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Lanny said:
The stadiums you named undoubtedly had studies conducted on the feasibility of those sites. The feasibility studies done on a large stadium in Portland resulted in either Delta Park or in the Eastern part of SE Portland. Show me a study that reaches a different conclusion. Go ahead, I'm willing to consider it.
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Any study showing Delta Park as feasible is simply ludicrous. Delta Park is at the present an awful idea. Build a new interstate bridge first, and widen I-5, then maybe it could work.
 
Lanny said:
The stadiums you named undoubtedly had studies conducted on the feasibility of those sites. The feasibility studies done on a large stadium in Portland resulted in either Delta Park or in the Eastern part of SE Portland. Show me a study that reaches a different conclusion. Go ahead, I'm willing to consider it.
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You are the epitome you misrepresenting your opinion as fact. Constantly talking about feasibility studies. Show me a single one that you are referencing. And I’ll show you the feasibility studies on the yet unannounced locations because that information has been presented publicity. Pretty sure the people running this show know just a bit more than you.

You should try looking up the www.oregonstadiumcampaign.com website because I am certain you didn’t flow it a bit back in the early 2000’s when studies were done on multiple sites throughout downtown.
 
CupWizier said:
Just like when the Blazers came, my allegiance would be to our team. I was a huge Sixers fan growing up with Wilt, Hal Greer, Billy Cunningham etc.
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I grew up in Trenton and you were either a Sixers, Knicks or Nets fans. I too, was a great Sixers fan until I witnessed the 76-77 Portland team and I acquired them as a favorite along with the Sixers.
 
Five Second Violation said:
Any study showing Delta Park as feasible is simply ludicrous. Delta Park is at the present an awful idea. Build a new interstate bridge first, and widen I-5, then maybe it could work.
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Well, that's what they came up with and many in the city wanted to do it. The problem was that they couldn't get the majority to go along with a stadium in any location.

Edit: They use to draw large crowds to the old Jantzen Beach amusement park. So, I don't think it's overly far fetched. I might also add that they're putting together a study to build a new I-5 bridge with more capacity at this time.
 
Lanny said:
Well, that's what they came up with and many in the city wanted to do it. The problem was that they couldn't get the majority to go along with a stadium in any location.

Edit: They use to draw large crowds to the old Jantzen Beach amusement park. So, I don't think it's overly far fetched. I might also add that they're putting together a study to build a new I-5 bridge with more capacity at this time.
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We're they drawing 40K people? Doubt it.. And the difference between a game and an amusement park is not everyone is going to and leaving the amusement park around the same time.

Delta Park would be absolutely horrible.
 
BonesJones said:
We're they drawing 40K people? Doubt it.. And the difference between a game and an amusement park is not everyone is going to and leaving the amusement park around the same time.

Delta Park would be absolutely horrible.
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Opening time there is always a large crowd and closing time is worse. But, no, it's not like the kind of a crowd you'd see at a MLB game. Game crowds are always a problem and we'd need a new bridge. Mostly, we'd need great mass transit back and forth to Portland.

Of course, then there's the issue of aircraft and the feds don't like commercial aircraft flying low over large crowds of people such as sports stadiums. Delta Park is near the flight paths of many aircraft landing and departing from the Portland Airport.

As I was telling the other party, it's not a simple matter, locating a stadium.
 
BonesJones said:
Ew. Slabtown? Gross. A stadium there would suck. Might detour people from going there. Don't put a stadium smack dab in the middle of an industrial area.

The PPS option is one that everyone could see coming. However, I'd hope that they'd reroute Interstate Ave and put the stadium on the river.
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ESCO isn't smack dab in the middle of the industrial area, it's on the edge of it, on the city side. And for history, I believe it is the site of the old Vaughn Street ballpark that was the predecessor of Civic Stadium.

barfo
 
BonesJones said:
Ew. Slabtown? Gross. A stadium there would suck. Might detour people from going there. Don't put a stadium smack dab in the middle of an industrial area.

The PPS option is one that everyone could see coming. However, I'd hope that they'd reroute Interstate Ave and put the stadium on the river.
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PDX Stadium at PPS.png
 
barfo said:
ESCO isn't smack dab in the middle of the industrial area, it's on the edge of it, on the city side. And for history, I believe it is the site of the old Vaughn Street ballpark that was the predecessor of Civic Stadium.

barfo
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Even if it's on the edge... We need a stadium on the river.
 
Government island. Build another bridge on the East side of the island. Convert Lombard to an expressway; possibly an convertible one-way like the zipper in Seattle.
 
BonesJones said:
Ew. Slabtown? Gross. A stadium there would suck. Might detour people from going there. Don't put a stadium smack dab in the middle of an industrial area.

The PPS option is one that everyone could see coming. However, I'd hope that they'd reroute Interstate Ave and put the stadium on the river.
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Safeco and Qwest is in the middle of an industrial area.
 
Lanny said:
That area had a stadium before. It was called the Vaughn St. Stadium. I use to roam around in it when I was a kid. Of course, it was abandoned by then due to the new Multnomah Stadium.
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Christ you're old.

Not that there's anything wrong with that ;)

:cheers:
 
Why, and when, did Damian change his hair?
 
If it is truly only going to cost $150M, I am all for it. The area near the school would take away my parking spot though. Would have to figure something else out for Blazer and Moda Center events.
 
I still think the site of the old Multnomah Kennel Club would have been a decent spot. That’s where the Grande Ronde tribe proposed building one (in exchange for a Portland area casino). But I believe that horse is out of the gate......
 
Let's think outside the box. How about next to Timberline Lodge?

barfo
 
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