Why Does Portland Only Have The Blazers?

Although, I beg to differ that the Portland metro is bigger than the Atlanta metro.

Nonetheless.....................Blazer news, as it were, for slow times.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/233876-why-does-portland-only-have-the-blazers

 

Hey, you also have minor league baseball! Padre baseball, nonetheless- probably better this year than our major league team.

 

Hmmm............

 

why does Portland only have the blazers? WELL THE BIG REASON? a couple actually.

1. NO LARGE STADIUM
2. Paul Allen

plus we do have PORTLAND TIMBERS FOOTBALL CLUB.

 

It's because there aren't enough corporate sponsors to go around.

 

Makes the buildup to hoops season that much better. The Timbers will provide a nice outlet at this time in two years, but the anticipation for the NBA is like none other with sellouts to freakin' preseason games with chants of defense, and people standing on the their feet on timeouts. I kind of like it this way.

 

its pathetic. no leadership in oregon. sorry excuses over and over!!!!! keep it weird ...........sigh.

 

God hates us.

 

.... Shit.....

You win

 

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

The leadership void at the state and local levels for the last 20 years has been a bunch of pie-in-the sky nonsense that hasn't delivered anything practical. Vera Katz spent a decade daydreaming about burying I-405 and instead did nothing. Tom Potter spent his whole term commissioning a study of what Portlanders wanted, while giving us squat. One thing to be said about the otherwise moronic Sam Adams, at least he's already delivered on a plan to bring MLS to town.

 

Maybe if we pool our rescources we can buy a team.

 

I have always blamed it on small minded thinking from Government, and some residents.

 

Lack of sponsorships; quite simply there aren't enough corporate sponsors to support another major league franchise and without that revenue streams are unlikely to get a team to break-even status, regardless of fan interest or support. Of course we could have a big debate about why there aren't enough corporate sponsors (unfriendly business climate, historically an extractive based economy, etc.)

 

this.

I think another owner (or ownership group) would have stepped in if Portland had 0 teams. IIRC, Portland is still one of the larger metropolitan areas (if not the largest) with only one major league sports team. With 0 it'd be a no-brainer for someone to establish a franchise here.

 

Well, I sure as hell don't want a boreball team cluttering up the works around here... Football would be alright, I guess, but soccer or whatever - fuhgetaboutit...

 

I'm always a little surprised to see how often the Blazers' fanbase get built up. I remember going to the Rose Garden during the 21 win season and seeing it about 40% full. Nobody wanted to talk about the team, except in disgust.

Now they're rising again, and many are hopping on the bandwagon. The arena sells out, you see billboards and jerseys everywhere. But when I talk to many Portlanders about the team, it seems the knowledge is pretty cursory--pretty much limited versions of whatever Jason Quick says. And if the team took another nosedive in wins and losses, I have no doubt attendance and enthusiasm would go right back to where it was.

I guess that's pro sports for you. Seems like there's a lot more loyalty in college football/basketball.