Skirvin Hilton. The Skirvin is considered Oklahoma City’s oldest hotel, opened in 1911 by oilman W.B. Skirvin. The hotel closed in 1988 as the oil bust devastated the state.

Seminole County hotels will soon start tacking on an extra fee to a guest’s bill to help raise tens of millions of dollars for the county to build an complex for indoor sports and other large ...