The 70-acre, $132 million Scissortail Park, designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architecture firm Hargreaves Associates, links the heart of the city to the riverfront, long aspired to and set forth in the city’s “Core to Shore” plan. The north 36-acre Park design features the Love’s Travel Stops Stage and Great Lawn outdoor performance venue, a lake with pedal boats, urban gardens with a café, recreational facilities, children’s play areas, a civic scaled interactive fountain and multiple walking/jogging paths, all set within regionally specific native woodland and prairie landscapes. The Boathouse, Stage, Spark Cafe’ (opening 2020) and Pavilions by Butzer Architects recall the vernacular architecture of the settlements that dotted the Oklahoma plains. The Promenade with unique art lighting by Jamie Carpenter links the downtown end of The Park across Interstate 40 via the pedestrian Skydance Bridge through the Lower Park and near the river. The 34-acre Lower Park will feature soccer fields, basketball and pickleball courts, a demonstration kitchen, as well as an outdoor performance venue.