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Happy 100th Birthday, Providence Park
Spectator Venues and Visitor Activities Program
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Celebrate 100 years of Providence Park, Portland’s iconic stadium. From baseball and football to Timbers and Thorns soccer, concerts and historic events, discover how the venue has evolved over the past century and continues to bring the community together.
Metropolitan Mayors' Consortium calls for continued progress on Moda Center renovation
Mayor Keith Wilson
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In a letter to Governor Kotek, Mayor Wilson, and Chair Vega Pederson, the Metropolitan Mayors’ Consortium, representing 24 cities around the region, calls for continued progress on the Moda Center renovation, citing the arena’s economic and cultural value across the region.
City Advances First‑Draft Moda Center Term Sheet, Establishing Framework to Keep Trail Blazers in Portland
City Government and Leadership
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The Moda Center is our house. Let's build the future together.
Portland City Council
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What should Portland do with the Moda Center? Tell the City Council what you think. Take a survey. Talk to councilors face to face at pop-up sessions in local parks. Get the facts about the Moda and what's at stake for Portland.
City launches request for proposals for Veterans Memorials design ideas at the Rose Quarter
Spectator Venues and Visitor Activities Program
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Interested parties are invited to submit proposals by 4 p.m. on May 7, 2026. This is the first of a two-part process to select a design team that will ultimately generate a schematic-level design for the Veterans Memorials at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum (VMC) on the Rose Quarter Campus.
65 Years in the Making: Renovations at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Lift Up Beloved Community Venue
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The City of Portland and Rip City Management (RCM) are moving forward with the most significant renovation of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum (VMC) since its opening. This work will ensure that this beloved space continues to serve generations of Portlanders and other visitors.
City Enlists Veterans Community to Envision a New Street-Level Home for the Coliseum Memorial Walls
Spectator Venues and Visitor Activities Program
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The Veterans Memorial Coliseum Project Advisory Group has released its recommendations for the future of the Coliseum memorial walls.
City Council to Consider Resolution on the Future of the Keller Auditorium, Thursday, Oct. 10
Reimagining Downtown Performing Arts
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Resolution includes strategy for two Broadway-capable venues and requests green light for a Market Feasibility Analysis
Portland City Council and Trail Blazers Finalize Bridge Agreement as Step Toward Forming Long-Term Public-Private Partnership
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
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City continues exploring performing arts facility possibilities, comprehensive options available for City leaders in the coming year
Reimagining Downtown Performing Arts
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A recently developed Keller Auditorium renovation study was one step in the City’s effort to ensure the longevity of large-scale performing arts in Portland. Now, two proposers for a potential new performing arts facility look to refine their concepts: Lloyd Center and Portland State University.
City gears up to hear Keller Auditorium renovation ideas, progresses with five compelling proposals for potential new performing arts facility
Reimagining Downtown Performing Arts
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This week, City Council is set to review a renovation proposal for Keller Auditorium, while five locations for a potential new performing arts facility, including Lloyd Center, Lloyd Superblock, Portland State University, OMSI and Zidell Yards, have been narrowed from an initial eight.
City of Portland explores options for large-scale performance venue, including Keller Auditorium renovation and high-profile new sites
Reimagining Downtown Performing Arts
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The City of Portland is one step closer to planning for the future of premier performing arts in Portland, as a renovation concept for Keller Auditorium nears completion and an open call for a future venue attracts proposals from Lloyd Center, Portland State University, OMSI and more.
City releases Request for Expression of Interest for new performing arts facility
Reimagining Downtown Performing Arts
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The City of Portland is exploring the availability of potential sites for a new performing arts venue. A Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) invites submissions by interest-holding parties for suitable properties by August 11, 2023.
City’s Spectator Venues Program releases 2021-2022 annual report
Spectator Venues and Visitor Activities Program
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Following widespread pandemic closures in 2020 and 2021, the City of Portland's premiere sporting and performing arts venues and their operators once again began hosting teams, performers and visitors, fueling a sense of normalcy - though not without new challenges.
City Council to vote on amendment to extend Veterans Memorial Coliseum Operating Agreement
Spectator Venues and Visitor Activities Program
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An amendment to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum Operating Agreement, extending the current expiration date, would allow for more comprehensive discussions around future improvements and operations at the Rose Quarter venues.
Memorial honoring local fallen veterans goes virtual ahead of Memorial Day weekend
Digital Veterans Memorial
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A new Digital Veterans Memorial temporarily takes the place of the half-century-old memorial walls at Portland’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
City of Portland, Metro team up to explore future of Keller Auditorium
Reimagining Downtown Performing Arts
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Keller Auditorium, courtesy Jason Quigley
A March 2020 seismic study completed for Keller Auditorium, set to be released right before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered spectator venues and performing arts facilities, outlines the 104-year-old building's structural and practical shortcomings.
A March 2020 seismic study completed for Keller Auditorium, set to be released right before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered spectator venues and performing arts facilities, outlines the 104-year-old building's structural and practical shortcomings.
Providence Park Stadium to receive drainage improvements
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This spring, a crew will work to install a curtain drain system adjacent to Providence Park Stadium, allowing for more efficient groundwater drainage.
City’s Spectator Venues Program releases 2020-2021 annual report
Spectator Venues and Visitor Activities Program
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Last year's annual report details continued investments and challenges for Portland's spectator venues during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
City of Portland plans improvements at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, addresses immediate safety risk
Spectator Venues and Visitor Activities Program
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Due to deterioration, granite walls honoring local veterans will be removed and safely stored. A new reinvestment strategy outlines future upgrades at the Coliseum.