With the NBA at odds with its players, a prolonged lockout could negatively affect some Portland businesses.
With the NBA at odds with its players, a prolonged lockout could negatively affect some Portland businesses.
Arena ticket sellers, vendors and parking attendants could lose jobs along with Blazers front office staff. In addition, the city of Portland’s 6 percent take of ticket and parking revenue from Blazers games – $3.65 million last season – would disappear.
Spirit of ’77 manager [Timothy] Davey says no business in town would be more affected by a prolonged NBA lockout than his. “If it gets to the point where there’s not an NBA season, it will have a dramatic effect on the vitality and future of Spirit of ’77,” Davey says.
Read more at The Portland Tribune.
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