Annual MLB-to-Portland thread

[Fez Hammersticks]

Parrott, a registered independent, wants to help transition some of the homeless in Portland, those with skills, into jobs. He wants to address the issue of the large number of homeless young people he sees on the streets. And also, he wants to build a $500 million baseball stadium in the Main Post Office location downtown and bring the Tampa Rays or Oakland A's to Portland.

Parrott, a registered independent, wants to help transition some of the homeless in Portland, those with skills, into jobs. He wants to address the issue of the large number of homeless young people he sees on the streets. And also, he wants to build a $500 million baseball stadium in the Main Post Office location downtown and bring the Tampa Rays or Oakland A's to Portland.

Great place to raise a family. Great place to have children. Great place to see democracy in action. But I have been underwhelmed by the politicians. Portland hasn't been a viable option for baseball relocation in the past. Without a stadium, and an owner, you don't stand a chance. But Parrott believes he can bring both.

Parrott is smart enough to know that Oregonians would never support a publicly funded stadium. He believes there is $350 million in commitments from the Native American tribes. The other $150 million, Parrott believes can be raised through taxing the salaries of the MLB players. Also, instead of a downtown casino, Parrott would have the venue float on a river in the metropolitan area.

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[Haakzilla]

...all I want for x-mas!

 

[MARIS61]

WTF does an Indian casino have to do with baseball?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

WTF does an Indian casino have to do with baseball?

A deal with the city would have allowed them (Grand Ronde) to build a casino near the city in exchange for the $350 million grant. Or something along those lines, it was a long time ago.

But this deal was made pre-recession so who knows if they can even offer that much money anymore.

**edit**

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde have proposed funding for a baseball stadium in exchange for the right to build a casino within the city of Portland. The proposal comes as a Portland delegation attempts to lure a Major League Baseball team to the city. The Grand Ronde proposal comes with a number of caveats: Oregon Goevernor Ted Kulongoski would need to approve putting a so-called Indian casino on nontribal land; Local governmental bodies would likely seek a compact delivering a higher percentage of gambling profits to area groups; and Major League Baseball, which has frowned on betting in the past, would likely have a huge say over whether it would sanction a team that plays in a gambling-funded stadium. The tribe has not set any parameters on how much it would pay or how it would supply the money for a ball park. A stadium without a roof would cost an estimated $350 million.

 

[julius]

Ah, it's like the turning of the leaves...

I'd love a baseball team to be in Portland (real baseball, not AAA or AA or A ball).

But I might as well be yelling at a brick wall here.

 

[ABM]

The Green Sox.

Gotta love it.

 

[Haakzilla]

The Green Sox.

Gotta love it.

...I love this idea/name!

 

[illmatic99]

Bring on the Rays!

 

[tlongII]

Two words. Never. Happen.

 

[Natebishop3]

Oh god, there's NO place to park there. Where would they put parking or is everyone supposed to ride their bikes to the ball park?

 

[RoyToy]

Wish it would happen, but it won't.

We're stuck with a women's sport instead

 

[julius]

Wish it would happen, but it won't.

We're stuck with a women's sport instead

I don't think hockey is a woman's only sport, although I could be wrong

 

[ABM]

Oh god, there's NO place to park there. Where would they put parking or is everyone supposed to ride their bikes to the ball park?

What about just north of Lovejoy? Looks like they could make something work there. Isn't that the old Monkey Wards buidling?

 

[barfo]

Wish it would happen, but it won't.

We're stuck with a women's sport instead

Basketball is a women's sport?

barfo

 

[barfo]

What about just north of Lovejoy? Looks like they could make something work there. Isn't that the old Monkey Wards buidling?

Maybe there were two, but Monkey's is about 20 blocks west and 8 blocks north. Just north of the PO site is former railyards, as far as I know.

barfo

 

[THE HCP]

82 days would be a TON to fill a stadium around here. Especially when it rains til July 1st. Football would be a lot easier with only what, 10 a year?

 

[barfo]

82 days would be a TON to fill a stadium around here. Especially when it rains til July 1st. Football would be a lot easier with only what, 10 a year?

Hey, you'll be warm and dry in the truck, what do you care...

barfo

 

[MickZagger]

82 days would be a TON to fill a stadium around here. Especially when it rains til July 1st. Football would be a lot easier with only what, 10 a year?

I thought you're all about the Benjamin's, FAMS? You get paid by the game, verdad?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

82 days would be a TON to fill a stadium around here. Especially when it rains til July 1st. Football would be a lot easier with only what, 10 a year?

While a determination on whether a new Portland ballpark will have a retractable roof has yet to be made, it is worth noting that Portland offers glorious baseball weather during the summer months - clear sunny skies, warm temperatures and low humidity. Only five MLB cities record less rainfall than Portland's 12" during the Major League Baseball season. In comparison, the Washington D.C. area receives over 25" of rain from April to October.

