RSS
Home
Mayor backs plan to revamp Rose Quarter
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
Mayor Sam Adams proposed replacing the Coliseum with a baseball stadium as part of the effort to bring Major League Soccer to Portland.
The stadium would allow the Portland Beavers, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, to move from PGE Park, which would allow for that stadium to be reconfigured to a soccer-specific stadium for the Portland Timbers.
Major League Soccer recently awarded an expansion franchise to Timbers owner Merritt Paulson based on the city’s $88 million agreement with Paulson to build a stadium for the Beavers.
“Now is the time for action,” Adams said. “We have talked about redeveloping this area for decades.”
The new baseball stadium would be accompanied with a number of other buildings designed for retail outlets and restaurants to make a thriving sports and entertainment area, which the Blazers have been seeking for years.
The play, which has the initial approval of the Blazers as well as the Beavers and Timbers, is set for a vote of the City Council April 22.
A representative of the Portland Winter Hawks, who play in the Coliseum, was not at the meeting.
The city will hold a public meeting Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Leftbank building at 240 N. Broadway.
For more info: www.oregonsports.com
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
BEAVERTON - The civic leadership of Beaverton started the public process of bringing the Portland Beavers baseball team to its downtown core Tuesday …
For more info: oregonsports.com
