Portland Loves a Winner and will not Tolerate a Loser

[BroadwayVik]

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You want fans in the stands?

When it comes to college football in Portland: Portland loves a winner and will not tolerate a loser.

 

[BroadwayVik]

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Well, I think we do it by the numbers. We should set goal parameters according to target groups:

10% Alumni (Portland Area Residents)..........7,500
+ (+ 1 companion, family or friend).............7,500
+ 10% Student Section.............................3,000
+ 0.5% Portland Metro Area Residents (+ 1)...20,000
+ Tickets to opposing team supporters.........2,000
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Total................................................40,000
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[BroadwayVik]

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Well, I think we need to get the Unions involved. You say you're a Blue Collar team, why not get some Blue Collar union groups in the crowd, maybe recognize them as IBEW Day or Teamsters Day, what have you.

We need to be thinking in terms of Blue for Blue Collar and Green for Sustainability and our quality of life here. A Blue-Green Coalition, if you will.

 

[Pounder]

The Timbers had a 99% renewal rate (you know, death, move out of town for work, etc. does happen) after their 2015 championship. Up from 97% the year before. Never been lower than 97%, and the Timbers have only made the playoffs in 2 of 5 seasons.

The Blazers really have only had trouble selling tickets near the end of the Jail Blazers era. Losing didn't help, but neither did the reputation. This season was one of the most interesting in a long time (an interesting group of guys, an overhauled roster) that gained more positive press than the last few seasons when Aldridge/Lillard were successful together.

The Winterhawks... they're kind of in a level of the sports business where winning and losing isn't supposed to matter. For them, it matters. What works for them... out of 36 home games a year, it's their promotion nights (usually 10 good ones a year) AND games against Seattle Thunderbirds that draw the most fans.

Portland likes a hook. Timbers Army. Blazers with potential. Something out of the norm... and how many times have we gone over Pokey Allen? It's not simply doing things that are a bit out of the local norm. It's finding something UNIQUE.

Meanwhile... anyone realize the Portland Steel somehow still exist? Where's their hook? Their idea was getting Darron Thomas and that hasn't worked for the Thunder/Steel over 2.5 seasons (and they're quite gone after this year, no matter how much a couple Arena Football fans think Paul Allen would buy the franchise. Why would he?).

 

[bigskyconf]

Meanwhile... anyone realize the Portland Steel somehow still exist? Where's their hook? Their idea was getting Darron Thomas and that hasn't worked for the Thunder/Steel over 2.5 seasons (and they're quite gone after this year, no matter how much a couple Arena Football fans think Paul Allen would buy the franchise. Why would he?).

Arena football has never been big in Portland. Also, the whole arena football league is just a shell of what it once was. Its not just the Steel (formerly the Thunder). Its the whole arena football thing.

 

[Wyokie]

Meanwhile... anyone realize the Portland Steel somehow still exist? Where's their hook? Their idea was getting Darron Thomas and that hasn't worked for the Thunder/Steel over 2.5 seasons (and they're quite gone after this year, no matter how much a couple Arena Football fans think Paul Allen would buy the franchise. Why would he?).

Arena football has never been big in Portland. Also, the whole arena football league is just a shell of what it once was. Its not just the Steel (formerly the Thunder). Its the whole arena football thing.

I've been a fan of the AFL since it started in 1987. Even went to two games. New Orleans @ Dallas in the early '90s and a exhibition game here in OKC between Tampa Bay and New Orleans, I think. Anyhow, I've gotten the feeling these are the last days of the Arena Football League. After it shut down for a year to reorganize in ?2009?, you can tell the AFL's glory days are long since gone!!!

The AFL now makes the old Continental Basketball Association (no idea if the CBA ever had a team in Oregon) look completely stable and that league had a expansion team or two per year and a franchise move EVERY year!

 

[BroadwayVik]

Portland likes a hook. Timbers Army. Blazers with potential. Something out of the norm... and how many times have we gone over Pokey Allen? It's not simply doing things that are a bit out of the local norm. It's finding something UNIQUE.

This is a good idea. A Portland college football team being innovative with some aspect of the game. I like to think of Portland as a Europeanesque city. Imagine if a European city like London had an American college football team, what kinds of features might they add?

Would there be chants like at a soccer game? Would there be opportunites for classical musical interludes? What features could you imagine for a "European-styled" American college football team like ours?

 

[BroadwayVik]

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I think we should have more fun with the Viking look, its mythic fashion. We could have great fun with the Viking image ... not only at the games but also campus-sponsored parties and events.