shane.-@comcast.net
If you were to do it a Memorial Coliseum you would have to build a track that can be taken apart so that other events could happen there. Partnering up with other sports is the way to go like Bravard suggested. With roller derby getting TV coverage and needing the same type of space, you now have three events that can use roughly the same area.
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From: J Bravard <jb24-@yahoo.com>
Another idea that might appeal to Nike is to design an indoor racing track inside the velodrome. 250 meters is the distance of many top notch indoor velodromes. 200 meters is the standard for indoor running tracks, and perhaps it could be designed so that the running track fit inside the velodrome - i.e. an efficient footprint. Proposing both of these at the same location might heighten the appeal to a company that is still more of a running company than a cycling company. (Although I must admit that their new cycling shoes are great.)
Just my 2 cent -
John Bravard
Luciano bailey <ride-@hotmail.com> wrote:
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
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
Reply-To: patrickin-@yahoo.com
To: obra
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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