Mayor says tax will make arena like new

 
By Darnell Mayberry
Published: December 21, 2007

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett is one heck of a salesman. And he genuinely believes in the quality of the product he's pitching.

That's turning the Ford Center into a top notch NBA facility, something voters will have the chance to approve on March 4 through a temporary one-cent sales tax to fund more than $100 million worth of improvements to the building, Cornett announced Thursday.

Under the plan, Corne...


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