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So I recently noticed that the Portland rally has been upgraded..... (Original Post) n8dogg83 Aug 2015 OP
Is this info on Bernie's site? Do you have a link, if not? sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #1
It's on the Oregon for Bernie Facebook page, but not updated anywhere else yet oregonjen Aug 2015 #2
Okay, thank you, it looks like it has been moved to the Moda Center which sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #7
i noticed it on twitter, and Daily Kos has a tweet posted on its "Bernie News Roundup" post... n8dogg83 Aug 2015 #3
Facebook page - djean111 Aug 2015 #4
Good aspirant Aug 2015 #5
We live in hope. merrily Aug 2015 #36
Bernie's Portland OR event moved to Moda Center, 20,000 capacity (PICTURE) 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #6
Fill it Up! The Bernie Rule continues n2doc Aug 2015 #8
...... daleanime Aug 2015 #10
Somebody has to beat us crackers in Arizona at 11,000+. GO PORTLAND!!!!!! OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2015 #9
The Bern is now BLAZIN' in Portland!!!! cascadiance Aug 2015 #11
aha I see what you did there! frylock Aug 2015 #22
easier to get to via public transportation... grasswire Aug 2015 #12
If we're talking about the same Sunday 8/9 rally... americannightmare Aug 2015 #15
what's next, Providence Park? grasswire Aug 2015 #13
That only buys an additional 2k and is on the other side of the river... cascadiance Aug 2015 #16
Remember, this would be equivalent to Obama in 2007, not 2008. HuckleB Aug 2015 #29
I was thinking that perhaps he could get that kind of crowd later next year too... cascadiance Aug 2015 #35
Except that I think Obama was the anointed one in 2007. Bernie is not. merrily Aug 2015 #37
Providence Park has a "Thorns" soccer game at the same time Punx Aug 2015 #21
The Bite of Oregon is in Waterfront Park. HuckleB Aug 2015 #26
man i can't wait until he comes to Chicago!!! nt. n8dogg83 Aug 2015 #14
Cool! I just texted my son who lives in Portland. SheilaT Aug 2015 #17
Next step would be rent the Colesium too and pipe it to the overflow. L. Coyote Aug 2015 #18
Waterfront Park is booked for The Bite of Oregon. HuckleB Aug 2015 #25
Lots of those folks will go over for the speech too. A big crowd already in the city a + L. Coyote Aug 2015 #31
Maybe, but the place would be booked, regardless. HuckleB Aug 2015 #32
Getting bigger and bigger! Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2015 #19
I might go ... Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #20
This makes me wonder about Bernie's organization. HuckleB Aug 2015 #23
The thing is, there are always a boatload of events going on every summer weekend in PDX, Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #27
Flugtag was a cluster you know what. HuckleB Aug 2015 #30
Portland 2008 was when I knew Barack Obama would be our next President! n/t Cracklin Charlie Aug 2015 #24
I think that's when Obama might have known, too! Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #28
It wasn't the color of the crowd that caught me... Cracklin Charlie Aug 2015 #33
To be fair, Democrats had already come up with the name "Romneycare." merrily Aug 2015 #38
I found this at a Seattle for Bernie Sanders facebook page: Zorra Aug 2015 #34
It's hard to underestimate people. merrily Aug 2015 #39
Seattle does have three events artislife Aug 2015 #40

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
7. Okay, thank you, it looks like it has been moved to the Moda Center which
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 11:07 AM
Aug 2015

holds 20,000 people.

A lot of excitement from 15 NOW PDX, the movement to raise the min. wage to $15. Looks like they are putting on the ballot in Ore and are very excited about Bernie's visit, who supports that raise in the min wage.

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Thanks for the info! Very exciting!

n8dogg83

(248 posts)
3. i noticed it on twitter, and Daily Kos has a tweet posted on its "Bernie News Roundup" post...
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 10:53 AM
Aug 2015

for today.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
36. We live in hope.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 03:48 PM
Aug 2015

I am so thrilled that Bernie is drawing crowds. The more Americans hear what he has to say, the better. There will be no unringing that bell.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
8. Fill it Up! The Bernie Rule continues
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 11:17 AM
Aug 2015

When Bernie comes to town, find the biggest venue for him you can and Pray it is big enough!

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
11. The Bern is now BLAZIN' in Portland!!!!
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 11:43 AM
Aug 2015

I know organizers were talking heavily on this on Tuesday, and it looks like they have what they need to make it happen!

Bernie is now bernin' where the Blazers come to play! He's on fire!!!

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
12. easier to get to via public transportation...
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 11:45 AM
Aug 2015

....MAX light rail stops right across the street.

I don't like the Moda Center very well, but sure will appreciate the larger crowd it will hold!

americannightmare

(322 posts)
15. If we're talking about the same Sunday 8/9 rally...
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 12:10 PM
Aug 2015

my RSVP says it was to be held at Memorial Coliseum, which is a couple of hundred feet from the Moda Center...and if the Eastside street car was running, one can take Max or the Streetcar to the Rose Quarter, where both arenas are easy walking distance from either form of transit...

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
16. That only buys an additional 2k and is on the other side of the river...
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 12:32 PM
Aug 2015

I think that the logistics would be a lot harder to shift at this point and not buy as much additional crowd there. With the Moda Center right next door to the first venue, the logistics of switching to get a lot bigger capacity was worth that move. And the crowd would have to shift gears a lot with their transportation plans, meal plans, etc. too. Many will probably attend the First Unitarian church Move to Amend lecture by David Cobb right across the river at 2 PM (that got moved from 7 PM to work with Bernie's rally then).

