The BOK Center is an arena at 200 South Denver Avenue West in Tulsa, designed by César Pelli, with Matrix Architects Engineers Planners as architect and engineer of record. The City of Tulsa owns it. Groundbreaking was on August 31, 2005, and the ribbon was cut on August 30, 2008. It cost $196 million. The article describes Native American, Art Deco and contemporary influences, with swirling circular forms.
About 350,000 square feet of stainless steel panels clad the exterior. A glass facade 103 feet high leans five degrees. The building covers 565,000 square feet, and fixed seating is 17,343. Over 130,000 square feet of terrazzo floors use mother-of-pearl aggregate. Public art includes a Jenny Holzer light display.
It hosted the 2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament and 2011 NCAA tournament games. Paul McCartney's October 2025 show became its highest-grossing concert.
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