OT: Baseball coming to Portland in the near future (AGAIN?)

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Never gonna happen, we're the LA nfl town except for every other pro sport we don't have.
 
A's just signed a new 10 year deal with Oakland for that dump of a stadium they have. And Ozzy Osbourne will become a priest before Portland appropriates funds for a stadium.
 
College level ball is great in Oregon as is. Portland should get a world class fast pitch softball franchise. Eugene has the Ems, {farm club for the Padres}
 
riverman said:
College level ball is great in Oregon as is. Portland should get a world class fast pitch softball franchise. Eugene has the Ems, {farm club for the Padres}
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I love how Oregonians and Portland are always willing to settle with second best. We can't get NHL? Besides, we've got the WHL!!! We don't need MLB? We can drive to Kaiser and see Short Season A? Never aspire to be as a big a market as you are Portland. When you will always view yourself as small.
 
julius said:
Well, it's pretty obvious Portland just gets used as a pawn by the other team/city, but since when is it a billion dollars to build a stadium??
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Did not look at all the numbers, but knew Yankee stadium was high and the financing of the park in Miami makes it near a billion. At best we would have to spend over 500M.
 
Portland is a very viable market for the MLB.

The population (2.3m and growing) is here and you can't beat the weather here during baseball season.

They had the funding for the Expos. They had a solid plan for the A's. The main problem is actually getting a team to uproot.
 
Portland, Oregon where the progressive meets the 1860s.
 
You know the Mariners would do their best to make sure it never happened too (Why do i like that team again?)
 
santeesioux said:
You know the Mariners would do their best to make sure it never happened too (Why do i like that team again?)
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If Portland was an AL west team, it would mean major money. Why would they be mad? I'd still follow both teams... it's about the NW.
 
riverman said:
College level ball is great in Oregon as is. Portland should get a world class fast pitch softball franchise. Eugene has the Ems, {farm club for the Padres}
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Hillsboro is much closer and is the Short Season team for the Dbacks...
 
ripcityboy said:
I love how Oregonians and Portland are always willing to settle with second best. We can't get NHL? Besides, we've got the WHL!!! We don't need MLB? We can drive to Kaiser and see Short Season A? Never aspire to be as a big a market as you are Portland. When you will always view yourself as small.
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NHL will get here eventually, just a matter of time.

And Hillsboro is closer? How can we take the post seriously if you don't even know what's going on? Hillsboro is a short season A team too...
 
Wait. A Short Season Single A team. Are we pricing ourselves out of the market here?
 
ripcityboy said:
Wait. A Short Season Single A team. Are we pricing ourselves out of the market here?
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It's the same thing you said about Salem...

I know what you're saying, but at least know the little details. :P
 
Strenuus said:
If Portland was an AL west team, it would mean major money. Why would they be mad? I'd still follow both teams... it's about the NW.
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I remember reading a story several years back that i can't find now that said there are more people in Portland watching the Mariners than people in Kansas City that watch the Royals. That seems pretty lucrative to have another decently sized market that is basically yours.
 
Strenuus said:
It's the same thing you said about Salem...

I know what you're saying, but at least know the little details. :P
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Jeez. You remember me saying that. Wow. You sir have a memory. After 20 or so years
discussing this subject. I don't care if Portland gets another major sports team.
I do like the Portland Arena League Football team. That's not much of a stretch from the real
thing?! Isaac and Zook on the WFAN are still laughing about THAT ONE. What are they called,
The Portland Yipsters?
 
ripcityboy said:
Jeez. You remember me saying that. Wow. You sir have a memory. After 20 or so years
discussing this subject. I don't care if Portland gets another major sports team.
I do like the Portland Arena League Football team. That's not much of a stretch from the real
thing?! Isaac and Zook on the WFAN are still laughing about THAT ONE. What are they called,
The Portland Yipsters?
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Zook? That's a good one. LOL.
 
Charcoal Filtered said:
Did not look at all the numbers, but knew Yankee stadium was high and the financing of the park in Miami makes it near a billion. At best we would have to spend over 500M.
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Yankee stadium is a special case, and no they don't have to spend over 500 million.
 
We would never finance a ballpark. It ain't gonna happen.
 
Strenuus said:
Who is we? The taxpayers?

This isn't Miami... I'm sure we'd find a way.
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I sure as hell would vote against it. When teams are selling for $2billion they don't need to steal money from schools, police, or parks
 
Draco said:
I sure as hell would vote against it. When teams are selling for $2billion they don't need to steal money from schools, police, or parks
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Usually it's not money stolen from other places, but whatever.

Also, 1 team is being sold for 2 billion dollars under special circumstances.
 
julius said:
Usually it's not money stolen from other places, but whatever.

Also, 1 team is being sold for 2 billion dollars under special circumstances.
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not sure if yall are talking about the clippers but the dodgers sold for 2 billion 2+ years ago
 
3RA1N1AC said:
not sure if yall are talking about the clippers but the dodgers sold for 2 billion 2+ years ago
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The LA Dodgers are not your average MLB team that could be sold. They also bought land around Dodger stadium AND Dodger stadium. And, iirc, the team (Dodgers) were in debt like almost 600 million, so that inflated the price of the team too.


The bigger point is most teams aren't going to be sold for 2 billion, because they're not worth it. Especially the ones that potentially would be moving.

Most baseball stadiums won't cost a billion to build.
 
julius said:
The LA Dodgers are not your average MLB team that could be sold. They also bought land around Dodger stadium AND Dodger stadium. And, iirc, the team (Dodgers) were in debt like almost 600 million, so that inflated the price of the team too.


The bigger point is most teams aren't going to be sold for 2 billion, because they're not worth it. Especially the ones that potentially would be moving.

Most baseball stadiums won't cost a billion to build.
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im sure that i dont know, how much did the last stadium to be built cost? 500? seems about right, portland wouldnt do a 80k seater anyways
 
3RA1N1AC said:
im sure that i dont know, how much did the last stadium to be built cost? 500? seems about right, portland wouldnt do a 80k seater anyways
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Smaller baseball stadiums are becoming the in thing right now. A good one probably could be built, in stages, for 400-500m.

But since it's not going to happen, it's kind of like arguing over signing LeBron for the Vet min. Possible, but not at all likely.
I agree with those who say it won't happen, just that I say the cause is different than what they believe.
 
it used to get me very excited but since moving i really dont have any skin in the game as it were
 
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