Rose Garden's name goes on auction block
by The Oregonian Wednesday December 12, 2007, 10:40 PM
Portland: Prepare to have your Rose Garden plucked.
Paul Allen's Vulcan Inc., which owns both the Portland Trail Blazers and the Rose Garden Arena, said Wednesday it will sell the rights to name Portland's largest entertainment venue.
That means the Blazers could play their home games in an arena named as blandly as Key Arena in Seattle or as omnipresent as Oracle Arena in Oakland, home to the Golden State Warriors. Or EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, named after a company that disposes of nuclear waste.
It's even possible the name Rose Garden -- reflecting the city's moniker -- will disappear from the side of the building, team president Larry Miller said.
3 comments:
unrelated...did you guys ever go see Into the Wild? We saw it last night and it was really good. It made me want to read the book! I remembered you posted about it awhile back and wondered if you guys liked it.
Maybe a Portland area law agency can get in on the naming sweepstakes...you know since the two organizations personnel work together so often. Maybe they can call it the Portland Pen or something to that effect.
no, we haven't seen it yet but we want to. We've both read the book and it was great. Glad you liked it!
good one anon! that's very true.
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