The Story of the Stage.

In 1898, five Oklahomans pooled ten thousand dollars to open the Bank of Nowata - six years before the federal government got around to incorporating the town. In 2003, it was renamed Regent Bank, and in 2008, a group of 80 Oklahoma small-business owners led by Sean Kouplen purchased it with $72 million in assets and a single market.

A hundred and twenty-eight years later, Regent serves eight markets across Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas, has grown to $2.1 billion in assets, and runs specialized divisions for non-profits, agriculture, healthcare, technology, faith-based businesses, and Hispanic-owned businesses. It was the only bank on Inc. Magazine’s 2023 Best Places to Work list.

Regent’s Broken Arrow location broke ground in 2022 - a three-story building in the heart of the city, built as a long-term commitment to this community, two years before the amphitheater was on the table.