bizjournals.com - 6/24/2009
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The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution to support starting negotiations with Merritt Paulson over a financing plan to renovate PGE Park to accommodate a Major League Soccer team. The move effectively decouples the $37 million PGE Park project from a proposed new $48 million ...
seattle.theoffside.com - 7/1/2009
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seattle.theoffside.com —
It’s no secret that there is no love
lost between Portland and Seattle when it comes to
our soccer teams. Okay, that’s a bit of an understatement. “Teams and supporters groups would cheerfully rip each other’s hearts out and ...
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Portland FO Tries to Head Off Fan Violence in US Open ...
sounderatheart.com - 6/19/2009
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sounderatheart.com —
FSN Sponsors the Alliance right? FSN NW carries
Timbers games right? Sounders have set MLS records for
TV ratings. Timbers are joining MLS. This is a Derby in a stadium that won’t hold all of the fans. Yet, the Open Cup is basically never televised. This is a match that should be on local ...
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US Open Cup @ Portland should be televised!
matchfitusa.com - 7/2/2009
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matchfitusa.com —
Last night in Portland, the Seattle Sounders downed
the Timbers 2-1 in the third round of the
US Open Cup. It was a back and forth match, with good chances for each side, physical play, and the...
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Portland Proves They Belong
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EXPANSION: Portland PGE Park Plan Approved For MLS Remodeling
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the games —
Courtesy of the Portland Business Journal: The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution to support starting negotiations with Merritt Paulson over a financing plan to renovate PGE Park to accommodate a Major League Soccer team. The move effectively decouples the $37 million PGE Park project from a proposed new $48 million baseball park for Paulson’s minor-league Portland Beavers. Both the Beavers and Paulson’s minor-league soccer franchise the Portland Timbers ...
Portland Approves MLS Plan
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog —
... Portland city council has approved a plan to allow both MLS and minor league baseball in the city. PGE Park will get renovated as planned and the baseball team will get their new stadium. ...
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The Portland city council has approved the PGE Park renovation by a vote of 3-2. Viewed as the last major hurdle to Portland being granted a Major...
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24thminute.com 3/11/2009 — It was a long day in Portland, but in the end soccer won the day. With a 3-2 vote, city politicians approved the stadium plan that will more than likely send the Timbers to MLS. More soon...
The Associated Press: City Council approves plan to lure MLS
google.com 3/12/2009 — 9 hours ago PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The City Council has approved financing $60 million to lure a Major League Soccer franchise to Portland, but hasn't resolved how to raise a quarter of the money. The $60 million would go to renovating PGE Park to meet ...
It's a go in Portland
24thminute.com 7/24/2009 — For those who didn't watch the Portland city council debate last night, the result was positive for soccer fans. With a 4-1 vote, the re-model of PGE Park was approved and the Timbers are pretty much set for MLS now. It's a complicated deal that isn't universally supported in Portland. For the ...
Major League Soccer deal 'close' - Portland Business Journal:
bizjournals.com 3/9/2009 — Portland Timbers fans say a deal has been reached and it s time secure a third and final vote of support for a stadium financing plan that could bring Major League Soccer to town. Commissioner Randy Leonard says not so fast. We re close, but we re not ...
Report: Timbers, MLS set announcement - Portland Business Journal:
portland.bizjournals.com 3/18/2009 — Reports are surfacing that officials with the Portland Timbers and Major League Soccer have scheduled a news conference for Friday morning in Portland. Neither a spokesman for MLS or Timbers owner Merritt Paulson would confirm the news conference ...
Portland is the new Cleveland?
24thminute.com 4/16/2009 — The City Council will hold one more public meeting Wednesday with the mayor and Paulson present and then the council will vote next week to plan deadlines and schedule financing, etc. September 1st is the deadline for Portland to propose the details for the financing and renovating of PGE Park ...
PBJ poll: Soccer has more fans - Portland Business Journal:
bizjournals.com 7/3/2009 — In last week s Business Pulse Survey we asked If you had to choose, would you rather keep the Timbers or the Beavers? and 41 percent said Timbers, 27 percent said Beavers and 18 percent said they want to keep both. Some of your comments: I said I don ...
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