–2/24/10 – KATU coverage – http://bit.ly/aAhe9A
“. . .it’s interesting that the advisory committee decided to send on both Jumptown and the MARC, which is pitching itself as the opposite of the Blazers’ plan.” –2/24/10 – Portland Mercury – http://bit.ly/b5RvIr
“Developer Doug Obletz said his plan for the MARC, a 200,000-square-foot community recreation facility with a 6,500-seat arena, will [...]
These are the posts from February 2010
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARIZES THE KEY MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MARC THROUGH 2/1/10:
“. . . amid the concept selling, handshakes, cookie munching and tea drinking, the dominant belief among architects, designers and others Tuesday was that there are two horses in this derby: the concepts proposed by the Portland Trail Blazers organization and those proposed by developer Doug [...]
“To no one’s surprise, the three [selected for the next phase] include the Trail Blazers’ plan for a JumpTown entertainment district and developer Doug Obletz’s proposal for a community athletic center. The third is the Veterans Memorial Arts and Athletic Center, which would carve up Memorial Coliseum for use by arts groups, nonprofits, as well [...]
The Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting will be held at 5:00 today at PDC. Could this be the last chance for the MARC to out muscle the Blazers’ JumpTown plan?
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““The Blazers continue to hold the trump cards in the process,” says Doug Obletz, developer of a competing Memorial Athletic Recreation Center idea that would feature community swimming pools, a 6,500-seat arena and other facilities.”
–Willamette Week, 2/17/10 – http://bit.ly/c6F5xT
February 10, 2010
The proceedings of last night’s Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) Meeting revealed just how relevant the MARC proposal has become in the discussion of the future of the Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Quarter. First, city staff revealed that the MARC received the greatest number of 1st, 2nd or 3rd place votes [...]
On February 2nd, the Board of the Evergreen Curling Club (ECC) voted to endorse the MARC. ECC plans to notify its members of the Board’s action and will publicly promote the MARC proposal.
ECC’s support for the MARC is based on the consistency of the MARC with ECC’s mission and the fact that the MARC will [...]
“Another frontrunner is developer Doug Obletz’s idea to turn Memorial Coliseum into a massive public sports facility called the Memorial Athletic and Recreation Center (MARC). ”Can any of these ideas compete with Paul Allen’s deep pockets, the Blazers’ media machine, and their legal lock on the Rose Quarter? This is an uphill battle,” says Obletz. That doesn’t [...]
“. . . amid the concept selling, handshakes, cookie munching and tea drinking, the dominant belief among architects, designers and others Tuesday was that there are two horses in this derby: the concepts proposed by the Portland Trail Blazers organization and those proposed by developer Doug Obletz.”
“Obletz and others made a valid point previously, namely that the [...]