OT Baseball and Football Coming to Portland?

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  1. JFizzleRaider

    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    I hear you but idk man. Soccer is just a way more popular sport. Maybe it is just the people i roll with, but the people i'm freinds with in seattle go fucking nuts for the Sounders and travel around the US to watch their games.

    I have known like 3 people into Winterhawks games and Ive live in Portland my entire life.

    I know a lot of people ape shit over the Timbers too.

    I hate soccer and hockey so i'm not trying to be biased.

    I think the MLS based on nothing factual, just life experience, is more popular than NHL.
     
    JFizzleRaider, Jul 12, 2017
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    I've always been interested in getting into the NHL, but when the closest team is in San Jose or Canada I just couldn't be arsed to care. I've already tried MLS and know I don't like soccer.
     
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    Did we need another reason?

    NFL football has only been in the PNW for like a decade as it is. I'm sure it'll take a bit longer.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    This is why you and I will always get along Fizz.
     
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  5. ehizzy3

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    I am a dolphins fan, and I dont think I could switch another team to be my #1, despite the disappointments for the last 10 or so years.

    that is def one my fav chants in the army
     
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    The Seahawks can't block it alone, it would be up to a vote of the owners. It all depends on whether the other owners believed that Portland could support a team and it would make the NFL richer. The Seahawks can't, in any credible way, claim that a city in another state is "their territory." It would be like the Cardinals trying to block the Raiders from moving to Las Vegas, because that's currently "their territory" as the closest team.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Well, minor league attendance #'s don't reflect shit, but...

    You do realize there are websites that you can look at that show attendance #'s, right? Because more than half of MLB teams don't even average 30K a night, so why should we hold Portland to that unrealistic standard?

    There are teams that are division leaders (Cleveland & Milwaukee) who don't even average 25K.
    Seattle doesn't, San Diego doesn't. Houston, one of the best teams in baseball this year, barely averages 30K a night.

    Back to Cleveland, last year the Indians won 94 games and their average attendance was 19K.

    30-40K is not some magical barometer that we need to meet.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I think the story got a bit garbled. An international group is indeed picking out two sites in Portland, but it's North Korea and it's targets for the ICBMs.

    Been nice knowing y'all.

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    Nfl is... Not going to happen for obvious reasons. But I'd definitely support a Portland mlb team. As long as they have a cool name.
     
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    The Hillsboro Hops is a fucking legit name.

    I wonder what the mlb team would be named.
     
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    The hops is a great name. It would be hard to top
     
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    I always liked the Meadowlarks or Larks for short before that ceased to be our state bird.
     
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    What he said.
     
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    No I wouldn't!
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I agree. And not to be contrarian, but the Western Meadowlark is still the state bird. I peeped a couple through my binoculars just earlier today.
     
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    I peeped a couple of birds through my binoculars today in the park, until one of them called the cops on me.

    barfo
     
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    Oregon Osprey!
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I'd suggest wearing this next time you're out "peeping birds". They definitely won't be able to spot you.
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    Just can't see it happen yet. It was mentioned in a couple other posts. The city needs to widen the freeways and get some stadiums built to accommodate it. Now think about that for a minute. Passing the infrastructure bill and building the CRC which is exactly what it would take if not another bridge altogether around Troutdale or Fairview would next to impossible in the next 3-4 years. Then you have to build them. Now where ya gonna build the stadiums? Best place available right now seems to be PIR and the Portland Meadows site. That or the old Reynolds Aluminum site? Either would work but again you have to get approval from the areas. Maybe you are thinking west side like out in Hillsboro? Simply put that would be a nightmare also.

    This whole idea is nothing less than 10 years away at the very best but yeah it's nice to talk about.
     
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    Yeah. Given our current traffic situation building a football stadium in the local area would probably turn locals to vehical behavior comperable to The Road Warrior movie.
     
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