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PtldPlatypus said:
I'm sure there were; there was just no internet to give them a platform.
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Possibly, but you never saw them at games. There was always so much enthusiasm that it was overflowing. There were always lots of painted signs showing deep rooted support.

Notice how none of t he doubters has the cajones to
yuyuza1 said:
I think getting to and from the stadium is more of the issue than actual parking itself. There are ways to deal with parking-- underground garages/ public transport, etc. But the surrounding roads need to actually be able to handle in the increase in traffic. And from my brief time back in PDX over the past few years, traffic management is nonexistent.
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Underground parking garages don't grow on trees. Concrete parking garages are expensive. Still, there's gotta be at least something in the way of parking garage.

Personally, I like the idea of the Vaughn St. Proposal, it kinda takes me back to the old old Beavers baseball stadium.
 
tlongII said:
Not gonna happen. No way Portland provides adequate fan support for 81 games per year.
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When the AAA Beavers were here there was good support. I'm certain that a MLB team would draw even more. The fly in the ointment is that Portland is not the same city that it used to be. We now have the Blazers, Thorns and Timbers. Another factor is that we are larger than we were back then.

I hate to keep harping on studies but I'd like to know more about any studies on the issue and what they came up with.
 
Lanny said:
When the AAA Beavers were here there was good support. I'm certain that a MLB team would draw even more. The fly in the ointment is that Portland is not the same city that it used to be. We now have the Blazers, Thorns and Timbers. Another factor is that we are larger than we were back then.

I hate to keep harping on studies but I'd like to know more about any studies on the issue and what they came up with.
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What? The Beavers had terrible fan support. They were lucky to get 3K for a game.
 
tlongII said:
What? The Beavers had terrible fan support. They were lucky to get 3K for a game.
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It depended on the weather. Multnomah Stadium was largely under the sky.

Any new stadium would have to have a retractable roof.
 
tlongII said:
What? The Beavers had terrible fan support. They were lucky to get 3K for a game.
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I can vouch for this. My first job in Portland was serving season ticket holders for Beavers, Timbers, and Vikings games at then PGE park. The Beavers games were brutal......
 
theprunetang said:
I can vouch for this. My first job in Portland was serving season ticket holders for Beavers, Timbers, and Vikings games at then PGE park. The Beavers games were brutal......
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When did the timbers and beavers play in the same place at the same time? I thought it got renovated first?
 
SportsAndWhine said:
It is, but people see this as a bad thing, and make Tri-Met cut service to meet some draconian budget because they're "oversubsidized". If they'd just accept it as the cost of having a great city, they could prioritize service over punishing riders for a budget they don't control.
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People don't understand the concept of externalities and external costs we all bear in the absence of public supported infrastructure. Like mass transit. I just love hour long traffic jams to go 3 miles.
 
The Beavers franchise that moved to SLC had good support. I remember going to the PCL playoffs in '92 and the place was rocking. The San Diego affiliate that had shitty teams didn't draw dick....
 
Strenuus said:
When did the timbers and beavers play in the same place at the same time? I thought it got renovated first?
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This was before Timbers were promoted up to MLS. Before that, they shared the stadium with PSU Vikings and Portland Beavers. Once the Timbers joined MLS, they were no longer allowed to share the field with other sports.

The year that I worked there was the same year that Merritt Paulson purchased the team.
 
Strenuus said:
When did the timbers and beavers play in the same place at the same time? I thought it got renovated first?
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I don't know about those days. My experience was more in the early 60s. They had much better teams then.

The quality of the product has a lot to do with attendance.
 
Strenuus said:
When did the timbers and beavers play in the same place at the same time? I thought it got renovated first?
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There was a Portland soccer team called the Timbers back in the late 70s and they played in Multhomah Stadium. I've also seen an OSU Beavers football game against the ASU Sun Devils back then in the same stadium.
 
MLB: Portland Pride

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NFL: Portland Power

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dviss1 said:
MLB: Portland Pride

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NFL: Portland Power

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Why the element Boron?

Of course the valence shell displayed is impossible. You've got five valence electrons in one shell, presumably an 'S' shell, that can only hold two. A 'P' shell could hold six, in which case this would be a Nitrogen atom with 7 electrons and 5 of them in the valence shell.

Ha, I still remember some of my chemistry.
 
Lanny said:
Why the element Boron?

Of course the valence shell displayed is impossible. You've got five valence electrons in one shell, presumably an 'S' shell, that can only hold two. A 'P' shell could hold six, in which case this would be a Nitrogen atom with 7 electrons and 5 of them in the valence shell.

Ha, I still remember some of my chemistry.
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I was thinking the same thing...haha
 
Lanny said:
Why the element Boron?

Of course the valence shell displayed is impossible. You've got five valence electrons in one shell, presumably an 'S' shell, that can only hold two. A 'P' shell could hold six, in which case this would be a Nitrogen atom with 7 electrons and 5 of them in the valence shell.

Ha, I still remember some of my chemistry.
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Boron? I chose that pic because it was pretty! Lol.
 
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