Rose Garden name to be changed next season...

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    So if we struck out on the Coyotes, what other NHL teams might be looking for a new home?
     
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    I think Seattle was trying for an expansion team, so maybe we could be the other one to even it up?

    Also, why can't they just tell us to wait until the Comcast deal is up? Everyone knows they aren't going to get a deal done with any of the other tv providers in four years.
     
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    Maybe the Panthers or Blue Jackets but still highly unlikely. If Portland gets a team it will be an expansion. I have a feeling there will be two expansion teams in the near future that will end up on the west coast. The new conference realignment put 16 teams out east and 14 out west...
     
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    I think they want to capitalize on the intense rivalry the Timbers, Sounders and Whitecaps have started in the northwest. Oilers and Flame are in no man's land, really aren't giving Canucks a run. I think there is a legitimate shot at creating a intense rivalry in the NW in Hockey.
     
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    What up daweez.

    Yeah. I'd love an NHL team here. I really WANT to get back into hockey, it's just insanely hard to follow unless you're diligent with it.
     
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    I'm honestly amazed PA and staff have held out this long on the naming rights. I can't think of to many stadiums/arenas across the country that haven't sold their naming rights yet. Besides, to die hards it will always be the Rose Garden.

    As for the comcast deal, at this point nothing is going to change. Best to just let the contract run out in four years and see where the team goes from there.
     
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    I agree. It would also bring in a ton of money.
     
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    This just demonstrates that Paul Allen is an outsider.
     
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    An NHL team could move into the RG tomorrow (well, not exactly) whereas in Seattle they don't have an arena built, don't have the land to build it (iirc) and therefore won't be in line to do an expansion team or a relocation before Portland.

    Now, will Portland/business leaders/Paul Allen drop the ball...er...puck and allow Seattle to pass Portland by and situate itself in a position TO be ahead?

    Yes, and I think those of us who want an NHL team here, and are somewhat knowledgeable of the whole "NHL to PDX" movement know, it's par for the course.
     
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    The name doesn't matter. Living in Denver, no one calls where the Broncos play anything but "Mile High"; certainly not "Sports Authority Field". No matter what the name is, I'll still call it the Rose Garden.
     
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    Corporations are why Paul Allen owns the Blazers, and why the Blazers are still in Portland.
     
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    It wasn't a bad enough decision that they had to cave into their competitors' demands for access to CSNW, so from a business perspective, I have to assume it's been either of a plus, a non-factor, or a loss that doesn't matter to Comcast's bottom line right now.

    I think it is Paul Allen and his Vulcans who crapped on Blazers fans on this deal. For the satellite networks and Comcast, the Blazers and CSNW are a fart in the wind, even more now that CSNW lost the rights to Duck football games in the Pac-12/Fox deal.
     
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    I was more excited about the NHL talk

    As for Portland or Seattle, I think Bettmen would cum all over the Lady Byng trophey (that's funny if you follow hockey) if he could move two struggling southern teams to the NW
     
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