Blazers Third in NBA Attendance

The economics of Baseball are screwed beyond measure. Why would you support a team in Portland when you know at the beginning of the season that they have no shot at winning the World Series? Until MLB puts their financial house in order, I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot bat.

 

The state of Idaho actually only has 2-3 fortune 500 companies depending on what year you look at. But your main point is correct. Portland has almost zero crporate backing for a city of its size. The Denver Metro area (onlya couple hundred thousand bigger than than Portland) has 8 or 9 and a total of 12 in the state. Portland in general is a different cat than most other major metropolitan cities in that it has not made a large effort to attract big business. If anything the city has driven them away. Also Portland has a lot more outdoor activities that occupy a lot of people.Still there is no question that the Portland Area has the population to support another pro franchise.

 

Haha I think you have it all wrong. You have teams like Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies and Devil Rays in the World Series and the Twins being a perennial playoff team despite having one of the lowest payroll's in baseball year in and year out. While the Yankees have been exiting the playoffs early every year for years. MLB has proven that having a big payroll isn't a prerequisite for winning.

 

I wouldn't be interested in NHL at all, but would problably go to MLB. I love playing baseball, but not a big fan of watcihng it. I would go to see teams like the Braves, Reds and so forth.

I would love to see us get a NFL team!

 

You have the indoor professional lacrosse team (JAX) with only 8 home games. Their attendance is much better than the whl.ca winterhawks.
www.portlandjax.com

2006 8,322 spectators per game with a 11-5 record and West Division banner.
2007 7,527 spectators per game with a 4-12 record
2008 8,104 per game (ninth in the league) despite a 6-10 regular season was a good sign for the franchise....

All those stats much better than the www.winterhawks.com who currently have a 12-25 record with 15-21 year olds, and 3 years of sub .250 winning percentage.

Until the city and owner Merrit of the Portland Timbers come to an agreement on how to convert PGE park into a soccer or college football facility with funds it will be at least 1-2 years for MLS to come here. MLS has fewer games than MLB baseball but this city isn't ready to move up a level when we can't even support our minor league Beavers with 3000 spectators every day.

 

lol, besides lacrosse. i cant enjoy that sport whatsoever lol

 

Well, ehizzy3 you can still enjoy looking at the lacrosse dancers since they are pretty much the same ones for Blazer games.

 

A. people think small
B. some people are afraid
C. some are cheap






D. MLS wants Portland and Portland wants the MLS! GO PORTLAND TIMBERS FC!

 

Taxing and gouging all business out of the state, and then putting ridiculous restrictions on production, yield this result. Also remember that Nike is in Beaverton, and that Nike gets tax breaks to stay in Beaverton. When Washington County threatened to rip away this tax protection, Phil Knight was ready to move the entire company.

 

I have literally zero interest in MLS, and I watch Premier League soccer at times on FoxSportsSoccer.

I'd probably go to a "Thirsty Thursday" game if they still were offered, but that would be about it.

 

Portland needs a NFL team! If Charlotte and Jacksonville can do it, Portland sure can. This city would go nuts for a football team. Why not? They could build the stadium on the opposite side of the river from the high rises downtown. There is tons of land there!

 

I think Portland could get up for 8 games. I'd be fine with the NFL. People think of the NFL as "big time" and Portland as not being big time because we only have one team, but there are cities in the NFL that have two pro sports teams or less:

Baltimore 2 (Ravens, Orioles)
Buffalo 2 (Bills, Sabres)
Cincinnati 2 (Bengals, Reds)
Indianapolis 2 (Colts, Pacers)
Jacksonville 1 (Jaguars)
Kansas City 2 (Chiefs, Royals)
New Orleans 2 (Saints, Hornets)
San Diego 2 (Chargers, Padres)
Seattle 2 (Seahawks, Mariners)

(Highlighted cities are smaller metro areas than Portland)


The problem, of course, is the stadium. But if there was a plan on the table, I don't see why we couldn't field a football team here. It's hard enough to get into a Ducks or Beavers game, and those teams are a couple of hours outside of the metro area.