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Oklahoma City is looking to Charlotte

 
BY STEVE LACKMEYER    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: October 7, 2008

Some of Oklahoma City’s most powerful folks are set to be airborne this morning as they head to Charlotte, N.C., to learn how the city was transformed two decades ago by construction of a skyscraper and the arrival of an NBA team.

photo - Bank of America's corporate center, right, is shown in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Friday, July 28, 2000. Bank of America and FleetBoston Financial Corp. won approval from the Federal Reserve on Monday, March 8, 2004, for a merger creating the third-largest U.S. bank, a behemoth holding nearly $1 trillion in assets and stretching from California through the South and up to New England. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Bank of America's corporate center, right, is shown in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Friday, July 28, 2000. Bank of America and FleetBoston Financial Corp. won approval from the Federal Reserve on Monday, March 8, 2004, for a merger creating the third-largest U.S. bank, a behemoth holding nearly $1 trillion in assets and stretching from California through the South and up to New England. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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