Maybe if Bernie is on the same path that Obama was when he came here in 2008, he could fill the park the way Obama did with 75k people then.

I think 20k at the Moda Center with perhaps even 2k outside like them having 3k waiting outside in Madison Wisconsin when they filled the 10k capacity facility there would be just the message they'd want to send. And they were already planning for ways to handle overflow crowds outside of both current venues here, if we get 22k, that 2k will be taken care of too outside the Moda Center.

But keeping thinking of growing the crowd bigger is a good notion to have!

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
35. I was thinking that perhaps he could get that kind of crowd later next year too...
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 03:37 PM
Aug 2015

... if he came back and was in a very pivotal position in the race then. I think Portland would then come out like they did for Obama then!

But I think for a campaign like Bernie's now, when we would have had him down in L.A. for a debate instead of here in Portland on the 9th like what happened in the 2007 election, that it is important that he gets huge crowds now as much as possible to show the momentum to counteract the corporate media's attempts to downplay his following moreso than they would have done to any candidate back in 2007 (I still believe that insiders knew that Edwards was a short timer, even if he was the candidate with the largest following that was actually speaking substantively then on progressive issues of inequality, etc.)

merrily

(45,251 posts)
37. Except that I think Obama was the anointed one in 2007. Bernie is not.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 03:51 PM
Aug 2015

I know mine is a minority opinion, but it is my opinion nonetheless.

Punx

(446 posts)
21. Providence Park has a "Thorns" soccer game at the same time
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:28 PM
Aug 2015

So that rules it out. Next would be Autzen Stadium in Eugene or Reser's Stadium in Corvallis, or perhaps Waterfront Park.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
26. The Bite of Oregon is in Waterfront Park.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:35 PM
Aug 2015

In fact, the city is filled with events on Sunday, including Bridge Pedal and the Grand Opening for Tillikum Crossing. Sanders' organization should have picked a different day.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
18. Next step would be rent the Colesium too and pipe it to the overflow.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:08 PM
Aug 2015

Arenas don't have the capacity for a large Oregon political event like the Obama campaign, which had to be outdoors on the waterfront.

Obama Draws Estimated Crowd Of 75,000 In Portland (SLIDESHOW)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/18/obama-draws-record-crowd_n_102337.html

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
25. Waterfront Park is booked for The Bite of Oregon.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:33 PM
Aug 2015

Quite frankly, I don't understand why the Sanders campaign thought it was a good idea to have an event in town this Sunday. There is so much going on already. Bridge Pedal, The Bite, the Grand Opening of Tillikum Crossing, a probable sell out Thorns game. I don't get it.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
32. Maybe, but the place would be booked, regardless.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:41 PM
Aug 2015

Adding to traffic jams on one the day when several bridges are closed for half the day was probably not a great strategy, however.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
23. This makes me wonder about Bernie's organization.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:29 PM
Aug 2015

Sunday in Portland includes Bridge Pedal, The Bite, the Grand Opening of Tillikum Crossing, and a near sell out Thorns game. This was not a good day for Bernie to add to the town's plate. How did his planners miss all that?

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
27. The thing is, there are always a boatload of events going on every summer weekend in PDX,
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:36 PM
Aug 2015

so they probably just had to pick a day and go with it. If it's not the Rose Festival it's the Blues Festival or the Brew Fest or some major bike ride closing bridges, etc. For example, last weekend the Flugtag was in town, drawing tens of thousands of people and so much boat traffic they had to shut it down early.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
30. Flugtag was a cluster you know what.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:40 PM
Aug 2015

Saturday would have been far better, however. In fact, every weekend coming up would have been better.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
28. I think that's when Obama might have known, too!
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:37 PM
Aug 2015

There was a lot of talk at that time about "white people won't vote for Obama" and then a vast sea of white people showed up to support him.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
33. It wasn't the color of the crowd that caught me...
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:50 PM
Aug 2015

It was his courage. He put his family on that stage in that sea of people.

I was immediately struck with the impression that this man was not afraid to do big things. I suddenly knew that a time would come when schools, hospitals, bridges, and buildings would be named after him. To make that happen, a person has to do things that affect many large communities of people in a positive manner.

I am not at all surprised that that is exactly how his time in office has turned out; but, I am shocked that the Republicans did so much to help him stamp his name on history (i.e. Obamacare lol, idiots!).

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
34. I found this at a Seattle for Bernie Sanders facebook page:
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 01:54 PM
Aug 2015

Seattle for Bernie Sanders
August 2 at 5:06pm · Edited ·

We've passed the 10K mark, but Portland still has a slight lead so let's get moving! RSVP right now!

Many people have made events pages on Facebook for Bernie's rally on August 8th. This is confusing to a lot of people, that is NOT where we should be RSVP'ing. The official Bernie site needs to see the numbers and they are not being transferred from the Facebook pages. The local Facebook pages are not run by the Bernie Sanders campaign. We're all just local folks and supporters. None of us have any hand in the production of the event. We are not "official". So please, be sure to RSVP on the OFFICIAL Bernie site so they know we're coming! I'll see you guys there!

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
40. Seattle does have three events
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 09:22 PM
Aug 2015

Comet Bar, Westlake Center and then the evening event.

I think the Quest field event places are already booked, if I heard correctly.

My hat is off to Portland! Well done!





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