Plan is to keep team in Portland.

https://www.sportico.com/business/team-sales/2025/dundon-portland-trail-blazers-sale-paul-allen-1234866910/

Step One: show Bert Kolde the door, take the keys.

Step Two: exorcism and/or sage burning

Step Three: discover a strategy to convince city leaders to invest in stadium renovations

The Celtics went for $6 billion. This looks like a steal, right? 🤑

Unfortunately, I don’t see Portland investing much of anything into the Moda center/Rose Garden anytime soon. Businesses have left the downtown core area, and vacancy rates in commercial spaces are at an all time high.

The city “leaders” are faced with a $100 million budget shortfall. Replacing businesses that have relocated, or simply closed their doors will not be that easy.

Good news for local NBA fans. The team is young and their potential looks better than it has for several years.

14 minutes ago, Drake said:

Unfortunately, I don’t see Portland investing much of anything into the Moda center/Rose Garden anytime soon. Businesses have left the downtown core area, and vacancy rates in commercial spaces are at an all time high.

The city “leaders” are faced with a $100 million budget shortfall. Replacing businesses that have relocated, or simply closed their doors will not be that easy.

Good news for local NBA fans. The team is young and their potential looks better than it has for several years.

And, buildings are being fire-sold which puts a damper on property taxes. Finding investment dollars in this budget climate will not be easy. If they don't, the team could end up moving after all.

And yet, have put together a MLB package.

3 hours ago, idontrollonshobbas said:

And, buildings are being fire-sold which puts a damper on property taxes. Finding investment dollars in this budget climate will not be easy. If they don't, the team could end up moving after all.

Raleigh is ripe for a NBA team. It’s one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country and is a hot bed for sports. They would also draw many fans from nearby Durham and Chapel Hill. Also, the Lenovo Center is already decked out in red and black because it houses Canes hockey and Wolfpack basketball.

My thought is Dundan will give it a couple of years in Portland and see how the revenue does. By then the parking garages will be finished at the Lenovo Center and making the move would be a bit more palatable. If a new arena starts going up in The Triangle then we will see the writing on the wall.

4 hours ago, idontrollonshobbas said:

Plan is to keep team in Portland.

https://www.sportico.com/business/team-sales/2025/dundon-portland-trail-blazers-sale-paul-allen-1234866910/

Step One: show Bert Kolde the door, take the keys.

Step Two: exorcism and/or sage burning

Step Three: discover a strategy to convince city leaders to invest in stadium renovations

One thing I can say about Tom Dundon is he’s not afraid to pay for high priced talent. The Canes have been to the doorstep of the Stanley Cup finals for a few years now.

1 hour ago, JabbaNoBargain said:

And yet, have put together a MLB package.

Well, kind of.....the State legislature passed a jock tax bill. Zero general fund dollars though.....they want to sell $800 million in bonds based on future player taxes.

Generous projections peg these tax estimates at $150 million. Besides, a stadium could cost $2-3 billion. So, the public piece of the deal is necessary but insufficient. So, we need owners who are aggressive and deep-pocketed to fend off the Miller Family in SLC before Portland MLB is even a 50-50 proposition.

NOTE: I may be wrong on some of these details since it is more of a hope than a strategy at this point

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by idontrollonshobbas

2 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

Raleigh is ripe for a NBA team. It’s one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country and is a hot bed for sports. They would also draw many fans from nearby Durham and Chapel Hill. Also, the Lenovo Center is already decked out in red and black because it houses Canes hockey and Wolfpack basketball.

My thought is Dundan will give it a couple of years in Portland and see how the revenue does. By then the parking garages will be finished at the Lenovo Center and making the move would be a bit more palatable. If a new arena starts going up in The Triangle then we will see the writing on the wall.

Doubt it, minority owners have ties to Portland, Dundon is based in Dallas so it isn't like he's bringing a team to his hometown. Raleigh is still smaller than Portland, Charlotte a city that is bigger and also growing has a team that is struggling for attendance, and in the past has lost their team in the past. Jordan would be PISSED if the NBA approved a move to Raleigh.

I'm not saying there isn't a chance that the Trail Blazers move, but the move is they will make is to Vegas, if anywhere. It would be a huge black eye on the league if they did to Portland what they did to Seattle.

When Dundon bought the Hurricanes people were very worried that he move the team then, he didn't so there is a little precedent there.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by spartan2785

"It would be a huge black eye on the league if they did to Portland what they did to Seattle."

The NBA already has several facial bruises and doesn't seem to mind. It might upset folks in Portland and Seattle, but I seriously doubt the NBA fan base elsewhere would care.

The Sonics left Seattle in 2008 and there hasn't been a groundswell across the NBA fanbase to replace them.