For those of us who have lived in the Oklahoma City area for most of our lives, our fine city may not seem like a hot vacation destination. However, there are some locations in OKC that claim to be tourist attractions. Check out the Worst Tourist Attraction nominees and vote after the jump.
Bricktown
I remember that when I was in college, Bricktown was kind of a cool place to hang out. Now, it just seems like it’s full of elderly people riding the boats during the day and drunk kids being annoying as hell at night. With the addition of such gems as Bass Pro, Sonic, Toby Keith’s, and a new McDonald’s, the downslide of Bricktown is now complete.
Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
The Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum actually has some nice galleries and historical artifacts. They lose major points, however, for changing their name from the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Frontier City
I’ve been to Frontier City twice in my life. Both times with dates who turned out to be a-hole tools. So, yeah, that place sucks. Probably the only people who drive to Oklahoma City to check it out are from Tulsa or Kansas.
Science Museum Oklahoma
What is now called “Science Museum Oklahoma” is known to most of us as the Omniplex. Their new logo claims that it’s “not the same old Omniplex.” Unfortunately, it is the same old omniplex. From the mock TV set to the earthquake house and the mirror maze, the exhibits haven’t changed much since I first visited 20 years ago.
Softball Hall of Fame
The ASA Softball Hall of Fame is located in Oklahoma City’s Adventure District along with the Zoo, Remington Park, and the Omniplex. I’m not sure what is so adventurous about wandering around a building looking at pictures of obscure softball players that no one has ever heard of.
Worst Tourist “Attractionâ€
- Softball Hall of Fame (42%, 153 Votes)
- Frontier City (29%, 105 Votes)
- Science Museum Oklahoma (13%, 49 Votes)
- Bricktown (11%, 40 Votes)
- Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum (5%, 21 Votes)
Total Voters: 367
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Perfect timing!! I just drove the family from Enid to OKC to spend a day at Frontier City. Much like the last time we visited it went like this…
1/3 of the rides closed – no staff
1/3 of the rides closed – broken
1/3 of the rise open
$8 for a $1 refill cup. Burgers $6, Corn dogs $4.
Most all restaurants closed. Most concession stands closed. The entire park was running on about half staff which were all 19 years old or younger. The entire staff was running on half speed and would have made great stand ins for a B Zombie Movie. The train got stuck on a slope and took four tries to make it up. The engine was full of smoke. We saw repair guys on almost every ride that was working.
The only saving grace was that there was no one at the park and we didn’t have to wait to ride anything. I do have to say the new Steel Lasso was pretty cool but a little short. I think we rode it 4 or 5 times in a row.
My guess would be that Frontier City may be on its last leg.
I voted for the softball hall of fame because it’s the only one of these places that hasn’t suckered me into visiting. That said, the only place worth visiting is the Cowboy Hall of Fame. That’s the way I say it and I don’t care about the official name. Bricktown’s depressing, terribly depressing.
Sorry Sneaker Wearing Entrepreneurial Cartoonist Internet Guy , park’s closed. The moose out front shoulda told you.
How come people are picking the Softball Hall of Fame? It’s a gem to our lesbian community, and helps get OKC national exposure every year.
Fronter City has to be the worst tourist attraction in OKC. Where else can you get to see Rick Springfield every summer, and get season passes for less than a ticket to Disneyworld?!
Wow! The park is already closed!! No wonder nothing was working. And to think I paid $7 to park. Sheeuut.
It’s a shame that you don’t recognize one of Oklahoma City’s hidden gems for what it is. The ASA Softball Hall of Fame is a wonderful museum that my wife and I make a point of visiting each year during the College Softball World Series (which we drive down from Alva to attend). We particularly enjoyed this year’s featured Oklahoma exhibit which detailed the magical 1987 2A State Championship run of Ron Shinn and his Velma Alma Comets. It’s a shame your cynicism will prevent you from being inspired by the story of Coach Shinn and his girls.
No way! Are you serious? Does Hooters really sponsor the softball championship series? Does that strike anyone else as a tad inappropriate?
I’ve got to go with the Softball Hall of Fame on this one. I have no interest in wandering into the place, even if admission was free; although, the stadium seems nice. The Fire Fighter Museum (or is it Hall of Fame?) did not make the list but, no one has ever came running up to me and exclaimed, “Man, you need to go see the Fire Fighter Museum!” Anyone recommend it?
I’m going to have to go with Frontier City. First I hate roller coasters and secondly I hate western themed stuff…Plus ghost mountain (or whatever it’s called) terrified me as a child and I’m still not over it.
“It’s a shame your cynicism will prevent you from being inspired by the story of Coach Shinn and his girls.”
Um, yeah, a “shame”…yeah!…that’s the ticket!
Has anyone ever been to Enterprise Square… and if so does anyone know what it is ?
I think the only “adventure” in the adventure district is trying to not get shot at.
