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By: News 9
OKLAHOMA CITY -
In a city where success stories are sprouting up like wildflowers, one may be the most unlikely to bloom of all. A big, boxy 50-year-old building that s time has come and gone, its brand-new replacement gleaming just two blocks away. And yet, the city’s old convention center could be on the verge of a comeback as stunning as the city s renaissance itself.
“Frankly, there wasn’t another use for this building on the horizon,” said former mayor Mick Cornett.
“We’d probably be putting boards up,” added current Oklahoma City mayor David Holt.
That dreary outlook such a far cry from the hub bub the construction site generated 50 years ago. Families would make a special outing of driving to see the massive Myriad Convention Center rise up out of the heart of downtown Oklahoma City.