PGE Park
Location	1844 SW Morrison Portland, Oregon 97205
Broke ground	1925
Opened	1926
Renovated	2001
Owner	City of Portland
Operator	Beavers PCL Baseball, LLC
Surface	NeXturf
Construction cost	$502,000 USD
Architect	A.E. Doyle
Former names
Multnomah Stadium Civic Stadium
Tenants
Portland Beavers (PCL) Portland Timbers (USL First Division) Portland Timbers (NASL) 1975-1982 Portland Storm (WFL) 1974 Portland Thunder (WFL) 1975 Portland Breakers (USFL) 1985 Portland State University Vikings (NCAA)
Seats
23,136 (concerts) 19,566 (baseball, soccer)

PGE Park (formerly Civic Stadium, a name still used by locals; originally Multnomah Stadium) is a stadium located in Portland, Oregon. It opened in 1926, and underwent a major renovation in 2001. Image File history File linksMetadata Pgepark. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Mayor Tom Potter Area    - City 376. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Mayor Tom Potter Area    - City 376. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... Albert Ernest Doyle (1877-1928) was a prolific architect in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. ... League Pacific Coast League Division Pacific Conference, Northern Division Year founded 1903 Major League affiliation San Diego Padres Home ballpark PGE Park Previous home ballparks City Portland, Oregon Current uniform colors black, red, gold Previous uniform colors Logo design Script P on cap; winking beaver wearing Portland cap, alternate Division... The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. ... The Portland Timbers are Portland, Oregons entry in the USL First Division, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... The Portland Timbers are Portland, Oregons entry in the USL First Division, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States. ... North American Soccer League or (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Portland Storm were an American football team based out of Portland, Oregon, playing in the World Football League. ... WFL logo The World Football League was an American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Portland Storm were an American football team based out of Portland, Oregon, playing in the World Football League. ... WFL logo The World Football League was an American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Portland Breakers were a professional American Football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid 1980s. ... The United States Football League was a professional American football league that played three seasons between 1983 and 1985. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portland State University Portland State University (or PSU) is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Mayor Tom Potter Area    - City 376. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

Description

PGE Park is an outdoor, multipurpose stadium which can be configured for baseball, soccer and American football. The playing surface is NeXturf. The stadium consists of a covered grandstand from foul pole to foul pole, with the length of the football field aligned along the right field foul line. Stands have also stood in both left and right fields from time to time. PGE Park seats 23,136 for concerts, 19,566 for baseball and soccer. ^[1] A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

The Multnomah Athletic Club, an exclusive athletic club in downtown Portland, stands next door; the windows of the north side of the club's building overlook the field. A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and have varied sports departments in several sports at a same time, working under the same umbrella organization. ...

The stadium is now owned by the City of Portland, and is managed by Beavers PCL Baseball, LLC; the entity which owns the Portland Beavers. The stadium was renamed for Portland General Electric, which bought the naming rights. League Pacific Coast League Division Pacific Conference, Northern Division Year founded 1903 Major League affiliation San Diego Padres Home ballpark PGE Park Previous home ballparks City Portland, Oregon Current uniform colors black, red, gold Previous uniform colors Logo design Script P on cap; winking beaver wearing Portland cap, alternate Division... Portland General Electric (PGE) is an investor-owned electrical utility that distributes electricity to customers in parts of Portland, Oregon, as well as parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties - half of the inhabitants of Oregon. ... Naming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. ...

The Interstate 405 freeway in Portland is known locally as the Stadium Freeway due to its proximity to the stadium. ROUTE JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-5 Mile 0 OR-10 Mile 0 OR-99W Mile 0 US-26 1D I-505 3 US-30 3 Mile 3. ...

Tenants and major events

Principal current tenants include the Portland Beavers minor-league baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (there have been three different teams to bear that name; all of which played in PGE Park), the Portland Timbers, a USL First Division soccer team (and prior teams to bear that name), and the Portland State University Vikings American football team. The stadium also is one of three stadiums that host the high school state football championships (OSU's Reser Stadium and UO's Autzen Stadium are the other two). League Pacific Coast League Division Pacific Conference, Northern Division Year founded 1903 Major League affiliation San Diego Padres Home ballpark PGE Park Previous home ballparks City Portland, Oregon Current uniform colors black, red, gold Previous uniform colors Logo design Script P on cap; winking beaver wearing Portland cap, alternate Division... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. ... The Portland Timbers are Portland, Oregons entry in the USL First Division, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Portland State University Portland State University (or PSU) is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Reser Stadium is a sports facility in Corvallis, Oregon owned and operated by Oregon State University. ... Autzen Stadium is a sports facility owned and operated by the University of Oregon Athletic Department. ...

