On Sunday, January 17, JumpTown project manager J. Isaac, the Trail Blazers Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, was a guest on Sports Business Radio. Host Brian Berger commended Isaac and the Trail Blazers for our community engagement throughout the process.
Isaac and Berger discussed the Trail Blazers development plans in great detail, including specifics about the concept for the Memorial Coliseum. You can listen here.
Isaac discussed plans to draw non-event activity to the Coliseum, the planned new amenities, and needed capital improvements to the facility. He also talked about the overall JumpTown plan to connect the Rose Quarter to existing neighborhoods, Nike’s possible involvement, hotel plans, development rights and a possible timetable for the project.
Related: Sports Business Radio and the Warsaw Center at the University of Oregon are teaming up to create a Sports Executive Speaker Series. The first event will feature Portland Trail Blazers President Larry Miller. The breakfast event will take place on Thursday, February 18th from 7:00am – 9:00am. Tickets are now available here.
