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PDX Index: Blazers Bust?

Author: Ramona DeNies

October 14, 2011

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$66M TOTAL SALARIES Portland Trail Blazers players will not receive if the National Basketball Association’s labor lockout* continues throughout the 2011–12 season Image: Kate Madden	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) Image: Kate Madden
7,000 Average number of BLAZERS FANS WHO RIDE THE MAX to games at the Rose Garden Image: Kate Madden	15 Percentage of Blazers season-ticket holders who RESIDE OUT OF STATE, primarily in Washington Image: Kate Madden
$4M The City of Portland’s projected (and potentially lost) 2011–12 INCOME from game-day parking fees and ticket taxes Image: Kate Madden	4 Number of ROOKIE BLAZER DANCERS awaiting their home debut Image: Kate Madden
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 Image: Kate Madden

*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 in the Best Restaurants issue of Portland Monthly.

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Ramona is the travel and research editor at Portland Monthly magazine. A resident since 2001, she adores Portland's urban nature, activism, and eastside dives.