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On Monday, Omni Hotel leadership, along with city officials and city leaders, officially broke ground on the beautiful 605-room Omni Oklahoma City hotel set to open in early 2021.

A new business has emerged as the city’s brewery count has increased.

Oklahoma City’s hospitality industry continued to gain momentum with the Oct. 1 groundbreaking of Oklahoma City’s Omni Hotel, which will serve as the headquarter hotel for the Oklahoma City MAPS 3 Convention Center. Representatives from Omni Hotels & Resorts and the Oklahoma City community were on hand to celebrate the event.

Fancy an independent film or something that makes you think more than the standard Hollywood fare? Ready for foreign docs, guest speakers and other special film events? You're in luck. Friday, September 28 is the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of Rodeo Cinema, a new nonprofit art house cinema located in the historic Centennial Rodeo Opry Theater at 2221 Exchange Avenue in Stockyards City. Fancy an independent film or something that makes you think more than the standard Hollywood fare? Ready for foreign docs, guest speakers and other special film events? You're in luck. Friday, September 28 is the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of Rodeo Cinema, a new nonprofit art house cinema located in the historic Centennial Rodeo Opry Theater at 2221 Exchange Avenue in Stockyards City.

We have been talking about and imagining the opportunities for redevelopment and development in the area directly south of the Central Business District since the Core to Shore Development Framework was adopted in 2008. A decade later, we are seeing many of those projects underway.

Empire Slice House served its last pie from 1734 NW 16 on Saturday but will commence serving from its new flagship down the street, 1804 NW 16, on Thursday.

The word “city” doesn’t always have to evoke images of steel, high rise towers and flashing lights; In OKC’s case, greenery, foliage and flowers go hand-in-hand with our image of a city. After all, with gorgeous green spots woven between our downtown area like the newly renovated Kerr Park and the Myriad Botanical Gardens, it’s hard not to. Perhaps then it should come as no surprise that Oklahoma City was recently ranked among the top 10 cities for outdoor space recently.

Innovation is a powerful word. We often think of it as a new idea or new way of doing something, but when we talk about Oklahoma City’s Innovation District, the word takes on a grander meaning – a place, a catalyst, a convergence of people and ideas.