[JeffInCorvallis]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=14380.msg152876#msg152876 date=1452813488]
That's Eugene.  They're crazy about Duck football.

Now Portland, they have the Portland State Vikings, 9-3 in the Big Sky conference, also Lewis & Clark who finished 0-7 in the NorthWest Conference. 

University of Portland stopped play in 1949, Oregon Institute of Technology stopped in 1994.

I have a friend who used to live in Portland and drove to Ducks games. Supposedly it was not an uncommon thing to do.
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Both Oregon and Oregon State get the majority of their fans from Portland.  On game day there's a steady stream of cars headed southbound on I-5 flying either Ducks or Beavers flags.  On the rare Saturday when both teams are at home the traffic is sometimes a problem if kickoff times are similar.

There are enough football fans in Portland to make a pro team a go.  Fifteen years ago the 49ers dominated Oregon, in the last few years it's flipped to the Seahawks.  The problem is the city and state governments will never pony up for public funding for a stadium (not necessarily a bad thing IMHO as an Oregon taxpayer).  The Timbers play in Providence Park and while it's OK and kind of endearing in a remodeled-Fenway-Park-kind-of-way, it only seats 18,000 for soccer.

Moda Center, home to the Trailblazers, was financed partly by Paul Allen and the city of Portland put up a small amount of money.  Given the going rate for an NFL stadium is north of $1B, it's safe to say it's not happening in Portland without some kind of really creative financing arrangement.

Keep Portland weird.

[JeffInCorvallis]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=14380.msg152876#msg152876 date=1452813488]
That's Eugene.  They're crazy about Duck football.

Now Portland, they have the Portland State Vikings, 9-3 in the Big Sky conference, also Lewis & Clark who finished 0-7 in the NorthWest Conference. 

University of Portland stopped play in 1949, Oregon Institute of Technology stopped in 1994.

I have a friend who used to live in Portland and drove to Ducks games. Supposedly it was not an uncommon thing to do.
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Both Oregon and Oregon State get the majority of their fans from Portland.  On game day there's a steady stream of cars headed southbound on I-5 flying either Ducks or Beavers flags.  On the rare Saturday when both teams are at home the traffic is sometimes a problem if kickoff times are similar.

There are enough football fans in Portland to make a pro team a go.  Fifteen years ago the 49ers dominated Oregon, in the last few years it's flipped to the Seahawks.  The problem is the city and state governments will never pony up for public funding for a stadium (not necessarily a bad thing IMHO as an Oregon taxpayer).  The Timbers play in Providence Park and while it's OK and kind of endearing in a remodeled-Fenway-Park-kind-of-way, it only seats 18,000 for soccer.

Moda Center, home to the Trailblazers, was financed partly by Paul Allen and the city of Portland put up a small amount of money.  Given the going rate for an NFL stadium is north of $1B, it's safe to say it's not happening in Portland without some kind of really creative financing arrangement.

Keep Portland weird.