Even during the entire eight weeks of April and May, Portland receives barely over four inches of rain, less than all but seven MLB cities during those two months. Washington D.C. gets more than seven inches of rain in April and May. New drainage technology and the lack of heavy rain in Portland during the spring would likely translate into very few rainouts in a Portland open-air ballpark.

-oregonstadiumcampaign.com​

 

[Mediocre Man]

Portland is too small thinking to make this happen. It's too bad too because baseball would do very well in Portland if done right.

 

[Mediocre Man]

82 days would be a TON to fill a stadium around here. Especially when it rains til July 1st. Football would be a lot easier with only what, 10 a year?

I remember several years ago there was a study done about that. Using Seattles schedule, Portland would only have lost 10 games due to rainouts. No link. I just recall that

 

[Mediocre Man]

The Indian Cassino on the river is an idea I was screaming about several years ago when one offered to fund a stadium in return for a downtown location. People of Portland.....The Indian cassicos would create jobs period. Jobs at the cassino, jobs at the ball park they would fund and jobs at new local business around said cassino and ball park. That in return would have people spending more money and creating more jobs at current local buisinesses.

Now let's talk about tourism. Nothing better to help promite tourism than Nationally televised games on ESPN showing the picturesque beauty of Portland and the rest of Oregon. I show pictures of the great NW to people here in Houston, and almost to a person they ask "why would you ever leave such a beautiful place?"

Portland needs jobs and revenue for schools, city and state projects, etc. This would help A LOT in doing that.

If the city had real insight they would allow the Indians to also build 1 or as many as they wanted, hotels in the area of the cassino. Let the Indians have the revenue from that as well, but the hotels would also help attract things like All Star games and such

 

[julius]

82 days would be a TON to fill a stadium around here. Especially when it rains til July 1st. Football would be a lot easier with only what, 10 a year?

Rain wouldn't be an issue for a team in the area. It's not for the one in Seattle. They were just stupid enough to put on the roof.

 

[Wheels]

Probably never would happen. But would be pretty cool!

 

[MARIS61]

The Indian Cassino on the river is an idea I was screaming about several years ago when one offered to fund a stadium in return for a downtown location. People of Portland.....The Indian cassicos would create jobs period. Jobs at the cassino, jobs at the ball park they would fund and jobs at new local business around said cassino and ball park. That in return would have people spending more money and creating more jobs at current local buisinesses.

Now let's talk about tourism. Nothing better to help promite tourism than Nationally televised games on ESPN showing the picturesque beauty of Portland and the rest of Oregon. I show pictures of the great NW to people here in Houston, and almost to a person they ask "why would you ever leave such a beautiful place?"

Portland needs jobs and revenue for schools, city and state projects, etc. This would help A LOT in doing that.

If the city had real insight they would allow the Indians to also build 1 or as many as they wanted, hotels in the area of the cassino. Let the Indians have the revenue from that as well, but the hotels would also help attract things like All Star games and such

Nothing is more ruinous to an American community than an Indian casino.

Ignore the illegality and immorality of it for a moment and you're left with an eyesore that offers a few minimum wage jobs unavailable to non-Indians and a magnet that attracts only addicts and losers. They prey primarily on the elderly and poor, resulting in a heavier demand on community-wide public assistance programs and an increase in homeless population and crime in general.

They are not a tourist attraction. They are the saddest, most boring venues on earth and nobody in their right mind would spend a minute of their vacation time in one.

Maybe you are confusing them with real casinos, which are at least entertaining and non-racist in their operation.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Let's not make this a social issue, a casino is a casino and will bring in jobs and money for the city.

In fact, many Native American casinos bring in more bank than any of the establishments in Vegas.

 

[ABM]

In fact, many Native American casinos bring in more bank than any of the establishments in Vegas.

Mostly, BLAZER PROPHET's. I'm a witness!!

 

[barfo]

People of Portland.....The Indian cassicos would create jobs period. Jobs at the cassino, jobs at the ball park they would fund and jobs at new local business around said cassino and ball park. That in return would have people spending more money and creating more jobs at current local buisinesses.

So would a whorehouse, and I'd rather have the whorehouse.

barfo

 

[D-Rock]

There's been talk of transforming the old Greyhound dog track in Wood Village into a casino for years and I doubt it will ever happen. It's even less likely they'd do one downtown.

 

[Mediocre Man]

So would a whorehouse, and I'd rather have the whorehouse.

barfo

I have often wondered why they don't legalize gambling and prostitution in certain counties like in Nevada. You could turn a sleepy dumpy beach town into a huge tourist attracvtion that would generate millions for the Oregon economy through tourism