I’ve been to Enterprise Square…I actually work at the college it’s located at. Right now it’s just offices but it used to be an attraction that would teach young kids about economics and the “Free Enterprise System.” It had some interesting (aka trippy) displays…
This may surprise some people, but I used to love Enterprise Square. May it rest in peace.
softball is not a real sport -and Frontier City is a bad joke-they could have 2 for 1 ticket deal and both win worst tourist destination.
where did we get the tourist’s photo? who wears socks with sandals? the hat reminds me of mysogynst troll eschbach. maybe the tourist and eschbach are related????
Frontier City, hands down. I’ve been there about 4 times in the past 3 years and each time I went, it never seemed to improve. Everything is decaying, falling apart and needs to be replaced. Just like the That Sneaker Wearing Entrepreneurial Cartoonist Internet Guy mentions, the good rides are closed each time for whatever reason. The 3 tower bungie launch looks like fun, but was always closed. Food is high priced and not really good. It is a matter of time and it will go.
i loved loved loved me some Enterprise Square. I used to dream about breaking in and eating all the donuts. but then i found out the donuts weren’t real. damn communisim.
Yeah, Enterprise Square was really neat in it’s heyday I took a tour of it while they’re remodeling it recently and it’s kind of eerie to see all of the stuff just sitting there. Like the donut maker, and the giant heads in the top floor.
I voted for the large yellow ball hall-of-fame – with no disrespect to the lesbo community.
I to miss Enterprise Square – it was great.
Twenty posts and not one mention of the bizarre ‘floating chairs’. Not really the worst tourist attraction……but still morbidly creepy nonetheless.
Man, if we only had a Yogi Bear graveyard, we’d be in the big leagues.
http://www.ophymirage.net/blog/archives/cat_yogi_bear_chicken_and_statues.html
Frontier City, its the only place I have every been to where the “kids” running the rides look to depressed to live. They make like 10 bucks and hour and all they have to do is check to make sure that the little kids are tall enough and the restraints will lock on the fat people. I would love to work there, where else can you attend a free wet t-shirt contest every day.
This was a hard vote because they all are so bad. Bricktown is great place to vomit. The not-Omniplex is just a good place to park during the Steve Miller concert. The not-Cowboy Hall of Fame has a great restaurant but little else (ditto on the name change). Frontier City was a great place to meet girls on youth group trips when I was 14. The softball hall of fame should be a shrine to Jenni Finch and that other hot girl pitcher from Arizona and no on else..
I was sad to see the Brent Rhinehart’s moustache was not on the list..
I see, you mean the real Yogi Bear, not the baseball guy. Yes, Yogi’s gravsite would be a major draw along with our NBA team. Also, if a tornado knocked-down Sonic, Basspro, Kieth’s greasy-spoon; would we think Bricktown a cool place once more?
Maybe bricktown is lame now because you’re too old to have fun there anymore.
I still always refer to it as the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Sure it sounds less cultured, but I like it better for some reason, and I think they have done a great job on it.
I agree on your assessment of the no-longer-Omniplex…except for the recent human bodies exhibit. That was pretty neat.
My vote? Frontier City. Two thumbs down on that “amusement” park.
“Bricktown is great place to vomit.” Thats pure comedy. Thank you, Dirty. I need one good laugh a day, and you have provided it.
Enterprise Square???? Wow…that takes me back…I actually enjoyed that place.
At the State Fair of Oklahoma, we now have one section of a defunct monorail, an Arrows to Atoms tower and a 1/512 replica of the St. Louis Arch. All of these things are depressing enough taken singly, but on the whole they have a negative synergy that not even 6 large Budweisers can overcome.
If you guys get tired of those fine attractions, Amtrack your way on down to Cowtown and visit the Cowgirl Hall of Fame at the historic Ft Worth Stockyards.
its about TOURIST attractions. someplace someone passing through goes to once,then leaves. not locals. if i like softball, its a pilgrimage, ditto firefighters, world biggest ball of twine, you name it. its not for or about locals. granted frontier city is circling the drain, but tell me a “amusement” park that doesnt
Frontier City is the sorriest excuse for an amusement park that I have ever seen. No wonder the first thing the new Six Flags did was to get rid of it. The Diamondback would be great if they had built the REST of the roller coaster that goes with it. The wooden coaster was a pile of junk that a park in Kansas City was about to tear down and burn when FC bought it and moved it to OKC. It is so ROUGH it’s guaranteed to give you whiplash or your money back. These are just two of many reasons I will never go back, besides the fact of who wants to go to an amusement park during the summer in Oklahoma when it’s 137 degrees with a 42 mph wind. Of course the same thing could be said of Six Flags over Texas. There’s a reason all the good amusement parks are in northern states.
Bricktown is not lame,its just that Im not a Millionaire.
I suppose none of you know that Sonic, Toby Kieth’s, and Bass Pro aren’t even in Bricktown right?
They are in a completely different district than the real Bricktown. Bricktown has design guidelines, Lower Bricktown apparently does not. The members of the Bricktown Urban Design Committee despise everything in Lower Bricktown, as does half the city that has any common sense to what URBAN IS.
But hey, give that new McDonald’s a break. Its definitely the coolest one I’ve been to! And its actually pedestrian friendly and not a franchise design! GO FIGURE.
Then make them put up signs, “You Are Not In Bricktown.”