OT Baseball and Football Coming to Portland?

[ripcityboy]

Shit. It would be worth it just to get the anti-baseball crowd have to complain on this board each April. Hat Har Har....

No seriously, I think that's great. And I think that we owe Pat Casey a lot for keeping the sport relevant at an amateur level. Now back to the playoffs!

 

[Natebishop3]

As much as I love the aesthetically pleasing locations, I want it to be somewhere with parking. Or at least somewhere that they can put a shit ton of mass transit so you can get there from a place that you can park.

 

[stampedehero]

If you want NFL football........This is what you will experience. CHOKE! Snakebit!!!!!

 

[theprunetang]

As much as I love the aesthetically pleasing locations, I want it to be somewhere with parking. Or at least somewhere that they can put a shit ton of mass transit so you can get there from a place that you can park.

Parking barge on the river?

 

[santeesioux]

The Mariners won't let this happen, half of their fanbase would instantly vanish. I'd drop them like a rock anyway though if they successfully blocked it if it actually got that close to happening.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Is this a thing again?

 

[Mediocre Man]

The Mariners won't let this happen, half of their fanbase would instantly vanish. I'd drop them like a rock anyway though if they successfully blocked it if it actually got that close to happening.

Fuck Seattle.

 

[ripcityboy]

Parking barge on the river?

 

[BonesJones]

Shit. It would be worth it just to get the anti-baseball crowd have to complain on this board each April. Hat Har Har....

No seriously, I think that's great. And I think that we owe Pat Casey a lot for keeping the sport relevant at an amateur level. Now back to the playoffs!

Would you still be a Yankee fan...? A fan of both? Or a Portland ThunderCats fan?

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Fuck Seattle.

 

[BonesJones]

The Mariners won't let this happen, half of their fanbase would instantly vanish. I'd drop them like a rock anyway though if they successfully blocked it if it actually got that close to happening.

How exactly could they stop it???

If they did stop it, they'd lose fans as well. I'd instantly turn against them if they stopped Portland from getting an MLB team.

 

[julius]

How exactly could they stop it???

If they did stop it, they'd lose fans as well. I'd instantly turn against them if they stopped Portland from getting an MLB team.

They sabotaged the attempt in 05

 

[dviss1]

Shit. It would be worth it just to get the anti-baseball crowd have to complain on this board each April. Hat Har Har....

No seriously, I think that's great. And I think that we owe Pat Casey a lot for keeping the sport relevant at an amateur level. Now back to the playoffs!

Baseball or not, I'll root for ANY team from Portland. Those MFs could be professional Corn Hole players!!

I mean, we don't have a curling squad?? I'm ready for some HIGH STAKES CURLING!!

 

[dviss1]

Fuck Seattle.

 

[Natebishop3]

They sabotaged the attempt in 05

How? I figured we just lost out to DC. The Orioles didn't exactly want a team in their backyard either.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

How exactly could they stop it???

MLB and NFL consider Portland to be in "Seattle's Territory". This is basically East Coast creatins who have no idea (or don't care) what the distance is between the two cities. They are just interested in protecting their existing franchises. These are the same people that can be okay with teams in Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and New York in the same geographical distance from one another as Portland and Seattle.

 

[dviss1]

What about western shore just south of the 405 bridge? Could develop more around there, especially to the north side of the bridge.

Yeah but Naito Parkway is STUPID by the Steel Bridge.

 

[Strenuus]

Is this a thing again?

It's actually a thing this time.

Apparently Mike Barrett is one of the investors. Very interesting.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

It's actually a thing this time.

Apparently Mike Barrett is one of the investors. Very interesting.

He's the public face of a possible ownership group, he's not an investor.

 

[ripcityboy]

Would you still be a Yankee fan...? A fan of both? Or a Portland ThunderCats fan?

My guess is it would be a National League team. Seattle is an AL team and they always create one club of each league during expansion. No reason you can't go to see a team in another league.

 

[Strenuus]

He's the public face of a possible ownership group, he's not an investor.

You're right, my bad. I felt I worded it wrong.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The NW industrial Area has way too much going on. It is in fact a huge money maker for the city and has not only rail but Waterway traffic. Changing that would be way too costly.
IMO it would be far better and easier to locate around PIR/Meadows/Delta Park. Then of course the bridge which is going to be built anyway will have to be built and they already have light rail out there Yellow Line. Also it makes all the Vancouver to Longview to Camas to Hood River to the Dalles people available to support the team.
The flip side to that is that Beaverton and Hillsboro would have to drive a little further to get there. Just don't put the stadium out in Hillsboro whatever they decide to do.

City of Portland owns two large tracts of land down there and there is the NW Nat Gas area by the St John's bridge.

Again, the new stadium needs to be a catalyst for future development.

 

[julius]

How? I figured we just lost out to DC. The Orioles didn't exactly want a team in their backyard either.

When the vote in the state Senate happened they sent reps to try to get it to fail

 

[Strenuus]

City of Portland owns two large tracts of land down there and there is the NW Nat Gas area by the St John's bridge.

Again, the new stadium needs to be a catalyst for future development.

 

[Mediocre Man]

It's actually a thing this time.

Apparently Mike Barrett is one of the investors. Very interesting.

No, it's been a thing like 10 times

 

[Mediocre Man]

My guess is it would be a National League team. Seattle is an AL team and they always create one club of each league during expansion. No reason you can't go to see a team in another league.

If it's Thundercats, I'm out

 

[theprunetang]

If it's Thundercats, I'm out

Same.

 

[Strenuus]

No, it's been a thing like 10 times

It's been a thing without a group

This one seems to actually have a group. I'm not fully convinced, but if they actually name name a group, that's a huge step.

 

[Strenuus]

If it's Thundercats, I'm out

It'll be called the Portland Finallyyouhipstersgotbaseball

 

[BonesJones]

My guess is it would be a National League team. Seattle is an AL team and they always create one club of each league during expansion. No reason you can't go to see a team in another league.

I think it should be an AL team.. Portland/Seattle rivalry, Makes geographical sense as well. I would hope it'd be an AL team.