The Pabst Rose Garden?
The Trail Blazers say they are looking to sell the naming rights to the Rose Garden arena. They're hoping the sale will bring in mega-dough. The last time a big deal like this went down, Jeld-Wen windows bought the name to Little Lord Paulson's soccer palace. Then they got in financial trouble and left the state. That's not a great omen for the Rose Garden.
Who would want their name on the pro basketball house in Portlandia? Someone whose products are in heavy usage among our "creative class," perhaps. But what would that be?
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Comments (27)
"That's not a great omen for the Rose Garden."
Au contraire - Can you say the Smith & Wesson Rose Garden?
As a token, Vestas may want to name a drinking lounge inside.
Posted by Steve | January 14, 2013 2:58 PM
Zig Zag rolling papers?
Posted by TheOtherDave | January 14, 2013 2:59 PM
It will be Comcast, although I would like to see proposals from Dave's Killer Bread and Bob's Red Mill thrown into the mix.
Posted by Bean | January 14, 2013 3:04 PM
Why not Wieden + Kennedy?
Posted by Dave J. | January 14, 2013 3:40 PM
The City of Portland Water Bureau Rose Garden
Posted by Cesky | January 14, 2013 3:56 PM
How about the Big Time Developers Condo Garden? Or the Tri Met Where the Damn Train Garden? Or the Suburu/Hummas Plate Memorial Green Garden?
Posted by GEORGE | January 14, 2013 4:13 PM
Hmmmmm. Products used heavily in Portland...
A manufacturer of tattoo ink?
The Third Eye on Hawthorne?
Definitely not deodorant.
Posted by Larry Legend | January 14, 2013 4:13 PM
I'm pretty certain Jeld-Wen is still in Oregon, so not 100% certain what this post means.
Posted by Leah Greenwood | January 14, 2013 4:57 PM
Headquarters is moving to the East Coast.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 14, 2013 5:00 PM
"Just Do It Arena" with Nike moving to PoDunk would fit. That would cover about everything that goes on around there.
Posted by lw | January 14, 2013 5:02 PM
Vantucky South Bowl.
Posted by JFree | January 14, 2013 5:41 PM
The United Streetcar Fieldhouse....
Posted by Hank the Tank | January 14, 2013 6:51 PM
Waste Management Arena. They'd clean up.
Posted by NW Portlander | January 14, 2013 7:11 PM
Paul Allen might want to talk to the people at Microsoft. Its Seattle money that owns the Trailblazers...might as well be Seattle money paying for naming rights for the Venue
Posted by oregonoak | January 14, 2013 7:29 PM
The Stars Cabaret Rose Garden.
Just because we have some many of "those" types of establishments...
Posted by Patrick | January 14, 2013 8:22 PM
Yes Patrick, the Stars Cabaret Rose Garden. The Blazer dancers would fill the place.
Posted by B.P. Red | January 14, 2013 8:45 PM
City of Portland Sustainability Center. Except this one already exists and is already LEED-something-a-rather-certified.
Posted by Erik H. | January 14, 2013 8:54 PM
The Gerding Edlen Garden has a nice ring to it.
Posted by reader | January 14, 2013 9:14 PM
With an estimated worth of $14.2 BILLION, the 48th richest person in the whole world (2012) managed to get the City of Portland, a.k.a. you and me, to pungle up $34 million for the Rose Garden construction, plus donation of all the underlying land. Part of the return on that giveaway was supposed to be a vibrant entertainment district rising on and near arena grounds. We're still waiting for that, 18 years after Rosie opened.
So with that as background, let's not lose the opportunity to place a name appropiately reflective of this noble civic boondogle. Garden of the Gullibles? Rip City Ripoff? Arrogant Allen's Place? The Paul Punked Us Pit?
Posted by B. Mused | January 14, 2013 11:47 PM
As sports stadium deals go, that wasn't too bad. Compare what we gave the Paulsons, also filthy rich and crooks to boot, for even less benefit. At least with Allen, we locked up the NBA franchise for decades.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 15, 2013 3:27 AM
"Gerding Edlen Garden has a nice ring"
Would cost us too much.
Posted by Steve | January 15, 2013 7:25 AM
How about "Livestrong Stadium"? It fits in with the less than genuine bike culture here. Kind of a dopey idea, but you would never have to admit it.
Posted by gibby | January 15, 2013 8:41 AM
Dutch Bros.?
Posted by Sam T. | January 15, 2013 9:53 AM
For your consideration:
I Never Promised You a
___Rose Garden___
Posted by oregbear | January 15, 2013 10:20 AM
Oregbear, is that like "I Never Promised You a Championship"?
Posted by Lee | January 15, 2013 11:00 AM
We should be honest with ourselves about the "industry" with the most cache in this state - just call it the Public Employee Recreation Stadium (or the "PERS Center" for short).
Maybe we can pay for the naming rights by revenues from a new tax on public sector union dues.
Posted by PanchoPDX | January 15, 2013 1:49 PM
Leave it alone . . . the Rose Garden is just fine as was the Civic Stadium as was the Civic Auditorium.
Posted by tessa | January 17, 2013 7:45 PM