We could use the 80-90 foot wide cross-sections to build physically protected bike lanes and make a direct connection to downtown. To recap: There’s tons of cycling potential on NW Front Avenue. ![]() In April 2016 during our NW Portland Week, I shared two posts that offer an in-depth look at cycling in the area. But the wide roads around T2 would be frightening for the average bicycle user to ride on. Light rail is much too far away at about 1.5 miles and a MAX expansion in this area isn’t even on the table.Īnd who knows, maybe the nascent Frog Ferry would add a stop at the stadium.Īs for bikes, some of the parcel is actually inside the current Biketown bike share service area. Even with their planned northwest expansion a stop would still be about a half-mile away. It’s served by just one infrequent TriMet bus line (16) and it’s over a mile away from a Portland Streetcar stop. That’s the Fremont Bridge in lower right.Īs it sits right now, the T2 site is basically a transportation desert. This has us wondering: If this project moves forward (a big if, given the billions it would cost to build the stadium and buy an MLB franchise), how would people get to the games? T2 on Google Maps. The main image, titled “Bike Tailgating,” features over a dozen bicycles prominently parked in the foreground. The Portland Diamond Project says they’ve inked an agreement with the Port of Portland to develop a stadium on Terminal 2, a 50-acre parcel of industrial land along the Willamette River in northwest Portland about one mile north of the Fremont Bridge.Īlong with announcement the group released several renderings of the stadium. We expect a lot to be invested in infrastructure.” Wherever the stadium might end up, it would be a heck of a lot closer than Seattle.“We absolutely do take transportation seriously. ![]() When it comes to winning hearts and minds, the Mariner Moose wouldn’t stand a chance.Īnd Skoro’s heart and mind? He admits proximity would win out if Portland actually landed an MLB franchise. Hop, right? This mascot supergroup might be just what Pacific Northwest baseball fans never knew we needed. Pickle, the Gherkins’ Lil’ P, and the humble Barley T. (RIP, Packy.) And he’s sure to become best buds with the always-smiling Dillon T. If the A’s bring Stomper the elephant with them, Portlanders would have a new pachyderm to fall in love with. One area where we hope there would be collaboration, not competition? Mascots. “Take Hops and Pickles tickets: they are under $20, and we are able to bring in really good crowds at that price.” “Are people willing to pay a hundred dollars a ticket or more to see the world’s best players, or are they completely comfortable going and seeing other teams?” he says. But according to Miller, there is one aspect where the little guys can maintain an edge: cost. We’re still very much in the what-if stage, with no clear picture of what would happen if “the show” came to town-the minors system the Hops are a part of is complex. Paul Saints, for example-there’s usually a little more separation. While some MLB teams maintain minor league affiliates in their metro area-the Mariners have the Tacoma Rainiers and the Minnesota Twins have the St. “I would say this is good leverage for the A’s, and hopefully they get what they want in Oakland.” “If Oakland is not willing to support what the A’s want, the A’s have a public statement that says they are welcome to go elsewhere,” says Alan Miller, co-owner of the Portland Pickles, an amateur team Skoro has played for during his college summers. If the A’s do come to Portland, it would bring a fellow American League West team close to Skoro’s Mariners, easing the MLB’s hardest travel schedule for the isolated Seattle team and adding a new dimension to the Cascadian sports rivalry. But plans for a new waterfront stadium keep stalling, suggesting the team may join the sports exodus that has sent the NBA’s Warriors back across the bay to San Francisco and the NFL’s Raiders to Las Vegas. ![]() The A’s have been a Bay Area fixture since their arrival from Kansas City in 1968 their short stint there followed more than 50 years in Philadelphia. It did take a step forward in May, with an MLB statement allowing the Oakland A’s to explore relocation sites.
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