Why Does Portland Only Have The Blazers?

[LOTBfan]

I would buy season tickets to football, and already have them for soccer and basketball, but baseball, as a west coast guy, I can't get behind.

 

[Wheels]

Ping-Pong has more far fans in this world than soccer, and so does Islam, but I wouldn't call either a real sport.



As far as sports go, the US is all that really matters to me, and to most Americans.

Don't care if they play Pongo in the Congo, or if soccer fans kill each other weekly in Brazil and Europe.

It's still one of if not the most tediously boring game to sit through as a spectator.

fine if you dont like it thats fine, but it still shows how ignorantly uninformed you are.

 

[LOTBfan]

fine if you dont like it thats fine, but it still shows how ignorantly uninformed you are.

dude, that isn't cool, it isn't his fault, I think he is from Central Oregon... that's just how they make them there.

 

[Wheels]

dude, that isn't cool, it isn't his fault, I think he is from Central Oregon... that's just how they make them there.

 

[MARIS61]

Because YOU do those things, then EVERYONE does those things?

Ego-trip much?

Nearly every native Oregonian I've ever known in my life does at least several of them, yes. And many more I do not do and did not mention.

If you're a couch potato, it's unlikely you were born here.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

I've never thought MLB would work in Portland. Imagine an afternoon game, mid-week? Not enough people to fill the stands;

NHL? I think Portland would make a great NHL City - but the season goes head-to-head with the Blazers - and the lack of big-time local sponsors would hurt.

NFL: With only (8) home games + playoffs! Here is the ticket. And the NW needs another football team!


I truly think the NFL would work very well - provided the Stadium was built out towards Gresham - so that the East Vancouver fans could easily travel to games.

 

[LOTBfan]

But as a Lake Oswego resident, I am afraid of both East Vancouver and Gresham fans...

 

[Samuel]

Soccer is not a major sport in the US. That's about as far as it goes.

Is the NHL even a major sport anymore?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Is the NHL even a major sport anymore?

I thought I read that the NHL actually outdraws the NBA. And in cities with both NBA and NHL the NHL outdraws the NBA in more of those cities.....Per cpacity of course because the NHL rink is bigger so there aren't as many seats.

In 3 tv markets, the NHL actually does better than the NBA too.

 

[Wheels]

In 3 tv markets, the NHL actually does better than the NBA too.

Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary?

No, they were American cities. I will try to find the article.

 

[ABM]

Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary?

Charlotte? Atlanta? Minnesota?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Charlotte? Atlanta? Minnesota?

Minnesota is one, Tim. Nice job. The others could be right as well, but I remember Minny being on the list. The NHL is also gorwing in sponsors and jersey sales.

 

[RedHotRollin]

I've never bought into that argument.

True, Portland has just 2 fortune 500 companies based here: Nike and Precision Cast Parts. But some other metro areas have a similar number and still have more professional sports teams.

There are only 5 fortune 500 companies in all of Arizona, but they have 4 pro teams.
San Diego has only 3 fortune 500 companies, but 2 pro teams.
Kansas City has 3 fortune 500 companies and 2 pro teams.

I don't know...it may be a SMALL part of the problem, but how many fortune 500 companies do we REALLY need? Or fortune 1000? Or whatever? If Arizona is filling 4 stadia worth of luxury boxes with just 5 fortune 500 companies, evidently they're getting some other companies that aren't based there to buy a luxury box.

It's not as if Portland has NO big businesses. 6 fortune 1000 companies. Tons of big companies that would at LEAST split a luxury box.

I think that 'lack of corporations' line is created by the Blazers to keep other teams from cutting into the absolute BEST situation for any professional sports team. We have 2.2 million people in the metro area with no pro sports competition. I can see why they'd want to keep it just like that.

When I say a lack of corporations Cake, I tie in possible interested ownership into that. If there were more than one Phil Knight and more like five of them in the area. I have to believe one of them would have more interest than Knight to bring in another team. I think if Knight was really interested in bringing another team to Portland. He could make it happen. Go back a couple of years ago when David Kahn was working on stadium financing to bring a pro baseball. If Knight would have stepped in at that point. This area might have received the expos instead of the Washington Nationals. So what is missing is someone with that kind of interest,with that kind of money. Money that can only be found on the board of major fortune 500 companies.

 

[Cake]

Nearly every native Oregonian I've ever known in my life does at least several of them, yes. And many more I do not do and did not mention.

If you're a couch potato, it's unlikely you were born here.

I like to do many of the things on your list as well. And yes I am a native Oregonian. But I'd like to see a major league baseball game in Portland as well. It's not as if one precludes the other from happening.

And since PLENTY of folks in Oregon are NOT from here and don't hunt/fish/hike/smoke weed/whatever...I'm guessing they would like to see an MLB game and that they probably don't care what YOU would rather do with your time.

 

[Cake]

When I say a lack of corporations Cake, I tie in possible interested ownership into that. If there were more than one Phil Knight and more like five of them in the area. I have to believe one of them would have more interest than Knight to bring in another team. I think if Knight was really interested in bringing another team to Portland. He could make it happen. Go back a couple of years ago when David Kahn was working on stadium financing to bring a pro baseball. If Knight would have stepped in at that point. This area might have received the expos instead of the Washington Nationals. So what is missing is someone with that kind of interest,with that kind of money. Money that can only be found on the board of major fortune 500 companies.

Ah...I see...ownership is truly a different story, I agree. In the NFL it doesn't seem to be an issue, but with MLB, I would absolutely agree. We would need some kind of a local ownership group for MLB at least.