Rose Quarter Blog

Dew Tour makes its return to Portland August 12-15. To help celebrate, the Rose Quarter is having a contest; we want videos and photos of local skaters and BMX riders. Send us your original photos or videos for a chance to win tickets to the Wendy’s Invitational, a Dew Tour Prize Pack, Meet and Greet, and have your images featured on the Rose Quarter social media sites.

There are two separate categories for this contest. There will be a winner for photos and a winner for videos. Submissions are due by 11:59pm Sunday, August 8 and winners will be announced Monday, August 9.

To enter, send your photos or videos to rosequarterpdx@gmail.com

Today at 5:30p the Weigh In for Strikeforce Challengers in The Game, which is across the commons from the Rose Garden Arena!

All fighters who will compete in the STRIKEFORCE Challengers mixed martial arts (MMA) event this Friday, May 21, at Rose Garden in Portland, Ore., will weigh in the day before, Thursday, May 20 at The Game at the Rose Quarter near Rose Garden.  The weigh in is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, free of charge.

Oregon’s own middleweight (185 pounds) MMA superstar and former Olympic wrestling silver medalist Matt “The Law” Lindland (21-7), who recently ran for the state’s House of Representatives seat, will return to the cage to face Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert and former Rickson Gracie protégé “King” Kevin Casey (3-1) in the main event.

Tickets for Friday’s Strikeforce Event are on sale now at the Rose Quarter Box Office, all participating Safeway/ TicketsWest outlets, or by calling 877.789.ROSE (7673), as well as online at ComcastTIX.com and STRIKEFORCE’s official website (www.strikeforce.com). Rose Garden doors will open at 5:15 p.m.  The first preliminary card bout will begin at 6 p.m. and the first main card bout will begin at 8 p.m.

-RQ

The Eagles concert scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to an illness. Rescheduled date TBD. Tickets for 5/17 concert will be honored at the rescheduled date.

STRIKEFORCE Challengers takes the mat on Friday at 8:00pm (pre-lims at 6pm) with weigh-ins on Thursday. Time TBD. Come out and see Portland native Matt Linland take on Kevin Casey! Tickets are priced at $65, $35 & $25.

Tim McGraw with special guests Lady Antebellum and Love And Theft come to the Rose Garden on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are priced at $65.75 & $49.75.

Tickets can be purchased the Rose Quarter Box Office (M-F 10a-5p), all participating Safeway/ TicketsWest outlets, by calling 877.789.ROSE (7673), or at ComcastTIX.com. Prices do not include service charges.

It will be an exciting week at the Rose Quarter. We hope to see you here!

Strikeforce will come to the Rose Garden on May 21 headlined by a main event including Portland native Matt Linland!

Are you coming? With tickets as low as $25 Strikeforce at the Rose Garden is a must see. The full fight card has not been released but for the most recent information on fighters for Strikeforce in Portland stay tuned here to RoseQuarterBlog.com!

Final Score and Results:

USA 101, World 97

World- Enes Kanter 34 points and 13 rebounds

USA- Harrison Barnes 27 points and 7 rebounds

* Nike Hoop Summit 2010 was a game of runs with USA taking the early lead only to lose that lead in the third quarter. When it was all said and done team USA came out on top thanks to 27 points from Harrison Barnes and 22 points from Jared Sullinger. Jefferson High School star Terrence Jones finished with 15 points and 4 rebounds.

Check out how the game got underway:
Nike Hoop Summit 2010

Harrison Barnes- Ames High School- Ames, Iowa
6-8, 210 lbs Guard

Barnes has signed a letter of intent to play college basketball for the University of North carolina Tar Heels in 2010-2011.

Highlights:
- As a senior Barnes averaged 26.1 points, 10 rebounds, 3.6 steals and 1.2 blocks, leading Ames to their second consecutive 4A state title with a 27-0 record.
- Barnes was named the 2010 Morgan Wooten Player of the Year as well as Mr. Basketball this year by the Iowa Newspaper Association.
- Barnes who was also a Mcdonald’s All-American this year pushed the West team to a victory while contributing 18 points and 5 rebounds.

Right here at the Rose Quarter Blog you can get the most up to date information regarding today’s Nike Hoop Summit game which is set to tip in less than 30 minutes. Tickets ARE still available so head over to the Rose Quarter Box Office.

And for those who are excited for some basketball stay checked in to RoseQuarterBlog.com!

