| Subject: | Indoor Velodrome?? |
| Date: | 01/29/2006 04:52 PM |
| From: | Steve Brown |
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As someone with a little experience in looking at business plans for new ventures and a little exposure to Velodromes, Mike Murray's comments are very right on. A reasonable swag would be a $3-$5 million gift plus an endowment to make up annual operating deficiencies. It would have to be a single use building with few if any other potential uses. Nike will not spend the money nor will Adidas. ADT center is part of a huge complex Home Depot built. To get what everyone wants it will have to be Portland Parks or THPRD (Tualatin Hills Park). The only other long shot is just as wishful and that is being part of deal when the next Indian Casino is built in the metro area. Think of Alpenrose and a sin tax combined. Maybe it could be part of the new OHSU tram. So if anyone has any connections with the folks at the Park Departments, ask if they will be build it. Steve Brown On Jan 28, 2006, at 9:41 PM, mike.m-@obra.org wrote: I have been trying to keep quiet on this subject but find I can't. There are several reasons why we don't have a indoor velodrome but the biggest one is that there are no indoor velodromes in the world that actually cover their operating expenses. In the US few outdoor velodromes cover expenses. If anyone wants any more particulars, cost estimates, revenue projections, etc. send me a note. Mike Murray To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com. To respond to the list manager send to cmur-@obra.org To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com Steve Brown Steve Brown Company Inc. 6435 SW Parkhill Drive Portland, Oregon 97239 503.293.1683 503.293.6009f 503.781.3631c sbr-@stevebrowncompany.com |
