Bricktown (Oklahoma City)
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Coordinates: 35°27′59″N 97°30′33″W / 35.466419°N 97.509100°W
Once a major warehouse district and the original site of the city, Bricktown is a growing entertainment district in downtown Oklahoma City. It is home to the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark and the navigable Bricktown Canal.
Other attractions include the Oklahoma Land Run monument, numerous bars and dance clubs, casual and fine dining restaurants, retail shops such as Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, a Harkins movie theatre, hotels such as Residence Inn by Marriott, and live music venues, including Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. The corporate headquarters of Sonic Drive In is also located here.
Amtrak's Heartland Flyer service to Ft. Worth departs every morning from the old Santa Fe Depot located by the west entrance to Bricktown, and returns in the evenings.
The Bricktown designation is used in several different ways
- Bricktown Urban Design Committee is a committee established by the City of Oklahoma City to oversees modifications to the buildings in the Bricktown district east of Downtown, with an eye toward preserving its 'warehouse district' flavor while allowing commercial and retail development. The general boundary of the Bricktown Core Development District is as follows: An area bordered generally by the BNSF Railroad; Reno Avenue; Centennial Expressway; and the railroad right-of-way between Main and NE 1st.
- The Bricktown Entertainment district east of downtown and generally north of the Oklahoma River and west of I-235 that is organized by Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc. Downtown OKC administers Downtown Business Improvement District funds.
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