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Post by seastape on Oct 15, 2018 16:26:57 GMT -8
I know it was announced a week or so ago that his cancer had resurfaced, but it really does seem sudden.
The world lost a giant in his passing. |
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Post by beavaristotle on Oct 15, 2018 16:31:49 GMT -8
taught the world what it meant to think big
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Post by lebaneaver on Oct 15, 2018 23:58:13 GMT -8
RIP, Paul Allen. Cancer is a goddamned EVIL thing. Period.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 9:56:09 GMT -8
harrumph, generally considered a decent guy, didn't hoard his wealth, tried to keep an open mind despite the enormity of his fate.
Now down to business, how badly does Vulcan start trying to screw city of portland on the arena deal, ticket prices etc?
Paul Allen was generally considered to be reigning those people in to some degree.
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Post by Judge Smails on Oct 16, 2018 10:32:26 GMT -8
harrumph, generally considered a decent guy, didn't hoard his wealth, tried to keep an open mind despite the enormity of his fate. Now down to business, how badly does Vulcan start trying to screw city of portland on the arena deal, ticket prices etc? Paul Allen was generally considered to be reigning those people in to some degree. Vulcan owns the arena. How would they be screwing the city of Portland? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 12:59:14 GMT -8
harrumph, generally considered a decent guy, didn't hoard his wealth, tried to keep an open mind despite the enormity of his fate. Now down to business, how badly does Vulcan start trying to screw city of portland on the arena deal, ticket prices etc? Paul Allen was generally considered to be reigning those people in to some degree. Vulcan owns the arena. How would they be screwing the city of Portland? I don't know lets think of some ways taxes? renovation surcharge? where there's greed there's a way |
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Post by mbabeav on Oct 16, 2018 13:31:35 GMT -8
Vulcan owns the arena. How would they be screwing the city of Portland? I don't know lets think of some ways taxes? renovation surcharge? where there's greed there's a way Paul Allen owned a large chunk of Ticketmaster, you want to talk about one of the biggest ripoffs to consumers in history, there is that. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Oct 16, 2018 13:57:24 GMT -8
Vulcan owns the arena. How would they be screwing the city of Portland? I don't know lets think of some ways taxes? renovation surcharge? where there's greed there's a way So, they're going to charge Portland taxes and surcharge Portland to renovate their own building.
makes sense 
They could raise ticket prices, but they are already dropping in attendance, so good luck with that. They need the Blazers to get past the first round of the playoffs for that to happen.
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Post by mbabeav on Oct 16, 2018 16:27:00 GMT -8
y'all should speak kinder words on a thread wishing Mr Allen to Rest in Peace. True, prayers for him and his family. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Oct 16, 2018 20:18:16 GMT -8
y'all should speak kinder words on a thread wishing Mr Allen to Rest in Peace. True, prayers for him and his family. The saddest part of the story to me. Yes, thoughts and prayers to his one sister. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Oct 20, 2018 13:41:30 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 1:46:33 GMT -8
I don't know lets think of some ways taxes? renovation surcharge? where there's greed there's a way So, they're going to charge Portland taxes and surcharge Portland to renovate their own building.
makes sense
They could raise ticket prices, but they are already dropping in attendance, so good luck with that. They need the Blazers to get past the first round of the playoffs for that to happen.
Incorrect. The team is leasing the building. Read here portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/410020-308958-allens-death-muddles-rose-quarters-future-And yes the Paul Allen death means negotiations with the city will become much more contentious now. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Oct 24, 2018 5:27:46 GMT -8
So, they're going to charge Portland taxes and surcharge Portland to renovate their own building.
makes sense
They could raise ticket prices, but they are already dropping in attendance, so good luck with that. They need the Blazers to get past the first round of the playoffs for that to happen.
Incorrect. The team is leasing the building. Read here portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/410020-308958-allens-death-muddles-rose-quarters-future-And yes the Paul Allen death means negotiations with the city will become much more contentious now. That article is not correct. They lease the coliseum and the ground under the Moda Center. They own the Moda Center building. The city owns the coliseum building. Their ground lease is what expires in 2025 |
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