Luciano bailey

The state of the Art is late the ADT Center will be hard to out do .I still

believe the answer is the Memorial Coliseum any Nike Execs out there or

title people of any sort please step up.







 From: Duncan Calver <duncan-@msn.com>

Reply-To: duncan-@msn.com

To: patrickin-@yahoo.com, ob-@topica.com

Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Indoor Velodrome??

Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:25:16 -0800



A cover for Alpenrose would be cool, but...we should be able to go bigger

than that:





Now, I'm not a trackie, but this issue has been on my brain for a while...



I've been wondering why a big company like Nike (for instance) hasn't

stepped up to build a new state of the art indoor velodrome in an old

warehouse or something DOWNTOWN/Portland proper. Portland is the biggest

cycling town in the US, has a huge contingent of track racers, and our

sport obviously needs to grow and build viewership/coverage. Alpenrose is

great, but hardly anybody who doesn't race knows about it, and that's why

the attendance for spectators is so low (also, they don't allow alcohol on

the premises - generally a big minus for spectators).   A new indoor

velodrome w/liquor license/band venue would be an insanely cool addition to

Portland culture. They've got lots of these in Europe...any thoughts?



D



 From: patrick wilder <patrickin-@yahoo.com>

Reply-To: patrickin-@yahoo.com

To: obra <ob-@topica.com>

Subject: [OBRA Chat] Indoor Velodrome??

Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:33:46 -0800 (PST)



         I'm sure this topic has come up before but I'm wondering what the

logistics of having an Indoor track would be. Seems like with all this

rain we'd get tons of people riding in the winter.



   Could some sort of cover be built over the current track? Sort of like

those big structures you see on HW 30 by the train yards.



   Granted this is coming from a guy who has NEVER rode the current track.

   I think I'd be more inclined when the weather gets bad.



   Ideas, feedback???







~Patrick

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