john schmidt

Yeah you would think that city of portland might even help out. I mean

they are trying to get a baseball team? From what I have read, back

before WW2, professional baseball didn't really even compete in

popularity to a good six day race It wasn't until congress (senators

owned baseball teams) outlawed all professional sport except baseball,

that baseball became popular. (but the writer may have been biased..)



Wouldn't it be the first covered drome in US?

Also commutting and recreational cycling has exploded in portland, right

?   Weren't there 10,000 bike trips across the downtown bridges every

day in the summer ? Thats a lot of people on bicycles and therefore a

lot of fans ? And As gas prices go up and as more people see cycling as

an attainable transportation option, more people will be riding.



PIR / expo center are on the max line too. (although I have to admit I

don't necessarily enjoy riding the max, its kind of slow...).



We have direct flights from Europe.. Light rail from the airport.

Logistics would be pretty easy for riders coming over.



The issue if things cost too much than its harder to keep grassroots

stuff going, which is what you would want to base a new velodrome or

covering alpenrose on.





Patrick wilder wrote:

          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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