I once watched a football game there back in the mid 50s. Also use to watch a ton of Beavers games there. Even watched a Portland Storm game there. That stadium holds an attraction to me. Hey, saw the one time famous Woody Green play for Arizona State where he single underhandedly was responsible for defeating my OSU Beavers.
Woody Green was an outstanding football player as I watched him several times in high school. Back then, Grant and Jefferson were huge rivals and Green was their main weapon. Funny story about the Portland Thunder football team. When I was going to U of P they practiced at the university and Ben Davidson who had played for the Oakland Raiders was on the team and parked his big motorhome in the student parking lot and could see him in his motorhome cooking breakfast every morning. The guy was about 6'7" and well into the upper 200's in weight and was intimidating looking but was very cool.
It's a shame they can't buy the Mac Club and finish the bowl out with seats and create some parking there.
His older brother and actually a better athlete was my friend at Tektronix. When Woody got injured at KC he had surgery and recuperated. Then he got calls from George Allen, John Madden and Bud Grant. Didn't return Grant's call because Minnesota was too cold. Didn't return the other coach's calls because I suspect he was too lazy. His older brother, Paul, got him a job at Tektronix but he couldn't keep that job. Paul, by the way, played football with Terry Baker and Mel Renfro. Had a full ride at U of O in Track but chose not to go so he could get a job and support his large, fatherless family, including Woody. I tried to get Paul, our best and most trusted technician, a promotion to engineer and got my boss to agree to take him on but Paul refused because he could make more money working overtime as a technician. This helped him during his off hours when he worked as a pastor at his church where he worked with recently released ex cons to equip them with job training. Paul was quite a guy. Worked with me in buildings 19 (the main campus) and 94 (Walker Rd. campus).
Now here is where you and I are on the same page, Mr. Toilet Destroyer. With all the talk of semi pro football leagues. It's crazy to think we can't get a team out here. Watching a bad pro style offense would still be better than 90% of all MLS action. (Grabs Beerhat and American Flag proudly)
I was at the Breakers game with our soccer team the night Villanova upset Georgetown in the NCAA Championship game. Never forget getting home and watching it! Recorded it on the old VCR!
Old Civic was never a very nice stadium, but the prior renovation was a much needed step, and this new addition is pretty damn cool. Happy for all those soccer fans to have a pretty nice place to support their team. It's gonna look pretty cool packed on TV.
@CupWizier i'll put another picture up when we get to the next phase. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. It looks sharp.
Now thats going to be a nice addition and make for a really neat soccer stadium. Thanks to MP and others that made the investment. And thanks to KJIM1 for your sweat on this job. Be sure to inscribe your initials on one of the open beams.
Back in the mid 70's when I was playing baseball at U of P we would play PSU there every year and were allowed to drive down the road outside the right field wall in front of the Mac Club and underneath the stadium where the locker rooms were. It was rather eerie as it was nothing but a bunch of dirt and wood framing and stilts that looked barely capable of holding anything up.
Civic Stadium was our high school football home field. It was like playing on green concrete. My parents had season tickets to the Timbers as well. A lot of memories there. Glad to see them really fixing up the place. Keep the updates and pictures coming.
