Shetland pony ride. This would later grow into a family-owned amusement park with several dozen rides and attractions.The park was forced to relinquish its position at the Square at the end of the 2006 season when the county did not renew its lease. The reason given for the park's removal was nonviable business plans, although Bell's asserted that the 2006 season was the most successful the park had seen for years and expansion plans were underway. The park paid $135,000 to the Expo in 2006 and a total of $12.5 million since 1951. The midway for the Tulsa State Fair was provided by Jerry Murphy, owner of Murphy Brothers Exposition. The carnival company was granted, in 2006, a 10-year, non-competitive contract to operate the Tulsa State Fair midway. The 2006 contract included the right of first refusal to expand Murphy's operation into the Bell's tract during the State Fair, if Bell's was no longer a tenant. Following the closing of Bell's, the 2007 Tulsa State Fair saw a 7% drop in attendance and a 29% hit on midway ticket sales. Some vendors told the fair board that the board's decision not to renew Bell's lease was the reason for the drop, and there were some reports that the loss of Bells accounted for some of the drop. The Fairgrounds CEO said that they did not have any theories at the time to account for the drop. Attendance was up in the recession of 2008 from 2007, according to the Tulsa World.
Darryl Starbird AutoShow at the Quiktrip Center. Hosted by Oklahoma Technical College.
Our mission is to create a significant economic impact benefiting the citizens of Tulsa County by offering to the public year round, mulit-use facilities and service options, enhancing their educational and entertainment experiences through equestrian and agriculture events and special attractions.
The Expo Square Pavilion, sometimes called simply The Pavilion, and formerly known as the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion, is a 6,311-seat multi-purpose arena, in the Tulsa State Fairgrounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma.It was built in 1932; the architect was Leland I Shumway. The building is in the PWA Art Deco style, built of blond brick with terra cotta ornamentation, and is considered one the prime examples of Art Deco architecture in Tulsa.It was home to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team from 1947 until the opening of the Tulsa Convention Center in 1976, the Tulsa Oilers Central Hockey League team in the 1983–84 season and the Tulsa 66ers, of the NBA Development League, until they moved to the SpiritBank Event Center in 2008. The Tulsa Roughnecks of the NASL used it for indoor soccer until the league's demise in 1984. It was home to the Tulsa Revolution of MASL for the latter portion of the 2014–15 season, the team's last.