Wweek.com - Portland Must Confront the Real Danger of Losing the Blazers

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if the new owners want a new arena, it's going to be up to the City of Portland and what kind of financial backing they are willing to provide? Will voters grab the rebound and fast break a new package/bond in order to keep the team here?

 

The good news is Ron Wyden has assembled a team to explore how to keep the team in Portland along with Kevin Love and several other prominent Oregonians

 

and adding 0 teams is not the same as adding 2 teams and it's becoming apparent that expansion is on the back burner for a significant portion of the new 11 year media deal that starts this season....or at least that appears to be the current state of affairs

this guy does a pretty good job of summarizing the issues (and he doesn't really agree with your math about expansion fees):




also:

https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/...t-compete-now-to-remain-rip-city-forever.html

 

Completely abandoning the PNW seems dumb. If expansion isn’t a thing for awhile they would also be pissing off all the Seattle fans(again) that have started following the Blazers.

 

I'm not sure that's a compelling argument for the NBA and it's owners

when the Sonics left Seattle in 2007-08, the estimated value of the NBA was 10-11B with 3.7B in revenue. Currently the estimated value is around 130B with 11-12B in revenue, and those revenue numbers are going to go way up






https://www.sportsvalue.com.br/en/n...024-total-valuation-reached-us-132-8-billion/

 

What building do you speak of FAMS???

 

Yup. This definitely highlights the problems facing expansion.

Sure, there are other teams that make more sense to move..... but they're not for sale.

 

Unfortunately, that is all the team’s offices as well

 

Who needs a roof.... check out my Willamette Falls concept drawing!

 

They should be having a car race during the baseball game.

 

If you don't have time to watch the entire video, skip ahead to 4:00.

The reason for no expansion is the obvious one. it's the owners that control the league do not want to dilute future income streams.
The loss of future income cannot be offset by expansion fees, as the expansion fee is a one-time amount, and the loss of income is continuous.

 

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Common Use:

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If you're looking for a flavorful steak and don’t mind a bit of chew, a well-aged steak from a dairy cow can surprise you. But for consistently tender, juicy, high-end steakhouse cuts, beef cattle are a better choice.

 

I do think that the bad PR from moving the Sonics sounds like it is compelling to the owners. That's how it has been conveyed by Adam Silver. I also think that the fact that the Grizzlies, Pelicans and Timberwolves are all making less money a year than us and have a lower valuation than we do as a franchise as currently constituted makes it more likely that we will continue to have the Blazers here in Portland. I'm saying it would make more sense for Vegas to poach one of those three teams, none of which have the history that we do.

I think it does help that state and local government seem to be willing to do something to keep the team here as well. We all know that when the Sonics were for sale and after the sale but before the move that state and local government up there were adamant that they weren't going to help a billionaire owner out with an upgraded or brand new venue. So I understand that it's far more than a 0% chance that our team gets moved within a few years of the sale... I just think that chance is far lower than 50%.

 

I'm only going to question one of your assumptions: the one saying that the state and local governments are up to the task. In case you're not aware the legislature just adjourned WITHOUT a budget for roads, highways, and bridges. Both sides said it was needed, but they couldn't come close to a compromise. And after Silver said a new arena might be needed, the joint statement from the governor and the mayor said a renovation of the Moda would be enough...no new arena needed. And we know that talking about a project is a hell of lot easier than coming up with funding. Stating intent costs nothing

I don't believe the Blazers will move but I'm not naive enough to believe a bunch of billionaire owners will actually give a shit about a team being in Portland, especially when the alternative might be Las Vegas