Karma hit today...

[Uther TheGardener]

For those that do not know that the City Counsel had their PGE/Memorial Stadium vote today....the Blazer VP of business JE something or another spoke.....he sounded like he was in favor of the MLS but big BUTT he then did a 180 turn around and back stabbed Paulson. What issue did the Blazers back stab the Timbers, a great enemy of the flounders from shittle which allen owns a part, on the stadium because the blazers want full control of the rosie quarter, they acted like the MC was owned by the blazers....wrong! Why cant the blazers work with the timbers to create a great summer time event area cus they dont want to share the pie that Paulson created. greedy and backstabbing they cant handle there being more than one real pro team in this city and tried to bully the council.

I lost a lot of respect for the blazers today.....and mr allen....thus I care less about the season as of today. KARMA.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

From the Oregon Stadium Campaign, this is THE reason, IMO:

The Portland metropolitan region (population 2.3 million) is the 22nd largest metro area in the country and is the largest in the nation without a Major League Baseball franchise. Portland is by far the largest metro area in the nation with only one major professional sports franchise; the region's ratio of population to professional sports franchises is behind only New York and Los Angeles

Business is business. It's cut throat sometimes.

 

[Uther TheGardener]

well this time the blazer look dirty and failed to block it...i hope the city and merrit stuff it to the blazers and say OI its our land we will do what we want with it. The business was a veiled threat to leave portland by the blazers....lame. The stadium could have an event area, the blazers only came up with this stupid amusuement block BECAUSE of the plan by Merrit!

What really pissed me off while the blazers where planted the knife in the back i was wearing an old school starter blazers jacket. lame.

I am tired of Portland being a 3 horse town but thinking and being bullied into being a one horse town.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

From what I gathered after watching most of the meeting, the Trail Blazers are only against having the new baseball stadium being built where the MC is. They arent against the MLS coming to Portland. I personally would rather have the "entertainment district" over a new baseball stadium for a minor league team that doesnt draw much of a crowd.

What's lame is you puting your own uninformed spin on it.


http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/03/soccer_deal_okd_short_some_gre.html

Another opponent of the plan was the Portland Trail Blazers. J.E. Isaac, the team's senior vice president for business affairs, said the proposal to build a new baseball park next to the Rose Garden threatens the future of the Blazers' business.

The Blazers are in talks with the city to build an entertainment district in the Rose Quarter that could include clubs, restaurants, bars and a music venue. The team hopes to make the area attractive even when there is not a basketball game.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I have not been following this as i do not live in Portland. But what size of a ball parlk are we talking about? Can they expand it if a Major league team wants to move there?

 

[Wheels]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.. the curse of MLS is what hit the Blazers last night... so when MLS folds is that the Blazers Brass' fault?

 

[Wheels]

well this time the blazer look dirty and failed to block it...i hope the city and merrit stuff it to the blazers and say OI its our land we will do what we want with it. The business was a veiled threat to leave portland by the blazers....lame. The stadium could have an event area, the blazers only came up with this stupid amusuement block BECAUSE of the plan by Merrit!

What really pissed me off while the blazers where planted the knife in the back i was wearing an old school starter blazers jacket. lame.

I am tired of Portland being a 3 horse town but thinking and being bullied into being a one horse town.

What events are you looking to host in an outdoor soccer stadium?

 

[SodaPopinski]

I was pissed about this too, but not necessarily because the Blazers were against it. What pissed me off about the whole thing was they told Merritt Paulson and their own developer Cordish Companies and the City that they supported this entire effort, including bringing AAA baseball stadium to the Rose Quarter. And then during the public testimony yesterday J.E. Isaac was against the plan.

It was a totally slimy way to handle the whole situation, in my opinion. I get it that the Blazers want to be the only horse in town, but why try to stab the deal in the back after you had been promoting it for the past six months?

-Pop

 

[RR7]

I can't see how it has anything to do with wanting to be "the only horse in town". The Beavers are already in town. The Blazers aren't looking for them to leave. It is the Beavers, not the MLS team, that would be in the Rose Quarter.

 

[Natebishop3]

I really don't care about MLS... and I think it's a horrible idea to put a baseball stadium anywhere in the Portland city limits. Buy some farm land and put it out in Hillsboro or something. I don't believe there's enough parking to handle MLB downtown.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Mods,
Can we merge this with the MLS thread in the OT forum?

 

[OddEnormous]

I was pissed about this too, but not necessarily because the Blazers were against it. What pissed me off about the whole thing was they told Merritt Paulson and their own developer Cordish Companies and the City that they supported this entire effort, including bringing AAA baseball stadium to the Rose Quarter. And then during the public testimony yesterday J.E. Isaac was against the plan.

It was a totally slimy way to handle the whole situation, in my opinion. I get it that the Blazers want to be the only horse in town, but why try to stab the deal in the back after you had been promoting it for the past six months?

-Pop

Eggsacktly !

Eye waz very dizzapointed wyth the Zurz yezturdee.

Et bummed mee ought.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Can we also move any MLS threads to the OT forum since the MLS isn't really a sport?

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

From the Oregon Stadium Campaign, this is THE reason, IMO:



Business is business. It's cut throat sometimes.

Wow, you have been to the OSC site? I used to be a regular on the forums there. That place is DEAD now! Too bad, I would have loved to get an MLB team...

I have not been following this as i do not live in Portland. But what size of a ball parlk are we talking about? Can they expand it if a Major league team wants to move there?

Yes, the plan is to make it so one day, if MLB comes knocking, that it could be upgraded. I think the Rose Quarter would offer up great views of downtown and Mt. Hood for a baseball stadium. I would love to get the look Pittsburgh has with PNC Park or downtown or St. Louis has with the Arch and their downtown.