Last December, OKC voters approved a penny sales tax increase to fund the new home for the Thunder and other events. Completion of the arena is June 2028,” wrote OKCTalk.com on X.

The plan to construct the arena and the Thunder's commitment is conditional on the passage of a temporary one-cent sales tax by Oklahoma City voters on Dec. 12.

Rumble waves a Thunder flag before an NBA basketball game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New Orleans Pelicans at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.

The new OKC arena is scheduled to open by June 2028. When that happens, it'll also have a new name. The Thunder have played at Paycom Center since their relocation from Seattle in 2008.

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Monday that Paycom will not retain its naming rights when the new downtown arena is completed. LATEST: Q&A: What could be next for Oklahoma City's new arena ...

David Todd, arena project director, presents information on the new downtown OKC arena architect team during an Oklahoma City Council Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

A new arena is coming to Oklahoma City and City Manager Craig Freeman says the new arena is set to open in 2029—in time for the start of the Thunder's season in late fall.

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt announced plans for a new upgraded Thunder arena to be voted on by the end of 2023. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

As Oklahoma City residents wondered what the future of the Thunder could be, conversations of a new arena have been discussed for the past 14 months publicly. OKC Mayor David Holt has been talking ...

At his State of the City address, the OKC mayor said he plans to bring a new arena to Downtown Oklahoma City. "It is time to plan for a new arena and 2023 is the year to make that commitment ...

Paycom retires naming rights ahead of Oklahoma City's new arena opening in 2028. Latest on arena and statements from OKC Thunder and Paycom.