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Should Portlanders Pay Hundreds of Millions for a Refurbished Moda Center? City Councilors Say โ€œNot So Fastโ€

With local budget cuts looming and Trail Blazers ownership committing to stay in Portland, some city leaders arenโ€™t ready to pull out the checkbook.

On the heels of an intense lobbying campaign by the Portland Trail Blazers, the Oregon Legislature last month passed a $365 million funding package to renovate the Moda Center contingent on the Blazers remaining in Portland under new majority owner Tom Dundon. State leaders trumpeted the passage of the funding package as an economic boon […]

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