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Portland Diamond Project picks land for potential MLB team stadium
The Portland Diamond Project announced Tuesday that they are in negotiations to acquire the 164-acre Red Tail Golf Course.
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I'd love having a 2nd team in the Pacific Northwest. Ideally it would be an NL team with the Mariners in the AL.
Portland in the MLB would be a major positive in reversing the isolation of Seattle, though watch 'em get an NL team instead.
Too late, though. Portland Athletics would've made worlds more sense than the reality.
I have seen numerous accusations for some time that they’re in existence to sell merch and… ummmm… we’re waiting.I've kind of been rooting for Portland to get a team simply because their merch was cool.
The logo that had Portland: AL OR NL, with the OR part applying both to Portland and league choice was clever AF.
Anyone know what a a team training facility is
“Canzano reported Monday night that the group still wants to purchase the RedTail property, but not for its stadium site. Instead it would be for team training facilities and youth baseball fields.”
I thought it could have something to do with spring training, but all MLB teams are either in Florida or Arizona, and as far as I know I have never heard of a team training facility when it comes to MLB.
They were talking about a training facility at the golf course they still want to buy, while claiming they want to spend only $30 million on that now. Probably 30-35% of the market price.I just did a bit of measuring on Google Maps. Turns out the Zidell Yard property (the north unit) has a bigger footprint than Target Field, so it's totally doable.
It's an especially great location for a stadium because it's already got the public transit as the Portland Street Car Loop Lines meet the Orange MAX line at the property. Right there at it, no walking at all.
Doesn't matter though, no way it's happening.
They were talking about a training facility at the golf course they still want to buy, while claiming they want to spend only $30 million on that now. Probably 30-35% of the market price.
In short, not a serious group.