They let it happen because they probably have a cut in the concessions business and DEFINITELY need people like the dark lord to pay for their elections.

Silly Jack, only sissy's drink water. Timberland is all about BEER!

You are all looking at this wrong. This is a victory for Peter Apanel. They've finally listened to him after all this time and reduced the number of drinking fountains so that patrons won't have to use the bathrooms as much.

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Nice job, guys. It's finally paying off for you.

Here's another question.

Who paid for the free, all-day, Tri-Met passes given to every season ticket holder for each match this season?

At just under $5 per ticket, for roughly 12,500 season ticket holders, and roughly 20 matches, that works out to well over $1 million.

Did the Timbers pay? Did Tri-Met?

Good question... anyone care to hazard a guess?

It's factored in to the cost of the ticket.

Only two drinking fountains? I wonder if they have sufficient sprinkler heads and fire protection? HA! Fireman Randy would make sure of that!

(Wanna' see something really scary? Go to your local Target store. Go the the only entrance and obvious exit -- the big one in front. Now look at the huge pile of shopping carts and barriers blocking the middle doors. Now look above those doors that you can't get to and see the official signs stating "These door to remain unlocked during business hours." Try to get an explanation from the fire bureau and you won't get a big red "U" attached to your business, you'll get disappeared like the big purple octopus that lived above the Greek Cuisina.)

There's a difference between "unlocked" and "unblocked". Who gives a damn if the door is blocked...as long as it isn't locked!

In response to Roger, let me point out that a parking study commissioned by the Timbers, and completed in January, 2010, showed that 62% of all fans arrived via private automobiles. Only 28% took public transportation, and the rest either walked or biked.

So, if those numbers have held up for season ticket holders in 2011, then you're looking at over $700,000 in all-day, all-zone, Tri-Met passes for season ticket holders going to waste, assuming those passes would only be good on the day of a Timbers match.

So, what are the facts? Can season ticket holders use those passes on non-match days? Were those passes sold to the Timbers at a discount, or did Tri-Met donate them to the Timbers?

If you look around for bike racks you will find 3 old ones. How many stalls would be required in a new venue? I though we were a bike friendly town. Not so?

In response to Pdxjim, that parking study for the Timbers showed that 3% of all fans arrive via bicycle.

So, with 18,627 so far being the announced attendance at all of this year's matches, that means there would be roughly 558 people arriving via bicycle.

Answering one of Peter's questions that I know the answer to: The TriMet tickets are marked for day-of-game only.

Speculating on one of Peter's questions that I don't know the answer to: They put a block-long chain of bike racks on Morrison during game days. I haven't the time nor interest to count, but something between 300 and 500 bicyclists doesn't seem out of line.