Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
OKANA Resort & Indoor Waterpark
A $400 million riverfront resort and indoor waterpark, built from the ground up by the Chickasaw Nation.
Open · February 2025
OKANA Resort & Indoor Waterpark opened in early 2025 as a $400 million, 404-room resort built by the Chickasaw Nation along the Oklahoma River. It pairs Oklahoma's largest indoor waterpark with a 4.5-acre outdoor lagoon, anchoring the city's riverfront Horizons District.
The essentials
- Group
- Chickasaw Nation
- Opening
- February 2025
- Rooms & suites
- 404 rooms
- Segment
- Upscale/Resort
- Designer
- NC
- Entry rate
- From $160
The place
OKANA sits along the Oklahoma River in the Horizons District, a riverfront tourism zone a short distance from downtown Oklahoma City that the resort was built to help anchor.
The concept
Developed by the Chickasaw Nation at a cost of roughly $400 million, OKANA soft-opened on February 21, 2025, with a full grand opening on March 6. The 11-story, 404-room resort was built entirely new on the Oklahoma River and is the largest single tourism investment the city has seen in this window, combining an indoor waterpark (Oklahoma's largest, with a wave pool, lazy river, surf simulator, and 15 slides) with a 4.5-acre outdoor lagoon.
Its scale sets it apart from every other opening on this list: it is a family-resort play first and a hotel second, aimed at multi-day leisure stays rather than business or design-forward boutique travel, and its opening was framed locally as a cornerstone of the Horizons District's development.
Dining & wellness
More than a dozen food, beverage, and retail outlets are spread across the resort, alongside a day spa and a fitness center; the indoor waterpark and 4.5-acre outdoor adventure lagoon are the property's headline amenities rather than a traditional restaurant program.
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