Oklahoma City General Information Oklahoma City sprawls across 625 square miles of America's heartland. Its metro population numbers over a million, which is a third of the entire state's population. It is also a city in the midst of a revitalization, thanks to MAPS. MAPS, which stands for Metropolitan Area Projects, is a public initiative designed to create or renovate nine educational, cultural and recreational facilities. Today, with nine projects completed, Oklahoma City has seen nearly a billion dollars in combined public and private investment. One notable byproduct of MAPS has been the development of Bricktown. Bricktown Entertainment District Bricktown lies just a block east of downtown Oklahoma City, and it has quickly emerged as the city's premier dining and entertainment district. Restaurants here offer a total capacity of more than 4,000 seats. In addition, the 110,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops and a 16-screen downtown theatre complex. Bricktown is an integral part of MAPS. One of the initiatives, the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, has been proclaimed one of the nation's finest minor league facilities. Yet another, the Oklahoma Spirit trolley system, is ready to whisk you around Bricktown and downtown (for just a quarter!). In warmer weather, horse-drawn carriages and pedicabs can be seen ferrying customers to their destinations. A third Bricktown MAPS initiative is the canal, a festive mile-long riverwalk that winds throughout the district, turns south at the ballpark and passes under a highway before leading pedestrians to waterfall-and-forested park areas. Water taxis cruise the canal waters, and there are many canal-side restaurants with more under construction. For more information about Oklahoma City, its people and its cultures, visit the Oklahoma City Visitors Bureau.