Why was the Rose Quarter selected as the site for a new AAA baseball stadium instead of Lents?
The Memorial Coliseum site was more attractive to Merritt Paulson from a business standpoint. It is close to downtown and the Oregon Convention Center. It is easily accessible via multiple modes of public transportation and is equidistant from Portland’s suburbs (on average, approximately 80% of Beaver fans come from areas outside of Portland). Alternative uses for the stadium (concerts, for example) are not likely to have as great an impact on the surrounding neighborhood (in Lents, the surrounding neighborhood is mostly residential). City-owned public parking facilities already exist in the Rose Quarter. From the city’s standpoint, Merritt Paulson’s desire to locate the baseball stadium in the Rose Quarter district coincided with an ambitious development effort, led by the Blazers, to redevelop the Rose Quarter into a world-class entertainment district featuring, among other things, an interactive sports museum to be built by Nike. With the addition of a new AAA baseball stadium, thi
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