In addition to its current and prior tenants, the stadium has hosted several other noteworthy events. PGE park was the site of four group matches in the 1999 Women's World Cup and hosted two group matches, two quarterfinals, and both semifinals in the 2003 Women's World Cup. The stadium also hosted an exhibition match of Australian rules football in 1990. The FIFA Womens World Cup 1999 was held in the United States and won by the host team. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup 2003 was held in the United States and won by Germany. ... Australian rules football has been introduced to a wide range of places around Australia and the world since the codes inception in 1848. ... The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy... This article is about the year. ...

History

The stadium was originally built by the Multnomah Athletic Club in 1926 -- though playing fields and earlier stadiums had stood on the site since 1893. The stadium was a popular site for greyhound racing during the Great Depression. In the 1950s, the Portland Beavers moved to the stadium after their original field, Vaughn Street Park, was condemned. Up into the early 1960s, the stadium hosted some collegiate games for Oregon and Oregon State football. Typically the schools would play their games versus University of Southern California, University of Washington and some other larger programs during this period because the on-campus facilities were inadequate. Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Photo finish of a greyhound race in Tampa, Florida, USA on February 9, 1939. ... The Great Depression was an economic downturn which started in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. ... League Pacific Coast League Division Pacific Conference, Northern Division Year founded 1903 Major League affiliation San Diego Padres Home ballpark PGE Park Previous home ballparks City Portland, Oregon Current uniform colors black, red, gold Previous uniform colors Logo design Script P on cap; winking beaver wearing Portland cap, alternate Division... Recreation Park, more commonly known as Vaughn Street Park or Vaughn Street Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Portland, Oregon. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal[1]), located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA, was founded in 1880, making it Californias oldest private research university. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ...

The stadium hosted single-A baseball during two periods when AAA baseball left the city; from 1972 to 1978 it hosted the Portland Mavericks, and 1994 to 2000, the Portland Rockies. The stadium hosted the old Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League from 1975 through 1982, and the USFL's Portland Breakers, as well as the Portland Storm and Portland Thunder of the WFL. The Portland Mavericks were a minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon, USA. They were a Class A team in the Northwest League from 1973 to 1977. ... The Portland Rockies were a minor-league baseball team that played in Portland, Oregon from 1994-2000. ... North American Soccer League or (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. ... The United States Football League was a professional American football league that played three seasons between 1983 and 1985, in the process presenting the rival National Football League with its greatest competitor since the 1960s version of the American Football League. ... The Portland Breakers were a professional American Football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid 1980s. ... The Portland Storm were an American football team based out of Portland, Oregon, playing in the World Football League. ... The Portland Storm were an American football team based out of Portland, Oregon, playing in the World Football League. ... The World Football League was an American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. ...

On May 27, 1991, the stadium got some national attention when Vancouver Canadians outfielder Rodney McCray, while attempting to catch a fly ball, literally crashed through a wooden advertising behind the warning track. While McCray failed to make the out, he only suffered scrapes and bruises in the incident, and remained in the game. Highlight reels of that play ran for weeks on cable channels such as CNN and ESPN. On August 12, 2006, the Beavers commemorated the event with a Rodney McCray Bobblehead Night, passing out bobbleheads of McCray to fans and renaming right-center field "McCray Alley".^[2] May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... League Northwest League Division Western Year founded 2000 Major League affiliation Oakland Athletics Home ballpark Nat Bailey Stadium Previous home ballparks City Vancouver, British Columbia Current uniform colors Red, White, and Blue Previous uniform colors Logo design A block C or script V Division titles 2 (2004,2005) League titles... Rodney McCray was a Minor League baseball player who played for the Vancouver Canadians of the Pacific Coast League. ... The bottom of the picture shows part of the outfield warning track at AT&T Park. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... ESPN (an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A bobblehead doll is a type of collectible doll. ...

PGE Park playing surface

A $38.5 million renovation took place in 2001, adding new luxury suites and club seats that replaced the seats behind home plate and upgrading the seating and concourse area. The renovation also improved the structural soundness of the facility, and included a state-of-the-art sound system. The renovation also includes some retro-features, such as a manually-operated baseball scoreboard. At that point, the stadium was renamed, with PGE buying naming rights. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 419 KB) Summary PGE Park Playing Surface Photo by David Piper Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: PGE Park Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 419 KB) Summary PGE Park Playing Surface Photo by David Piper Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: PGE Park Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... This article is about the year 2001. ... Portland General Electric (PGE) is an investor-owned electrical utility that distributes electricity to customers in parts of Portland, Oregon, as well as parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties - half of the inhabitants of Oregon. ...

Future

It has been suggested that PGE Park might serve a major-league baseball team, should one move to Portland; the baseball field meets major-league specifications, though the seating capacity is smaller than other major-league ballparks. It is more likely that the stadium would serve as a temporary home while a new stadium would be constructed, although plans to add an upper deck to PGE Park have been considered. A more viable tenant for PGE Park might be a Major League Soccer club. Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.pgepark.com/ PGE Park: Official website
2. ^ http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1155353118120820.xml&coll=7 Rachel Bachman. "An effort at de-fence worth remembering" The Oregonian, August 12 2006

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