Big 12 Wrestling

THE BIG 12 WRESTLINGCHAMPIONSHIP UNTIL 2024.KEEPING A STEADY STREAM OFTOURISM FLOWING INTO TOWN..2 WORKS FOR YOU'S ASHLEYWHEELER IS LIVE DOWNTOWN TOEXPLAIN WHAT THIS MEANS FORTULSA'S FUTURE AND ECONOMY.CORI..

AND TRAVIS.

OVER THENEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

HUNDREDSOF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILLTRAVEL TO TULSA FOR THE BIGTOURNAMENT.

AND MANY FROMOUT OF STATE.TWELVE TEAMS COMPETE IN THETWO DAY TOURNAMENT..WITH A TWO MILLION DOLLARPLUS BUMP IN ECONOMICREVENUE..

ANDNEARLY 20-THOUSAND PEOPLEFLOODING INTO TULSA DURINGTHEEVENT.

TULSA REGIONALTOURISM PRESIDENT RAY HOYTSAYS IT'S AN EVENT THATCONTINUES TO GROW EACH YEAR.Ray Hoyt/Tulsa RegionalTourism President: "They'rein restaurants filling upthose seats, spending newtax dollars, with theexception of OU and OSU, allof these schools are fromout of state.

So all oftheir fan base andtheir teams will be in ourtown, and many for the firsttime.

Some a repeat,obviously, because they'vebeen coming for severalyears."HOYT SAYS HAVING SECUREDTHIS EVENT AT THE B-O-K..COULD LEAD TO OTHEROPPORTUNITIES.

TULSA HASPUT IN A BID TO ALSO HOSTTHE NCAA DIVISION 1 NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS.THE TOURNAMENT KICKS OFFTOMORROW AT 11 AM WITHPRELIMINARY MATCHES HERE ATTHE B-O-K.

LIVE IN DOWNTOWNTULSA, ASHLEY WHEELR 2WYF.A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GIFTFOR OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS.