Things To Do In Tulsa Oklahoma - Sporting Events

Aug 23
09:55

2012

Matthew Ingham

Matthew Ingham

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Tulsa is one of those medium sized cities located in the central United States that has a rich history in sports. Tulsa, like most medium sized cities, lacks the population to be able to support a major league team from a major league sport, but it does have the population to support teams from the developmental leagues...

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Tulsa is one of those medium sized cities located in the central United States that has a rich history in sports. Tulsa,Things To Do In Tulsa Oklahoma - Sporting Events Articles like most medium sized cities, lacks the population to be able to support a major league team from a major league sport, but it does have the population to support teams from the developmental leagues.

Tulsans in general are avid fans of football. This includes but is not limited to high school football. Each summer, the local media in Tulsa 'gears up' for the upcoming high school football season. Additionally, parents of high school players and supporters of each school, gear up as well in order to support their local high school football program and of course to earn 'bragging rights'.

In addition to high school football, Tulsa has Double AA (minor league) baseball, minor league hockey, and Division 1 Football. Below is a list and a description of each one of those teams that can be found in Tulsa:

Number One: Tulsa Drillers Baseball. The Tulsa Drillers are the Double AA (minor league) affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They moved into a new stadium that is located in Downtown Tulsa. The new stadium is beautiful. It seats about 6,000 fans. For information about Driller's home games you can contact their ticket office by calling (918) 744-5901. To purchase tickets you can click on http://www.milb.com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t260">Tulsa.

Number Two: BOK Center Sporting Events. The BOK Center recently opened in Tulsa (2008). It seats over 19,000 people and in its first year of operation hosted 184 events. In addition to providing entertainment of all kinds, The BOK Center is home to the Tulsa Oilers Hockey Team. For information about Oilers tickets, you can call the BOK Center Ticket Office by calling 1-866-7-BOK-CNTR. To purchase tickets on line you can click on http://www.tulsaoilers.com/tickets/.

Number Three: Golden Hurricane Football. The University Of Tulsa Football Team is part of the C-USA Conference. As part of the C-USA, the Golden Hurricane Football has received national recognition for its excellence and its ability to remain competitive against larger, much more well funded Division 1 Football Programs around the nation.

For more information about tickets you can contact the Golden Hurricane Ticket Office by calling (918) 631-4688. To purchase tickets on line you can click on http://ev10.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/EVExecMacro?linkID=tulsa&evm=main">University.