Entertainment Districts in Oklahoma City

Bricktown is Oklahoma City's most celebrated entertainment district — a stunning 1890s warehouse district with a canal system, baseball stadium, concert venues, and the most concentrated entertainment experience in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City National Memorial (commemorating the 1995 bombing) and the Bricktown entertainment complex's extraordinary vitality together create a downtown entertainment environment that reflects both OKC's most painful history and its most inspiring renaissance.

Bricktown Entertainment District is Oklahoma City's crown jewel of urban revitalization — a former warehouse district flanking a navigable canal that has been transformed into OKC's most visited entertainment destination with restaurants, bars, water taxis, and Paycom Center at its heart. The district attracts 7 million visitors annually and serves as the social gathering point for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area's rapidly growing young professional population, anchored by the NBA Thunder's cultural impact on the city's identity.

Bricktown presents a canal-side entertainment district of restaurants, bars, and the Bricktown Ballpark in converted historic warehouse buildings.

Bricktown is Oklahoma City's most spectacular entertainment success story — a former warehouse district transformed by a $36 million canal project into the most vibrant entertainment destination in the Great Plains. Bricktown's remarkable transformation from urban decay to outstanding restaurants, excellent bars, a beautiful minor league baseball park, and a water taxi canal represent the most dramatic urban revival story in the American South, driven by OKC's visionary MAPS investment program.

The area surrounding Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark presents sports bars serving Oklahoma City Baseball Club game-day crowds in Bricktown.

Deep Deuce is Oklahoma City's most historically significant African American entertainment district — a Second Street neighborhood that was the heart of OKC's African American cultural life during the era of segregation, where outstanding jazz clubs and outstanding restaurants served the extraordinary African American community that made Oklahoma City's pre-integration culture so vibrant. Deep Deuce's remarkable historical significance and its contemporary arts renaissance create an entertainment district of genuine Oklahoma African American cultural heritage significance.

Midtown presents restaurants and bars in a revitalized historic medical-district neighborhood just north of downtown Oklahoma City.

Midtown Oklahoma City is the most rapidly developing entertainment district in the Great Plains — a NW 10th Street corridor where outstanding independent restaurants, excellent craft cocktail bars, and the remarkable creative energy of OKC's arts community create an entertainment experience of considerable Oklahoma urban culture significance. Midtown's remarkable collection of beautiful bungalows and outstanding independent establishments create an entertainment district of genuine Oklahoma independent culture significance.

Myriad Botanical Gardens presents an outdoor amphitheater and event lawn hosting concerts in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City.

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum presents Western art and rodeo history exhibits alongside event space in northeast Oklahoma City.

Paseo Arts District presents Spanish Revival-style galleries and studios along a walkable street known for its monthly Paseo Arts Walk.

Plaza District presents galleries and restaurants along NW 16th Street, home to the monthly First Friday Art Walk in Oklahoma City.

Stockyards City presents Western wear shops and steakhouses near one of the largest stocker and feeder cattle markets in the world.

Uptown 23rd District is Oklahoma City's most artistically vibrant entertainment corridor — a NW 23rd Street community where the Tower Theatre, outstanding independent restaurants, excellent bars, and the remarkable Spanish Colonial architecture of the 1930s create an entertainment district of considerable Oklahoma urban arts significance. Uptown's extraordinary artistic diversity (it is home to outstanding Mexican, Vietnamese, and Ethiopian restaurants) and its vibrant independent culture create an entertainment district reflecting OKC's most cosmopolitan community character.

Will Rogers Park presents gardens and event space named for the beloved Oklahoma-born humorist in north Oklahoma City.