Michael Dekker

Tulsa World Business Reporter

JENKS — Since the long-planned Tulsa Premium Outlets mall opened a year ago, it has been a game-changer for the city.

While complete sales-tax figures since the mall opened on Aug. 15, 2024, are not yet in, the city has seen sales-tax revenue jump by more than 38% from August last year through June.

In Oklahoma, municipalities can use only sales taxes for things such as improving streets and hiring new firefighters and police officers; they cannot use property taxes.

“The whole thing’s been really exciting,” Jenks Mayor Cory Box said. He’s been on the city council since 2017 and has been mayor since 2021.

Tulsa Premium Outlets, just south of the Creek Turnpike, is a 340,000-square-foot outdoor mall developed by Simon Property Group , whi

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