OT Baseball and Football Coming to Portland?

It can happen.

 

That was the Portland ABA team that Ha Seung Jin played on....

 

Portland Pot Heads

Portland Dangerfields

Portland Mavericks

Portland Beavers

Portland Panic

 

Hard to have Mt Hood actually visible from a stadium by the river

 

Looks like they widen the street and make an underpass (just speculating). It could also be parking above the underpass. TBH I'm not sure.

 

They probably wouldn't have to make changes to the road at all just "Float" the stadium.

 

This thread might be more useless than the Melo thread.

But I'm way more happy with baseball to Portland, than Melo

 

Look closer. It doesn't go all the way out to the water:

 

What a terrible view of that lovely industrial facility, whatever it is.

 

Not sure if anyone posted this:
Former Blazers announcer part of group working to bring MLB to Portland

A new group that includes a well-known Portland sports figure is looking to bring Major League Baseball to Portland.

Former Trail Blazers' television announcer Mike Barrett is part of a group that is also developing plans for a stadium.

"There is also a formally organized, sophisticated and seasoned management group running this initiative," said John McIsaac, a spokesman for the group, who emphasized it is a management group, not an ownership group.

McIsaac wouldn't divulge other details of the group's makeup or goals.

Talk about a possible Portland MLB team has heated up recently, following comments from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred last month that Portland is a viability expansion city.

"Portland would be on a list," Manfred said according to the Seattle Times. "I think Portland is a possibility. You can think of the prospects on the West Coast probably as effectively as I can."

On Monday, Baseball America reported that there was a group in Portland "with the necessary financing along with support for a stadium."

The city had contended for an MLB team in 2003, when Oregon lawmakers approved a measure that would create a $150 million bond for a Portland stadium. The bond, to be repaid from taxes applied to player and executive salaries, would be available for any new stadium project.

Barrett left the Blazers at the beginning of the 2016-17 season. He wasn't immediately available for comment on Tuesday.

 

Yeah, you're right. Maybe they could face the view toward the Broadway Bridge.

 

I still don't believe the city/county/state should pay A RED CENT for any of this though. Billionaire owner groups are just that, billionaires. Pay for your own shit.

 

IIRC that thing used to be owned by some French shipping company? Just wondering.

 

Ha Ha Ha.. 22 thousand.... And the Blazers get 18 thousand. If you are trying to be comical then i guess i understand.
A baseball stadium MUST have no less than twice that. 40 thousand. Now put that by the Rose Quarter in Oct for the playoffs and open up the Blazers season.
You see the problem here. Not even going to add Winterhawks to the deal. Look i already said i would love to see it in the city. But inside the city of Portland you have very few sites. @SlyPokerDog pretty much has the only other feasible option thinking NW district. Ain't gonna happen next to the Moda center unless huge changes are made.

 

I think it would be awesome, and I'm not even a baseball fan really. I'd go to some games though. I was really disappointed we didn't get the Expos.

My primary concern re location is transportation. If they can't put it someplace that is transportation friendly, they shouldn't site it. Period. Second is, it really is important to have a nice view. It's called a ball park for a reason

 

Those are all nice mock up pictures but not one of them have a covered type stadium. Baseball in Portland would need a roof.