Tomorrow Nike Hoop Summit comes to Portland. Tickets are still available for as low as $10.
The following link will give you information on the players, coaches and event specifics:

http://www.usabasketball.com/men_team.php?page=mhs_facts

-Here is the complete roster for both teams-
USA:
The 10-man USA roster includes: guards Harrison Barnes (Ames H.S. / Ames, Iowa), Will Barton (Brewster Academy / Baltimore, Md.), Reggie Bullock (Kinston H.S. / Kinston, N.C.), Kyrie Irving (St. Patrick H.S. / Elizabeth, N.J.), Brandon Knight (Pine Crest H.S. / Lauderdale, Fla.) and Kendall Marshall (Bishop O’Connell H.S. / Arlington, Va.); forwards Tobias Harris (Half Hollow Hills West H.S. / Brookville, N.Y.); Terrence Jones (Jefferson H.S. / Portland, Ore.) and Patric Young (Providence H.S. / Jacksonville, Fla.); and Jared Sullinger (Northland H.S. / Columbus, Ohio) at center. Head coach is Bob Cimmino (Mount Vernon H.S., N.Y.) and Rich Gray (St. Louis Eagles AAU, Mo.) is the assistant coach.

World:
The 2010 World roster features guards Cory Joseph (Findlay Prep, Nev. / Canada), Duje Dukan (Deerfield HS, Ill. / Croatia), Sui Ran (Shandong Flaming Bulls / China) and Jason Cadee (Australian Institute of Sport / Australia); forwards Tristan Thompson (Findlay Prep, Nev. / Canada), Enes Kanter (Stoneridge Prep, Calif. / Turkey), Nikola Mirotic (Faymasa Palencia, Spain / Montenegro) and Mael Lebrun (Entente Orleans / France); and centers Dejan Musli (FMP Zeleznik / Serbia) and Robert Loe (JTB/Breakers / New Zealand). The World Team will be led for the sixth consecutive year by respected Australian national teams coach Rob Beveridge, who will again be assisted by Serbia’s Marin Sedlacek, who is making his 10th Hoop Summit appearance.

Check back following Saturday’s Nike Hoop Summit game for first-hand accounts and videos about the game, the players and results.

April 9th Ceremony Will Commemorate First Major Pro-Team to Play in LEED Gold Facility

In conjunction with NBA Green Week, a league-wide sustainability awareness initiative from April 1-9, the Portland Trail Blazers will commemorate the Rose Garden’s LEED Gold certification with a LEED plaque unveiling ceremony on April 9 at 3:30p at the Rose Garden’s North entrance.

NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver will join Trail Blazers President Larry Miller, Senior Scientist Allen Hershkowitz of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and a representative of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to officially recognize the Trail Blazers becoming the first major pro sports team to earn a coveted LEED Gold rating from the USGBC.

“We are proud of this achievement, not only for the progress it represents for our organization, but because it reinforces Portland’s leadership as America’s greenest city,” Miller said. “We see this as an ongoing commitment to sustainability throughout our operations, not just a one-time event. By doing that, we hope to encourage visitors to the Rose Quarter to think and act more responsibly to reduce their own impact on the environment.”

At the ceremony, the Trail Blazers will host Boys and Girls Clubs ‘Youth of the Year’ finalists.

A few hours following the unveiling the Trail Blazers will take on the Dallas Mavericks at the Rose Garden. The game will celebrate Portland’s current efforts to increase enviro-awareness, as well as join the NBA’s push to increase efficiency.

Game events will include:
· The Rose Garden will roll-out more than 100 new recycling/compost stations to eliminate waste, collect compostable materials and keep recyclables from reaching landfills.

· An NBA Green basketball, signed by the entire Trail Blazers team, will be among the auction items available at the make it better auction, benefiting the make it better fund.

· The Trail Blazers will encourage fans to consider alternative transportation to further increase the approximately 30 percent of Rose Garden visitors who already arrive by bike, bus and light rail.

· At the Trail Blazers Fan Shop, fans can purchase the same Green shooting shirts worn by the teams. The shop is also offering a locally-made ‘make it better’ shirt, made of organic cotton with water-based ink, benefiting the make it better fund.

Don’t miss out on your chance to support going green, and the greater Portland community for its efforts to make the northwest a more sustainable destination.

Check out the following link to see coverage of the the Blazers current Green efforts:
Trail Blazers and Rose Quarter team up to Go Green

Terrence Jones not only won the 5A state championship in Oregon this year, but the Jefferson High student will take to the court at the Rose Garden for the Nike Hoop Summit game on April 10th. Though this isn’t the first year Portland will have a local in the game, Jones does bring a different level of success to the Rose Garden after leading Jefferson to their second consecutive state title.

You have the opportunity to catch Terrence Jones as well as the rest of the top national and international prep players in the world as they come to the Rose Garden on April 10th.

Tickets are as low as $10, and there are plenty still available.