The arena is owned by the city and operated by the SMG property management company and has 18,203 seats in the basketball configuration, 15,152 for hockey, and can seat up to 16,591 for concerts. In addition to its use as a sports venue, Paycom Center hosts concerts, family and social events, conventions, ice shows, and civic events. Previously, the arena was home to the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 2002 until the team folded in July 2009, and the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of AF2 from 2004 to 2009 when the team moved to the Prairie Surf Studios. It opened in 2002 and since 2008 has served as the home venue for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Oklahoma City Thunder. Paycom Center (originally known as the Ford Center from 2002 to 2010, Oklahoma City Arena from 2010 to 2011, and Chesapeake Energy Arena from 2011 to 2021) is an arena located in Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Oklahoma City Blue ( NBAGL) (2021–present) Oklahoma City Thunder ( NBA) (2008–present)

New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets ( NBA) (2005–2007) Further information is available at where Chesapeake routinely posts announcements, updates, events, investor information, presentations and press releases.Location in the United States Show map of the United Statesģ5☂7′48″N 97☃0′54″W / 35.46333°N 97.51500°W / 35.46333 -97.51500 Chesapeake’s stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CHK. Chesapeake has approximately 11,000 employees, including approximately 5,000 in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The company has also vertically integrated its operations and owns substantial midstream, compression, drilling and oilfield service assets.

Chesapeake owns leading positions in the Barnett, Haynesville, Bossier, Marcellus and Pearsall natural gas shale plays and in the Granite Wash, Cleveland, Tonkawa, Mississippian, Bone Spring, Avalon, Wolfcamp, Wolfberry, Eagle Ford, Niobrara and Utica unconventional liquids plays. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company's operations are focused on discovering and developing unconventional natural gas and oil fields onshore in the U.S. Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the second-largest producer of natural gas, a Top 15 producer of oil and natural gas liquids and the most active driller of new wells in the U.S.

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