Christina Gough
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Oklahoma City Thunder - Statistics & Facts
The Oklahoma City Thunder is a professional basketball team that competes in the National Basketball Association’s Western Conference Northern Division. Established in 1967, the team was formerly called the Seattle SuperSonics and changed to its current name when it relocated to Oklahoma in 2008.
The Thunder currently play their home games at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown Oklahoma. During the 2021/22 NBA season, the average regular season home attendance for a Thunder game was 14,877 and total attendance for that season amounted to 595,112. The Oklahoma City Thunder generated around 274 million U.S. dollars in revenue during the 2021/22 season. In the same season, the franchise reported operating income of 129 million U.S. dollars. As of 2022, the Thunder's franchise value amounted to an estimated 1.88 billion U.S. dollars. The team is currently owned by American businessman Clay Bennett.
The team made it to four NBA championship finals as the Seattle SuperSonics in 1978, 1979, and 1996, winning the 1979 NBA finals. In its current guise as Oklahoma City Thunder, the franchise reached the NBA Finals in 2012, but lost out to Miami Heat. The franchise has a combined total of around 9.2 million fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter.
The Thunder currently play their home games at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown Oklahoma. During the 2021/22 NBA season, the average regular season home attendance for a Thunder game was 14,877 and total attendance for that season amounted to 595,112. The Oklahoma City Thunder generated around 274 million U.S. dollars in revenue during the 2021/22 season. In the same season, the franchise reported operating income of 129 million U.S. dollars. As of 2022, the Thunder's franchise value amounted to an estimated 1.88 billion U.S. dollars. The team is currently owned by American businessman Clay Bennett.
The team made it to four NBA championship finals as the Seattle SuperSonics in 1978, 1979, and 1996, winning the 1979 NBA finals. In its current guise as Oklahoma City Thunder, the franchise reached the NBA Finals in 2012, but lost out to Miami Heat. The franchise has a combined total of around 9.2 million fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter.
