All things offseason discussion part II

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I think Portland/Oregon would be the best city/ state to put an NFL team. Look at how they support the Ducks and Trailblazers? Look at how they support their MLS team? Also when they had arena and going way back to the USFL they lead in attendance. Perfect city to go to, not LA.

They never lead in attendance in the USFL.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

They never lead in attendance in the USFL.

In fact they (Portland) only had a team for one year (1985) that averaged 19K/game (in fairness, the arena only held 20K max). The were 7th out of 14 in terms of total attendance behind (among others) Birmingham, Orlando, and Memphis.

Thank you google:

USFL Attendance: Awesome80s Sports

Portland Breakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Searching for a home, Canizaro was particularly intrigued when he visited Portland. It was a fairly large market with a reasonably adequate facility by USFL standards in 20,323 seat Civic Stadium. Canizaro moved the team there. The team drew an average of 19,919 per game in Portland.

[Side note: What a wonderful thing the internet is, almost any purely factual question can be answered by the simple inquiry "hmmm, I wonder if I can find it on google?]

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

In fact they (Portland) only had a team for one year (1985) that averaged 19K/game (in fairness, the arena only held 20K max). The were 7th out of 14 in terms of total attendance behind (among others) Birmingham, Orlando, and Memphis.

Thank you google:

USFL Attendance: Awesome80s Sports

Portland Breakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


[Side note: What a wonderful thing the internet is, almost any purely factual question can be answered by the simple inquiry "hmmm, I wonder if I can find it on google?]

So if their stadium held 20k and they got 19k a game, doesn't that seem like a good loyal fanbase?

On a side note, putting a team in Portland also could develop a rivalry with Seattle if you put them in the NFC West. To me it just makes the most sense, even though it probably would not happen.