Founded in 1889 during the great Land Run, today this capital city of Oklahoma in the central United States is a thriving modern city offering an array of attractions enjoyed by visitors and locals alike, including the Donald W. Reyolds Visual Arts Center, home to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the newly-renovated Civic Center, which brings large concert, touring Broadway shows, operas and other events to the area, the Ford Center, ranked by Pollstar as one of the top ten live music venues in the world, as well as the Lyric Theatre, Jewel Box Theatre, the intimate Petree Recital Hall and the Wanda L. Bass School of Music on the Oklahoma City University Campus. Other notable landmarks in Oklahoma City include the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial, created for the victims of the April 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, is open to the public 24-hours a day.

The city is also home to an array of outdoor festivals celebrating the city's western heritage, and offers visitors many shopping and dining options from upscale brasseries, to classic western steakhouses.