WVHooligan.com – MLS Blog

Details of PGE Park’s $31million renovation for the Portland Timbers’ move to Major League Soccer in 2011 was released Monday to The Oregonian. Renderings show exactly how they plan on making PGE a soccer facility for good. The biggest transformation will be the stadium’s east side. A public plaza at the corner of 18th Avenue…[continue reading]

Thanks to a couple Portland readers for sending this link my way from OregonLive.com. It seems like damage control in Portland has gone into full gear after Wednesday’s comments from Merritt Paulson who said there would be no MLS in Portland without a new baseball stadium. Well now it appears the Paulson is once again…[continue reading]

I guess Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson is just playing some hardball with the city of Portland now. According to Oregonlive.com, Paulson told Beaverton officials that the future of Major League Soccer in Portland hinges entirely on whether he can find a new home for his minor league baseball team. So no new baseball stadium…[continue reading]

I feel like we’ve been around this over and over again but it looks like soccer will most certainly be coming to the Rose City in 2011. The Oregonian reported yesterday that Portland mayor Sam Adams and Commissioner Randy Leonard reached a tentative $31 million deal with Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson to renovate PGE…[continue reading]

Props to SF for posting this.

Sounds like Portland mayor Sam Adams and County Chair Ted Wheeler are going to go toe-to-toe over the stadium situation for Portland and it’s MLS bid. The Portland Mercury is reporting more on the on-going saga of the stadium funds today. Wheeler won’t support the $15 million for PGE Park. Adams is hoping to find…[continue reading]

It seems like this is a report we’ve posted time and time again here. Hopefully this will be the last. Portland city council has approved a plan to allow both MLS and minor league baseball in the city. PGE Park will get renovated as planned and the baseball team will get their new stadium. The…[continue reading]

One small step has passed for Major League Soccer in Portland. According to OPB News, the Oregon House approved a $5 million grant to help renovate a PGE Park into a soccer stadium. The money would come from income taxes paid by players and staff of the team. The bill will now go to the…[continue reading]

Quietly I worry about the expansion bid in Portland. More news continues to come out that stadium issues won’t be resolved. An article on The Portland Mercury’s website says Portland mayor Sam Adams has withheld an economic study that indicates a new Portland Beavers stadium would actually result in a net job loss. Merritt Paulson…[continue reading]

I won’t lie anytime I see the news coming out of Portland I worry over their expansion club a bit. It seems like every bit of news now centers around the money issue with this club. We’ve all seen the number, the $26.8 million gap in the budget for the club. Also the city isn’t…[continue reading]