Funding MAPS is funded by a temporary one-cent sales tax approved by city voters in December 1993. The tax expired on July 1, 1999. The Mayor appointed a mandated 21-member citizen oversight board shortly after voters approved the projects. The MAPS board reviews project components including financing and site location and then makes recommendations to the City Council. The MAPS board led the public review process for the MAPS Master Plan which the Council approved on February 14, 1995.
All projects are complete or under construction.
During 1997, various fairgrounds, infrastructure and demolition projects were completed. The State Fair Arena renovation was completed in the fall of 1997 and the Baseball Stadium was finished in the spring of 1998. After two years of construction work, the Myriad Convention Center renovation and expansion project was completed in August 1999. Construction of the Bricktown Canal began in the summer of 1998 and was completed in July 1999. Work on the Civic Center Music Hall project began in November 1998 and will be complete in the fall of 2001.