Portland is the weirdest little pee hole town in America, 2nd only to Austin.
Portland is the weirdest little pee hole town in America, 2nd only to Austin.
I'm an Oregon native that lives in the greater Portland area and I would vote NO to fork over public money for an NFL stadium. If something like that needs to be built it should be paid for privately. Plus having an NFL team here wouldn't be a good fit anyway. Here's the truth about Portland, OR for you n00bs that have never been here but run your mouth about it:
Good things:
- Mild climate year round (perfect for endurance sports)
- Easy access to a diversity of beautiful environments: Coastal, desert, valley, high altitude mountains (yes we're known for how green it is here but over half our state (central & eastern) is actually desert)
-Still affordable to live here if you don't mind living outside city limits or on the east side of town.
- People are nice generally.
- Great wine and beer making region if you enjoy alcoholic beverages.
Bad things:
- Too many hipsters and leftists
- Political landscape is unbalanced and leans too heavily on liberal ideology
- Traffic and crowding is getting worse as more and more transplants move here.
- Competition for good paying jobs is extremely high here so you better be a superstar candidate to land something decent.
- Public schools are getting worse every year.
Track Blazer wrote:
Tax payers shouldn't pay to build stadium but Nike should to build the Nike Dome as a show palace for Nike events. Portland is largest population are outside of LA obviously that is without a NFL team and ranks ahead of Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Nashville (by half million), Jacksonville and New Orleans (by double) and obviously Green Bay although they draw most from Milwaukee which is also well under Portland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_AreasPortland does need Phil Knight and the city leadership to step up with a more progressive view point on major league sports. The NFL is the main driving sport in the nation and Portland is too big to sit on the sidelines.
Nike could fund a stadium that could be a venue for track ala Paris and London with sliding stands to have a track hidden and also host soccer, Final Four and more but build as a venue that is interactive venue for fans with Nike fan experience.
Sacramento and Orlando are larger media markets than Portland and don't have NFL teams:
http://www.stationindex.com/tv/tv-markets