matchfitusa.blogspot.com - 3/11/2009
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Just a quick update on today's biggest story.
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...
google.com - 3/12/2009
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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 ...
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The Associated Press: City Council approves plan to lure MLS
bizjournals.com - 3/10/2009
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Mayor Sam Adams and Commissioner Randy Leonard announced
an agreement Tuesday with Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson...
on a $129 million plan to bring Major League Soccer to Portland. The plan insulates the city from any potential cost overruns ...
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Paulson scores a goal with soccer agreement - Portland ...
matchfitusa.blogspot.com - 3/11/2009
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The Portland City Council will vote today on
Merritt Paulson's MLS proposal; most observers see this as...
the final hurdle for the Rose City's expansion hopes. Soccer America reports that the deal is...
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Portland Votes Today
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Portland Decision Day
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... page for the stadium deal, which appears to have been written directly following the original council vote (which simply authorized the city to negotiate with Paulson). The FAQ indicates that August 1st was the target date for completed preliminary stadium designs and engineering plans; whether that date holds, with this vote coming only a week ahead of the deadline, I'm not sure. The business item is listed under "Regular Agenda" on the council's schedule for the day after three other items with hard times, which puts the PGE Park vote after 3:00pm PDT at the earliest. It ...
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City Council approves MLS plan - Portland Business Journal:
bizjournals.com 6/24/2009 — 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 ...
MLS: Will Portland Be Next?
winninguglyradio.com 3/11/2009 — The bid for the Portland Timbers to become the next expansion team in Major League Soccer hinges on a vote today by the Portland City Council. Jason Davis and Ginge both have thoughts on the expansion bid. The Timbers and MLS have already worked out the preliminary agreement, so all that is ...
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 ...
The Portland debate
24thminute.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — This article from the Portland Tribune is a couple days old now, but it's well worth a read if you are following the MLS expansion race. The author suggests that it's currently 60/40 likely that Portland will approve the double stadium plan that will see PGE Park re-fit into a soccer specific ...
Portland Plan Still Facing Hurdles
matchfitusa.com 4/21/2009 — It's funny how the news cycle works. We hear about something, it reaches some sort of logical conclusion, and we move quickly on to the next story. This is true of both consumers and distributors...
Portland Stadium Showdown
matchfitusa.com 6/16/2009 — The Portland stadium saga is now in what feels like its 300th week, and it does not appear that a resolution is in sight. The city and those opposed to building a baseball stadium in the Lents...
Trouble in Portland
matchfitusa.com 5/27/2009 — And so it continues out in Timbers country. The dissenting voices on the PGE Park renovation/Portland Beavers stadium issues are already both loud and relentless, and it appears that they have new...
Portland soccer fans turn out to support stadium
oregonlive.com 2/25/2009 — The Portland Timbers Army, clad in green soccer jerseys and telltale wool scarves, invaded the Tuesday night meeting of the city's Major League Soccer Task Force to show support for a bid to bring another major league sports team to town. "This is an ...
Portland Gets MLS Franchise
soccerticketsonline.com 3/21/2009 — Major League Soccer announced on Friday that Portland has been awarded an expansion franchise which will begin play in 2011. The announcement came two days after Vancouver was awarded a new team and one day after the expansion Seattle Sounders opened the 2009 campaign with a 3-0 victory over ...
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