MLS in Portland? Be careful

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I would actually enjoy having an MLS team.
 
Soccer is way more physical that Basketball
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Soccer is right up there with Bocci in providing exciting entertainment, and nearly as popular.
 
Football isn't as physical as American Football, but it's still a hard sport to play. The players need to be fit for 90 minutes with a ten-twenty minute break at half-time.

Anyway, that ad didn't make me crack a smile.
 
Nothing like a good, knee breaking, hard slide tackle.

My only problem with MLS in Portland is that PGE park is a terrible place to watch a soccer game.
 
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soccer sucks

mls in portland is a stupid idea, bound to lose millions of taxpayer dollars in the stadium deal.
 
Bitch please, soccer would be awesome.

get off your snooty american bullshit and try to enjoy something you don't understand :rolleyes:
 
i would like mls..but kenny vance made a good point, it kinda hinders the chance at anything else. i guess MLB is probably realistically not an option anytime soon. to bad
 
Think about the possibility of getting Mexican, British, or Brazilian players on the MLS squad? They will have a fan base, who "now" doesn't have to watch them on tv at home. They can come to PGE park, buy tickets, pay for parking / take max, stay in hotel rooms, etc. This is all "income" the city, local hotels, restaurants, etc will start realizing that they never had before. It will be gradual but nothing noticeable.
Think about scouts, presidents, etc from other MLS clubs checking out our players. They will be spending money too.
There will be a lot of press on Portland if the MLS grants us the expansion team. I don't see the problem in that in the next year or so as the possibility of commercials or sponsors might getting interested.
 
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ehizzy3 said:
i would like mls..but kenny vance made a good point, it kinda hinders the chance at anything else. i guess MLB is probably realistically not an option anytime soon. to bad
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I'm not sure how this plan hinders any other sports opportunities. What was his argument?
 
ehizzy3 said:
because where is the money going to come to build another stadium?
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due yu nowe how mutch a bazebull er nfl staydium cozt tu build????

yu aktually think thiz ciddy wood evur come kloze tu building won?



mlb and nfl r nevur cuming here sawker or naught.




NEHVER
 
OddEnormous said:
due yu nowe how mutch a bazebull er nfl staydium cozt tu build????

yu aktually think thiz ciddy wood evur come kloze tu building won?



mlb and nfl r nevur cuming here sawker or naught.




NEHVER
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true....i want to keep my hopes up though
 
ehizzy3 said:
because where is the money going to come to build another stadium?
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It'd cost 10-15 times as much money to bring MLB or NFL
here, the soccer money is a drop in the bucket in comparison.

I do hope the AAA stadium is built with upgradability to MLB in mind.
We're a decade or two away from MLB though :(
 
ehizzy3 said:
because where is the money going to come to build another stadium?
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Same place it was before. Oregon already passed a bill coming up with a chunk of it, and the prospective owner would come up with the rest.

Which loosely translates to "when hell freezes over, we'll get a team".
 
Baracuda said:
It'd cost 10-15 times as much money to bring MLB or NFL
here, the soccer money is a drop in the bucket in comparison.
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You may wish to rexamine your numbers. The baseball proposal would have moved the post office out of the Pearl or the Portland Public Schools out of their current HQ and moved them elsewhere where land was less valuable. It would have created retail around either of those areas as well as significant parking revenue.

When you take a look at the cost of rebuilding Civic YET AGAIN, you also have to factor in the cost of NOT putting retail and condos at the RG, which would have filled the coffers so much more than what will be put there.
 
For the record, I don't understand why people are so comfortable with supporting one stadium measure because they like the sport and agains another because they don't like the sport. My position is that the more sports Portland can attract, the better. Now, I happen to like basketball, baseball, football, hockey and soccer, so whichever ones we get is a win for me.
 
maxiep said:
When you take a look at the cost of rebuilding Civic YET AGAIN, you also have to factor in the cost of NOT putting retail and condos at the RG, which would have filled the coffers so much more than what will be put there.
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Why are the two (upgrading PGE Park; and putting retail and condos at the RG) mutually exclusive? If anything, I would say the two work well together, since upgrading PGE moves the new AAA baseball stadium to the Rose Quarter and the new baseball stadium makes retail/restaurant more viable in the region than the moribund Memorial Coliseum.

Plus, I think the AAA baseball stadium at the MC site is much more palatable to the veterans than a Dave & Busters or [insert cheesy chain concept here]. Merritt Paulson has already agreed in principle to have the name of the new baseball park incorporate some deference to veterans and he has also agreed to construct a new physical memorial outside the stadium.

-Pop
 
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