Blazer ask goes from $500M to $880M

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation,

A 2024 report showed that the Blazer arena, Moda Center, needed $500 million in upgrades.  Now that request has been boosted to $880 million.  All of these requests are being asked from taxpayers throughout Oregon, 99% of whom do not attend Blazer games.   The State Legislature has passed bills that open taxpayer funding for the private Hillsboro Hops baseball park and also for the Portland Major League Baseball stadium if Portland is awarded a team.  For a state in debt, it has shown incredible generosity for more and more private sports entertainment activities.