Oklahoma City voters consider 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA's Thunder
When a group of Oklahoma City investors moved the NBA’s SuperSonics from Seattle in 2008 and renamed the franchise the Thunder, civic pride swelled at the arrival of the state’s first major league sports franchise.
Since then, the Oklahoma City Thunder have played their home games in what is now a modest arena by NBA standards. But the team owners want a new arena, and under a deal they cut with city leaders, they want taxpayers to foot most of the $900 million price tag.
Oklahoma City voters are set to decide Tuesday whether to approve a six-year,
