PDX Index: Blazers Bust?

By Ramona DeNies

Illustration: Kate Madden

$66M
TOTAL SALARIES
Portland Trail Blazers players will not receive if the National Basketball Association’s labor lockout* continues throughout the 2011–12 season

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2
Number of current Blazers who have SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH OVERSEAS TEAMS for the lockout’s duration (Nicolas Batum in France; Patty Mills in Australia)

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7,000
Average number of BLAZERS FANS WHO RIDE THE MAX to games at the Rose Garden

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15
Percentage of Blazers season-ticket holders who RESIDE OUT OF STATE, primarily in Washington

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$4M
The City of Portland’s projected (and potentially lost) 2011–12 INCOME from game-day parking fees and ticket taxes

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4
Number of ROOKIE BLAZER DANCERS awaiting their home debut

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110
Estimated NUMBER OF NIGHTS (counting preseason and postseason games) that televised Blazers games are the main business driver at Lloyd District sports bar Spirit of ’77

*As of press time, the league’s owners and players had not yet agreed on revenue splits and other matters, imperiling the season’s scheduled November 1 start.

Published: November 2011