SLC getting 2nd all-star game

[SlyPokerDog]

The NBA hates Portland. They hate the NW. We should just have our own All-Star game during that same weekend.

Portland to hold the Chinese All-Star game!

 

[Jon]

Mormons love to travel. When you are the center of an international Religion, people come to visit.

i was going to say the same thing. they have a HUGE temple and it is world renown. people travel from all over the world to see it. guaranteed they have more hotels there than here.

 

[Jon]

https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/08/...-a-hotel-building-spree-can-visitors-keep-up/

We just don't get enough tourism. People don't want to visit here. They want to move here. There's a difference.

i dont get how anyone wants to move here now. 10-15 years ago, sure. now? pfft...

 

[Jon]

fyi

 

[AldoTrapani]

Portland has tons of hotels now

 

[Natebishop3]

i dont get how anyone wants to move here now. 10-15 years ago, sure. now? pfft...

It's for the lifestyle!

 

[handiman]

As connected as I was back then, like literally being a part of the team, connected, I have never heard that. Not saying it's false, but never heard anything like that

I'd be curious to see the source material, too. That story doesn't ring a bell in the slightest.

 

[handiman]

We just don't get enough tourism. People don't want to visit here. They want to move here. There's a difference.

If you think about it, when people talk about the merits of Portland, it's usually about what's within an hour (coast, mountains) drive, not about the city itself.

 

[Chris Craig]

i dont get how anyone wants to move here now. 10-15 years ago, sure. now? pfft...

Definately the night life

 

[tester551]

fyi

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So approximately 1/2 of what SLC has...

 

[hoopsjock]

David Stern who was commish back then wanted the Blazers to be moved to another city out of the NW. Paul Allen upright refused. This pissed Stern off to high hell. The NBA has hated us ever since in rebuke for Paul Allen's uncompromising refusal.

I'm pretty sure this isn't true, lol.

 

[crandc]

Rain. Portland in February is not a great place for a sprawling event. Big reason IMO.

But cities with snowstorms are?

 

[e_blazer]

But cities with snowstorms are?

Skiing is a more appealing pass time than mud puddle wading. And, yes, there’s skiing at Mt. Hood, but the snow conditions don’t match the Utah resorts.

 

[PCmor7]

I knew we were screwed when we couldn't get fans to turn out for that Bones Jones/Kingspeed game.

 

[HailBlazers]

But cities with snowstorms are?

Portland is one of the best small citiies in America to visit, when it's not raining. The reason the total tourist Volume is not high is because of the weather, but people flock here from all over during the spring and summer months. The walking tour business in Ptown is booming lol.

 

[hoopsjock]

I knew we were screwed when we couldn't get fans to turn out for that Bones Jones/Kingspeed game.

There was actually a pretty good turnout for their first matchup, lol.

 

[THE HCP]

What I've heard, it's not total number of rooms. It's a hotel that can hold ALL the league reps and media demands. A really huge one. The Grand America in downtown SLC was built FOR the winter olympics and to be the media and olympic committee headquarters. We just don't have something like that. It probably didn't help that we got into that legal situation with Stern and the league over the Sports Action lottery back in the 90s.

 

[julius]

I don't know what I feel has less of a chance of happening.

Portland getting a MLB team, or Portland hosting an ASG.

 

[Voodoo]

I knew we were screwed when we couldn't get fans to turn out for that Bones Jones/Kingspeed game.

Sorry dude we just didn’t have the hotels here to accommodate that kind of event.

 

[Voodoo]

I don’t remember the last time I watched an ASG, it’s beyond boring and is not entertaining at all. Why do any of you guys care if we ever host one? Even if we did host one I would likely not attend because the ASG and the events around it are just that boring.

 

[julius]

I don’t remember the last time I watched an ASG, it’s beyond boring and is not entertaining at all. Why do any of you guys care if we ever host one? Even if we did host one I would likely not attend because the ASG and the events around it are just that boring.

I'd like the team to host an ASG because it's kind of a nice way to recognizing the fact that a franchise has been in Portland since 1970 (etc). But the older I'm getting the less I'm caring about it, due to the glorified popularity contest it's become (and let's be honest, it always has been).

The NBA is no longer really designed/marketed and promoted for fans like me. So I don't really care much about the weekend. The only reason I watched any of it the last few years was because of Damian. If he's not in it, I won't watch it. If I wanted to watch ESPN schlob on the knobs of KD, LeBron, Anthony Davis, Steph Curry, Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, K Leonard, Westbrook and Harden, I'd just watch any regular season telecast. I don't need that stuff x 1000 .