OT MLB to PDX: We're talking baseball to PDX

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Could we support three big league teams?
     
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    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Damn, I don't think I could leave my 49ers for a Portland team. In my mind baseball is a little different because the ebbs and flows of following a long season closely combined with going to games it would be hard not to start to root for them.
     
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    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    I think that every city that has both MLB and NFL have separate stadiums now with the exception of Oakland but the Raiders are of course moving soon.
     
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  4. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I'd become a Portland fan rather than a Seahawks fan.
    I might learn to enjoy baseball like I did as a kid. The Portland Beavers produced many Major League Baseball players back then. I even lived across the street from two future AAA players who were cousins of the great Mickey Lolich. Great family. I guess I'm a closet baseball fan but don't tell anyone, this is just between you and me, hoopsjock.

    No fair reading this, you other guys.
     
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  5. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    If I could put a stadium anywhere
    Portland MLB Stadium.png
    * The Blue&Purple circles are where the moveable roof would go. The roof is shown in the position where it wouldn't cover the stadium. The Blue-Outlined, Purple-Filled circles are where the corners would be if it was over the field.
    **Forgot to mark BLUE as a parking garage. Would likely need parking elsewhere.

    Obviously, I know this is very unlikely. I know there's a ton of logistical issues that go with something like this. But it'd be beautiful. Outfield boardwalk like the SF Giants have. Could experiment with having the field below the river level so the outfield wall is essentially a pathway barrier between the river and the stadium. Would need some time of raiseable levee wall that could rise out of the path to protect the stadium in cases of flooding. Put a moveable roof on the thing like Safeco Field has, that encloses everything but leaves the boardwalk area of the stadium open. The Morrison Bridge would overlook the stadium. It's be awesome.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Are you a Portlander at heart?
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Two places have been prominently mentioned in the past, Delta Park and SE Portland. I've never seen anyone mention prime real estate on the banks of the Willamette in downtown SW Portland.

    Of course, it would be primo if anyone could afford the property.
     
  8. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    How about in the river downtown? An underwater dome stadium.

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  9. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    If were gonna get an MLB team, let's make the stadium the best it could possibly be. Lots of oldish buildings down there. Not a lot of tear down though.
     
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    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 AWOL

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    Demo the Coliseum, build MLB stadium.
     
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    Yup, born and raised. I went to Oregon State for college but other than that I've lived in the Portland Metro Area my whole life. I'm a die hard 49ers fan though. I don't know how I can just turn that off for another team. The Reds would be a little easier since they are further away and I'm not as emotionally invested with them as I am the 49ers and Blazers.
     
  12. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I’ll take the extra work/money.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    North of the RQ is planned for a "parking district" - I believe the best location is right across the river at Terminal-1:

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    I for one hope we don’t rule out the under water dome
     
  15. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Shit, Ross Island Sand and Gravel has completely decimated the Ross Island, so we could just put it there.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    They would have to create a brand new bridge just for the stadium.
     
  17. julius

    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yet when you're offered a job mowing my lawn....
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I hope, if they ever do it, they do it like they did at San Francisco or San Diego.

    Either right on the river or incorporating old buildings into the stadium.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Make a tunnel. It would be awesome.
     
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    I think it would be great but honestly don't know how realistic a franchise would be. There are other bigger cities that don't have a team. Still, it would be amazing if it happened.
     

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