Many of us in OKC have said for some time that the success of the Hornets and the growth in Bricktown offer us a unique opportunity for promotion, a chance to rise to the next level of metropolitan areas. In fact, I mentioned marketing and tourism as one of our key goals for the new year.Well, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber's Blake Wade is making a push in that direction, emphasizing the residents' noted virtues of kindness and likability with the proposal of a new OKC nickname, "The Big Friendly." With Centennial events galore in our immediate future, this could be a genuine opportunity to really get the word out.
So, what do you think of the nickname? Is this the brand we want as we continue a renaissance in the metro? Leave your thoughts below or on the OKC discussion forum.
Photo © 2006 Adam Knapp
Comments
I say,Go for it!
Probably a bit corny but its true. Everybody talks about how friendly we are.
Corny….OKC can do better.
I don’t know. There’s friendly people everywhere, and there’s a-holes too. What the heck, go for it, it rolls off the tongue, but there could be a better one – that DOESN’T SOUND LIKE A RIP-OFF OF NEW ORLEANS’ “THE BIG EASY”…
That already happens to be a nickname for Columbia, S.C.