When did the Blazers turn the fire off in the fountain?

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No water, no fire, lots of injuries.

Coincidence?
 
By turning off the fire and water doesn't that destroy the Feng Shui at the home of the Blazers?
 
Seriously like 6 years ago. Some code violation. But you may have something here. Maybe that fire was to please the gods!
 
I thought it was broken...I'd heard from someone in the marketing dept that it was bookoo expensive to fix...
 
They should break it out for advertisement. For instance, I think that the "Fire on the Mountain Fountain" is a really good idea. Just put signs around it that if you fuck up, it's your problem.
 
The Rose Quarter experience has to be one of the worst in all pro sports. So lame. It's a damn shame.
 
I'm not talking about the ROSE GARDEN I'm talking about the over all Quarter experience. No bars, the fountain is off, it's just very boring. The Garden freakin' rocks. Well, we make it rock.
 
I interned for the Blazers a few years ago and while getting a tour by some random employee, I was told that it was permanently shut off because it symbolized the "Jail Blazers."

The thinking behind it had to do with this logo,

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The logic was that the logo was used in the peak of the jail blazers era and featured fire... so the Blazers didn't want fans to look at the fire outside and remember the jail blazers.

Who knows what the real reason is, but an employee told me that.
 
sabas4mvp said:
I interned for the Blazers a few years ago and while getting a tour by some random employee, I was told that it was permanently shut off because it symbolized the "Jail Blazers."

The thinking behind it had to do with this logo,

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The logic was that the logo was used in the peak of the jail blazers era and featured fire... so the Blazers didn't want fans to look at the fire outside and remember the jail blazers.

Who knows what the real reason is, but an employee told me that.
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I completely believe you were told that but it seems like a crock of crapola to me.

Considering that we haven't won a playoff series since it was turned off and then throw in all the injuries and freaky bad luck and they need to turn it back on.

What could it hurt?
 
I don't associate anything with the water/fire thing. But to think fans associate it with the Jail Blazers?

That's a bit deep.

btw, some of my co-workers, who are at best fringe fans, still know about the "Jail Blazers". I don't have the heart to tell them they're now the "Frail Blazers". :)
 
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The Professional Fan said:
I'm not talking about the ROSE GARDEN I'm talking about the over all Quarter experience. No bars, the fountain is off, it's just very boring. The Garden freakin' rocks. Well, we make it rock.
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You're right. Everything went down hill after they closed Cucina, Cucina :biglaugh:
 
HCP said:
You obviously have not been to many arenas around the country.
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I've been to a ton of professional baseball and football environments. They put the Rose Quarter experience to shame. Not the Rose Garden experience, but the over all fan experience of the area. However, I have not been to many NBA environments outside of Portland.
 
The Professional Fan said:
I've been to a ton of professional baseball and football environments. They put the Rose Quarter experience to shame. Not the Rose Garden experience, but the over all fan experience of the area. However, I have not been to many NBA environments outside of Portland.
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Not really fair to compare an NBA experience to one of an NFL or MLB team. totally different moods/experiences. MLB games can be more about the experience of city views, or the feel of the stadium. NBA really can't do that, especially with the majority of the games being at night (vs not at night for baseball)
 
NFL is a once a week thing, MLB is during the summer. I agree the Rose Garden area is pretty lame but believe me when I tell you that only Staples as of about 2 years ago and MSG in NYC have a great enviornment around the arena. MSG just cause it's in the middle of Manhattan.
 
Why was it a code violation 6 years ago? But not from 1995-2005? Was there a new code enacted or something? Doesn't make sense. It was in code when the Rose Garden was built. What changed?
 
julius said:
Not really fair to compare an NBA experience to one of an NFL or MLB team. totally different moods/experiences. MLB games can be more about the experience of city views, or the feel of the stadium. NBA really can't do that, especially with the majority of the games being at night (vs not at night for baseball)
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It wouldn't be hard to improve the Rose Quarter environment. It's dead stale. Turn that damn kick ass fountain on, put in 2 bars minimum, have some live music going on outside the arena, and you've just improved the energy by a ton. During the playoffs the area is way better. They actually try during the playoffs. I just would love the area to be more vibrant and entertaining.
 
GOD DAMN! I'm not lying. It was no longer up to code and they didn't think it was worth fixing. On Thursday I will get to the bottom of it for you!
 
HCP said:
GOD DAMN! I'm not lying. It was no longer up to code and they didn't think it was worth fixing. On Thursday I will get to the bottom of it for you!
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I don't want to know why it isn't working, I just want it fixed.

But the code thing is odd, usually when codes change things built previously are grandfathered in. They aren't shut down because of new codes.

And when it was built we know it was up to code.
 
FUCK YOU GUYS AND THE MOTHERFUCKING FOUNTAIN!
 
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