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Jesus... I knew what the date of this article was IN THE LINK.

Actually read the articles, BGD.
 
Nothing wrong about this article...so it's 13 months old....it's not a dead project, it's just a project looking for ownership or relocation...would make more sense for the Oakland A's to relocate here than Vegas....The Padres are Vegas' team now.
 
A baseball stadium to the north or south of the Moda Center would be great. Could have a boardwalk in left or right field like the San Francisco Giants have that would be on the shores of the Willamette. Would probably need to have a retractable roof too
 
We should have had the Portland Expos and the Portland Penguins long ago.

What a shame.
 
I think we should change the name. Go with a whole re-branding of the team.
 
riverman said:
Nothing wrong about this article...so it's 13 months old....it's not a dead project, it's just a project looking for ownership or relocation...would make more sense for the Oakland A's to relocate here than Vegas....The Padres are Vegas' team now.
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If it ain't updated, then its just a 13 month article...
 
It will never happen. They would expect the city to pay for it and voters will never pass a bill to fund a stadium needed for MLB.
 
tlongII said:
It will never happen. They would expect the city to pay for it and voters will never pass a bill to fund a stadium needed for MLB.
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I'm mostly of this mindset too. For that reason, and also because Paul Allen will do everything he can to block a baseball team coming in.

Hockey, on the other hand, would fit perfectly in the Moda Center, McGowan is already a very accomplished and admired hockey exec... makes too much sense not to happen (and hockey is, in general, WAY more fun to watch than baseball...)
 
glazeduck said:
I'm mostly of this mindset too. For that reason, and also because Paul Allen will do everything he can to block a baseball team coming in.

Hockey, on the other hand, would fit perfectly in the Moda Center, McGowan is already a very accomplished and admired hockey exec... makes too much sense not to happen (and hockey is, in general, WAY more fun to watch than baseball...)
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Yep I think hockey would be very successful here. I don't think Paul Allen is interested though. It would be a direct competitor of the Blazers for the entertainment dollar.
 
I'm a baseball fan but I gotta go with the NHL. Makes more sense and the local lack of nightlife wouldn't necessarily kill us in attracting players. If it were a baseball team then it would have to be an covered stadium and we'd be also at the mercy of whomsver we hired to run the minor league system. Want to know how much a MLB team is at the mercy of it's scouts? Then turn on the draft in a couple of hours and watch the Padres table. They are praying that the Hunter Greene wonder kid falls to them at 3 since its all their fans have to live for, "We got picks!" No they got shit. With a great system Portland could be the Royals OR we be the Padres. It's a tight rope.
 
I'd love an MLB team but I'm not holding my breath. NHL would be great too.
 
tlongII said:
Yep I think hockey would be very successful here. I don't think Paul Allen is interested though. It would be a direct competitor of the Blazers for the entertainment dollar.
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The idea would be that HE would own the hockey team... The more nights the Moda Center is busy, the more he's recouping his investment. Also, was told from THE guy who would know, we're getting very close to needing to drop in another $100M or so into it...
 
glazeduck said:
The idea would be that HE would own the hockey team... The more nights the Moda Center is busy, the more he's recouping his investment. Also, was told from THE guy who would know, we're getting very close to needing to drop in another $100M or so into it...
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Yes, it would make sense if Allen owned the team. I have not heard that he has any interest in one though.
 
ripcityboy said:
I'm a baseball fan but I gotta go with the NHL. Makes more sense and the local lack of nightlife wouldn't necessarily kill us in attracting players. If it were a baseball team then it would have to be an covered stadium and we'd be also at the mercy of whomsver we hired to run the minor league system. Want to know how much a MLB team is at the mercy of it's scouts? Then turn on the draft in a couple of hours and watch the Padres table. They are praying that the Hunter Greene wonder kid falls to them at 3 since its all their fans have to live for, "We got picks!" No they got shit. With a great system Portland could be the Royals OR we be the Padres. It's a tight rope.
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Why a covered stadium? I thought I read somewhere that Portland has fewer rain days during the MLB season than just about every MLB city? It basically doesn't rain in Oregon during summer, whereas places like Atlanta and St Louis are prone to crazy downpours.
 
Ths problem with the the NHL is the league policy towards the NW. Very much similar to David Stern's attitude They seem to have no interest (outside of Vancouver.) I would have thought Seattle would have been a slam dunk but nothing. The Coyotes were basically evicted at one point and the idea of Portland never even came up.
We can say "Oh that makes a lot of sense. We need an NHL team." Well no. The local community have to make those moves or make the inquires to make the expansions possible. The dialogs don't just exist because they are not there. Nobisy just plops up at your door and says "Hey boys. I was in the neighborhood with this billion dollar team." They do if your LA or Vegas and willing to bend over backwards to build a stadium. But not PDX.
 
BBert said:
Why a covered stadium? I thought I read somewhere that Portland has fewer rain days during the MLB season than just about every MLB city? It basically doesn't rain in Oregon during summer, whereas places like Atlanta and St Louis are prone to crazy downpours.
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They would just do what Seattle does and schedule a lot of staggered road trips. But I still think covered is the way to go. It can be multi purpose then and get around a lot of headaches. Thee problem is once you lose a few baseball games to rain it's almost impossible to get them back.
 
ripcityboy said:
Ths problem with the the NHL is the league policy towards the NW. Very much similar to David Stern's attitude They seem to have no interest (outside of Vancouver.) I would have thought Seattle would have been a slam dunk but nothing. The Coyotes were basically evicted at one point and the idea of Portland never even came up.
We can say "Oh that makes a lot of sense. We need an NHL team." Well no. The local community have to make those moves or make the inquires to make the expansions possible. The dialogs don't just exist because they are not there. Nobisy just plops up at your door and says "Hey boys. I was in the neighborhood with this billion dollar team." They do if your LA or Vegas and willing to bend over backwards to build a stadium. But not PDX.
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FWIW, I've been told by multiple people in the NHL that it's basically down to Portland or Seattle for the next expansion team, and that there's a few franchises that view either PNW city as an upgrade... Who knows if we (Portland) ever get a team, but it feels imminent that the NHL will be coming to one of those two cities in the near future.

tlongII said:
Yes, it would make sense if Allen owned the team. I have not heard that he has any interest in one though.
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He may not be interested any longer, but he definitely made at least one bid on the Penguins years ago...
 
glazeduck said:
FWIW, I've been told by multiple people in the NHL that it's basically down to Portland or Seattle for the next expansion team, and that there's a few franchises that view either PNW city as an upgrade... Who knows if we (Portland) ever get a team, but it feels imminent that the NHL will be coming to one of those two cities in the near future.



He may not be interested any longer, but he definitely made at least one bid on the Penguins years ago...
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Just curious, is it people in the administration part or like players/trainers/general staff? Just because I've heard rumors before only to come to nothing.
 
I think I would have more interest in NHL. I love baseball played till I was 30 but its too big of a commitment to follow a team for a year.
 
ripcityboy said:
Just curious, is it people in the administration part or like players/trainers/general staff? Just because I've heard rumors before only to come to nothing.
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Both were people on the business side of things high up within their respective organizations... -- VERY high up.

And just to be clear, haven't heard of anything specific in the works, just that the league recognizes that PDX/SEA would be a great area for a team and is doing what it can to get a team there eventually. Just my speculation/reading the tea leaves that it happens reasonably quickly...
 
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