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<div class="bi">Blazers Winning Back Fans</div>
<div><span style="font-style: italic">Nov 13</span> - Average Rose Garden attendance is up 12 percent for the team's first three home contests. And concessions sales on the team's opening night Nov. 7 set a record for any event in the 12-year history of the Rose Garden, team officials said.
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"It's a really good start," said team Chief Operating Officer Mike Golub. "But, it's really early on."</p>
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The numbers bode well for a team trying to ditch its "Jail Blazers" nickname, overcome the season-ending injury to top draft choice Greg Oden, and re-enter the playoffs. But the season is not even one-tenth done, and it's hard to say how fans will react if the team starts losing. -- <font color="#000000">The Oregonian</font></p></div></div>
<div class="bi">Blazers Winning Back Fans</div>
<div><span style="font-style: italic">Nov 13</span> - Average Rose Garden attendance is up 12 percent for the team's first three home contests. And concessions sales on the team's opening night Nov. 7 set a record for any event in the 12-year history of the Rose Garden, team officials said.
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"It's a really good start," said team Chief Operating Officer Mike Golub. "But, it's really early on."</p>
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The numbers bode well for a team trying to ditch its "Jail Blazers" nickname, overcome the season-ending injury to top draft choice Greg Oden, and re-enter the playoffs. But the season is not even one-tenth done, and it's hard to say how fans will react if the team starts losing. -- <font color="#000000">The Oregonian</font></p></div></div>