Blazers Third in NBA Attendance

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  1. The_Lillard_King

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    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    Why does this city not have a hockey or baseball team?
     
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    Hockey would more than likely take business away from the Blazers. Same time of year and all that.

    Baseball would flourish in Portland IMO. Having moved away to Houston where there is MLB it is a beautiful thing to wake up on Saturday or Sunday morning and realize that most of the time you can say "Wow, the Cubs are in town, I'd like to see them play" Then go and sit in the bleachers for $4 and eat nachos and drink beer.

    If Portland had the right owner and the right size stadium it would be awesom to catch a game in the beautiful Portland summer
     
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    if we built a baseball stadium, there is no doubt someone would move here imo.

    retractable roof baby!
     
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    a smaller stadium like 35-40k would be sweet, somewhere were there isnt a bad seat. it would sell out for years as long as we had a decent team, and they players played with effort.
     
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    alex42083 Thanks Brandon

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    I'd go watch baseball for sure, hockey... eh not so much.
     
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    The NHL figured that hockey would do better in the south:

    Tampa Bay, 19th in attendance
    Florida, 23rd
    Carolina, 24th
    Atlanta, 27th
    Nashville, 28th

    Whoops!
     
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    i'd love any kind of pro team besides the blazers. i'm not a fan of NHL but i'd support the team and goto games and probably start following. i probably wouldnt change teams in any other sport(i really want NFL) but i'd still go and support the team aslong as they aren't playing my favorite team.
     
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  10. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Any decision made by the NHL is usually in err.


    Also, attendance should be ranked by % of seats sold, not total seats. It skews the numbers towards the bigger arenas. % puts Portland into 2nd.
     
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    Just get Uncle Paul to buy us another team..I'd love baseball or football here..and I would immediately hop on the Portland bandwagon for both sports as my fv teams.
     
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    There is NO WAY baseball would survive here. There aren't enough people to adequately support the team 81 times a year to generate the revenues needed to field a competitive product. MLS and the NFL could make it though.
     
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    I'm not a big hockey fan but Paul should have bought the Penguins when he had the chance. Going to be a great team. 3 great young players..
     
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    Isn't there talk of them getting a MLS team in the future? Like 2011?

    I'm not a huge fan of the MLS (occasionally watch World Cup), NHL or the MLB. I wouldn't mind catching a game or two throughout the season though.

    Now if we got a NFL team, I'd definitely go to the games

    Hell I'd even catch a Nascar race (they used to talk about putting a race in Troutdale, I believe.)
     
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    There are easily 15-20 thousand people in the Portland area who would get season tickets.

    Here in Houston my company has 1st row seats behind the third base dugout. Those seats are $45 each. That is also for a team that was just in the world series a couple of years ago.

    The average cost of a ticket is $20. That's only $1600 for 81 nights of entertainment.

    I think a lot of people would do that. Plus the game by game fans.


    MLS isn't even one of the major sports. Who cares if they got a team?
     
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  16. The_Lillard_King

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    I think baseball would work in Ptd . . . especially because, in this small market city with not many people, the basketball teams draws more attendance than most other NBA teams including the LA, NY, and Dallas.

    For not enough people, Ptd fans kick ass in attendance.
     
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  17. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    If places like St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and even Cincinnati can support more than one pro team, why can't Portland? It's honestly insulting we have the same number of teams as Utah and OKC.
     
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    baseball would work for SURE!!! corporations would buy all the season tickets the first day. i always thought that would be so cool to have a baseball team in portland, i would move back immediately.
     
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    If we had baseball, I would totally buy ticket packages (not season but a lot)
    How awesome would it be to get a weekend series in July?
     
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  20. BalancedMan

    BalancedMan That's out of context....

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    What corporations in Portland? Nike and maybe Intel? It's sad that Portland only has the HQ for one Fortune 500 company yet Boise, Idaho sports more than 20.
     
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