Mike Murray

It is the program not the facility that attracts riders and events. The
most active programs in the country are not on the best velodromes. In
fact, I think the reverse is probably true.

Mike Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of joe cipale
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:01 PM
To: Gregory Leblanc
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Velodrome

I know that.. .you know that... I meant a larger velodrome, ala what can be
found in LA for the Olympics. ut I know what Jeff is referring to. Why build

a smal velodrome that will only atrract local events when an Olympic size
venue will see more usage with (possible) events like Six-Day events drawing

international fields. It was a complete brain fart on my part.

Joe

On Tuesday 07 July 2009 19:22, you wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:05 PM, joe cipale wrote:
> > I agree with Jeff here.
> >
> > If we are going to put in a velodrome, then lets make it a Metric drome.
> > This can be done in place of the 200M drome. The world runs on the
metric
> > system. It is time the US joined the 21st century in this regard.
>
> Uhm, maybe I'm missing something here, but last time I checked, 200
> METERS was a METRIC distance. OTOH, I have no idea what is meant by a
> "World Cup distance". I personally don't expect funding for this
> thing to happen, but ANY indoor velodrome in Portland would almost
> certainly have plenty of use and community support, assuming that fees
> could be reasonable. McMenamins on site might generate some revenue,
> and provide some entertainment while you're eating dinner, or enjoying
> a tasty brew.
> Greg
>
> > On Tuesday 07 July 2009 18:54, Jeff Standish wrote:
> >> If we can't be World Cup distance, don't do it.  Seems to me that we in
> >> Portland only want things for free.  Why don't we dream big on
occasion.
> >> Seems to me that you get what you pay for.
>
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