85% of you said “yes” to MAPS 3.
The "MAPS 3?" Web site had 131,214 total hits from January 17th to May 15th, from all 50 states and 57 countries. That includes visits from an estimated 13,639 unique visitors.
The "MAPS 3?" Web site asked the question whether the citizens wanted to see the City pursue a MAPS 3 initiative. 2,367 people responded to the unscientific survey with a Yes or No answer. Over 85 percent of those responses were:
Yes, Oklahoma City should pursue a MAPS 3 initiative.
The second question was to those who answered Yes. It asked whether the citizen had suggestions as to what they might like to see in a MAPS 3 initiative. Most of the 2,026 Yes respondents provided an idea, and often several at the same time. In total, there were 2,747 individual ideas submitted. Though every idea was unique, there were themes that repeated.
Here are rough breakdowns of some of the recurring ideas that were submitted, and how many times each was submitted (for space purposes, only ideas submitted at least 10 times are noted):
| Suggestion | Number |
|---|---|
| Outdoor Amphitheater | 27 |
| Aquarium | 13 |
| Youth Athletic Facility | 23 |
| Amusement Parks | 20 |
| Arts Funding | 13 |
| Beautification (includes trees, streetscapes) | 117 |
| Community Centers | 20 |
| New Convention Center | 40 |
| Lengthen Bricktown Canal | 29 |
| Cox Center Improvements | 11 |
| Downtown Retail | 69 |
| Downtown General Improvements | 20 |
| Downtown Housing | 10 |
| Education | 77 |
| Economic Development | 20 |
| Fairgrounds | 22 |
| Fire Department | 11 |
| Ford Center Improvements | 41 |
| Football or Soccer Stadium | 65 |
| Gateways to City | 12 |
| Homeless | 27 |
| Health Care | 15 |
| Old Neighborhood Restoration | 17 |
| Visual Icon | 28 |
| Infrastructure, Including Streets | 188 |
| More Outdoor Lighting | 10 |
| Major League Sports/NBA Practice Facility | 40 |
| More Museums | 12 |
| Opportunity Fund | 16 |
| Omniplex | 11 |
| Free Downtown Parking | 33 |
| Police | 29 |
| Downtown "Central Park" | 36 |
| Public Art | 11 |
| General Parks Improvement/Expansion | 123 |
| More Retail in General | 13 |
| Sidewalks | 100 |
| New Skyscraper | 16 |
| Senior Citizen Centers | 36 |
| Senior Citizen Housing | 25 |
| Trails | 140 |
| Transit (light rail, streetcars, etc.) | 668 |
| Citywide Wireless Internet | 23 |
| Ensure Future Water Supply | 10 |