In 1962 Portland made a big play for the 1968 Olympic Games.

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check out this post

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details portlands bid for the 1968 Olympics, I wonder what would have changed and how much Portland would be different.

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"The proposed site covered Delta Park and the Oregon Centennial Exposition grounds."

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"The Olympic Stadia was an outgrowth of the Portland Metropolitan Future Unlimited stadium proposal. It was to have seating for 60,000 with 20,000 more temporary seats and standing from for 10,000 for a total capacity of 90,000."

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Damn that woulda be en bad ass! But the stadium would be all crusty and old now.
 
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and where was everyone gonna stay? LOL Portland doesn't have the hotels for NBA all star game how in the world were they gonna have the room for the olympics? Were they gonna camp out? KEEP IT WEIRD.
 
OIG, did you even look at the link? there's a lot of pics and info on what was planned
 
ODENISGOD said:
IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD EVERYONE......KEEP IT WEIRD
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It's not that Portland doesn't have enough hotel rooms to hold the all-star game it's that Portland doesn't have a single hotel big enough to hold everyone. Now our wonderful mayor wants the tax payers to pay for such a hotel.

If Portland would have been awarded the Olympics there would have been enough hotels built to hold everyone.
 
Reading that article, I was impressed by the vision of the people quoted. They wanted to create a Portland that stood above Seattle and Vancouver, BC. They wanted our city to be the business center of the Pacific Northwest.

Today, we talk about velodromes, skateparks and bike paths. What a shame.
 
maxiep said:
Reading that article, I was impressed by the vision of the people quoted. They wanted to create a Portland that stood above Seattle and Vancouver, BC. They wanted our city to be the business center of the Pacific Northwest.

Today, we talk about velodromes, skateparks and bike paths. What a shame.
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Mayor Maxie does have a nice ring to it.
 
maxiep said:
Reading that article, I was impressed by the vision of the people quoted. They wanted to create a Portland that stood above Seattle and Vancouver, BC. They wanted our city to be the business center of the Pacific Northwest.

Today, we talk about velodromes, skateparks and bike paths. What a shame.
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It's funny because people mock OIG for saying it, but a lot of what he says is true about Portland/Portlanders, and seemingly not wanting the city to grow.
I continue to have this thought/vision of Portland standing on top in the PNW. Just need a few people to push us in the right direction and get it started. Very unlikely, but still possible.
We have a much better geographical makeup, IMO, to have a bigger and better city than Seattle does.

Sly, maybe you can vote for me if or when I decide to run?
 
RR7 said:
It's funny because people mock OIG for saying it, but a lot of what he says is true about Portland/Portlanders, and seemingly not wanting the city to grow.
I continue to have this thought/vision of Portland standing on top in the PNW. Just need a few people to push us in the right direction and get it started. Very unlikely, but still possible.
We have a much better geographical makeup, IMO, to have a bigger and better city than Seattle does.

Sly, maybe you can vote for me if or when I decide to run?
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You've got my vote! Anything is better than what we have now.
 
Sweet. That givs me two votes. I'm pretty sure I can get my wife to vote for me as well. 3 votes. Well on my way now!
 
u got my vote if you promise to stop the small minded keep it weird its 1973 we are a little sleepy town thinking. This city should have a minimum of 2 major franchises.
 
Alright, up to 4 votes!

I'd push for football first, but baseball would definitely come next on the agenda.
 
I doubt we ever got close to having a shot at the Olympics, but that stadium would have landed us an NFL or MLB franchise for sure. Pretty sure we would have built a newer stadium by now too:)....:(
 
RR7 said:
It's funny because people mock OIG for saying it, but a lot of what he says is true about Portland/Portlanders, and seemingly not wanting the city to grow.
I continue to have this thought/vision of Portland standing on top in the PNW. Just need a few people to push us in the right direction and get it started. Very unlikely, but still possible.
We have a much better geographical makeup, IMO, to have a bigger and better city than Seattle does.
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I guess I'm one of those. I don't want the city to get any bigger. Better, yes, but it doesn't need to be bigger.
There are plenty of bigger cities available if one wants a bigger city.

barfo
 
barfo said:
I guess I'm one of those. I don't want the city to get any bigger. Better, yes, but it doesn't need to be bigger.
There are plenty of bigger cities available if one wants a bigger city.

barfo
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There are plenty of better cities available if one wants a better city. KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD!!
sorry, wanted to try that out.
 
Olympics '62

Portland made a bid for the 1962 Olympics that could have eventually landed the city an NFL franchise:

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This proposed Delta Park stadium would have seated 90,000 people!
 
Damn. I should have read the current threads before I posted.

In a way, I'm glad that beast of a structure didn't get built. 60's architecture SUCKED!
 
Fez said:
Damn. I should have read the current threads before I posted.

In a way, I'm glad that beast of a structure didn't get built. 60's architecture SUCKED!
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Actually it would have looked much different and much better after they domed it. But unlike Seattle where they blew up the Kingdome after they replaced it Portland would have converted the Deltadome into a giant homeless shelter.
 
If that stadium was built and we landed an NFL or a MLB team, would we have our beloved NBA team now?

I think not. Bullet dodged.
 
BlazerWookee said:
If that stadium was built and we landed an NFL or a MLB team, would we have our beloved NBA team now?

I think not. Bullet dodged.
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If we would have landed the 1968 Olympics Portland would be a much different and bigger city so population would have supported the NBA, NFL and MLB. Irregardless, we still would have had PA as owner of the Blazers.
 
Like it or not, a city needs a strong economic base. It's possible to both have growth and character.
 
maxiep said:
Like it or not, a city needs a strong economic base. It's possible to both have growth and character.
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What's interesting is it came down to Sauvie's Island and Las Vegas where Bugsy Siegel wanted to put his first casino. Imagine if we had become Las Vegas before Las Vegas became Las Vegas. From what I heard it was one of those three-day Portland rainstorm's that chased him out of here.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
What's interesting is it came down to Sauvie's Island and Las Vegas where Bugsy Siegel wanted to put his first casino. Imagine if we had become Las Vegas before Las Vegas became Las Vegas. From what I heard it was one of those three-day Portland rainstorm's that chased him out of here.
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I'd never heard that story before. Thank god for the rain.

barfo
 
SlyPokerDog said:
What's interesting is it came down to Sauvie's Island and Las Vegas where Bugsy Siegel wanted to put his first casino. Imagine if we had become Las Vegas before Las Vegas became Las Vegas. From what I heard it was one of those three-day Portland rainstorm's that chased him out of here.
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not true
 
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