cm0002@lemmy.world to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPortland Diamond Project asks legislature for $800 million for waterfront ballparkwww.oregonlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkPortland Diamond Project asks legislature for $800 million for waterfront ballparkwww.oregonlive.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoOh, jesus, NO! Portland doesn’t have enough people who can just take an afternoon off to go to a baseball game. Look at the Portland Beavers numbers at Civic Stadium before it got turned over to Timbers soccer… https://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/2009/09/beavers_attendance_cools_as_ne.html “The Beavers’ typical turnout – 5,280 – is at its lowest point since 2005, more than 20 percent below the league average.” In a stadium that seated 20,000 at the time.
Oh, jesus, NO!
Portland doesn’t have enough people who can just take an afternoon off to go to a baseball game.
Look at the Portland Beavers numbers at Civic Stadium before it got turned over to Timbers soccer…
https://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/2009/09/beavers_attendance_cools_as_ne.html
“The Beavers’ typical turnout – 5,280 – is at its lowest point since 2005, more than 20 percent below the league average.”
In a stadium that seated 20,000 at the time.