Plan to Bring Major League Soccer to Portland May Include Replacement of Memorial Coliseum
Daily Journal of Commerce › March 25, 2009
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As Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson pursues his goal to bring Major League Soccer to Portland in 2011, plans for the Rose Quarter are still a work in progress.
Paulson last week received approval from MLS to begin the franchise in Portland, on the condition that his company, Shortstop LLC, and the city forge a partnership to renovate the Timbers' stadium, PGE Park.See the full content of this document
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Plan to Bring Major League Soccer to Portland May Include Replacement of Memorial Coliseum
The $124 million deal includes moving Paulson's baseball team, the Portland Beavers, to a new stadium in the Rose Quarter.
"The baseball stadium is a huge space eater," said J.E. Isaac, senior vice president for business ...See the full content of this document
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