‘From Home Games to Home-Court Advantage:’ Oklahoma Breaks Ground on New Arena District
by Sports Illustrated [Full Article Here]
NORMAN — Bennie Owen is one of Oklahoma’s legendary football coaches, the progenitor of the OU monster, the man responsible for the vision of a football stadium that still bears his name and more than 100 years later is known as “The Palace on the Prairie.”
On Tuesday, OU President Joseph Harroz Jr. invoked Owen when speaking ahead of the groundbreaking for the Rock Creek Entertainment District, the centerpiece of which will be an arena that will serve as home to Sooners’ men’s and women’s basketball as well as women’s gymnastics.