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{{Short description|Multi-use indoor arena in Portland, Oregon}}
{{Other uses|Memorial Coliseum (disambiguation)}}
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The '''Veterans Memorial Coliseum''' (originally known as the '''Memorial Coliseum''') is an [[indoor arena]] located in the oldest part of the [[Rose Quarter]] area in [[Portland, Oregon]]. The arena is the home of the [[Portland Winterhawks]], a major junior ice hockey team, and was the original home of the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] of the [[National Basketball Association]]. It has been included on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in recognition of its [[Architecture|architectural]] significance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veterans Memorial Coliseum |url=https://www.portland.gov/venues/veterans-memorial-coliseum |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218044857/https://www.portland.gov/venues/veterans-memorial-coliseum |archive-date=2024-02-18 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=City of Portland, Oregon}}</ref>

==Tenants==
From 1960 to 1974 the Memorial Coliseum was the home of the [[Portland Buckaroos]] of the [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|Western Hockey League]], and it was the venue for the Final Four of the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA basketball tournament]] in March [[1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1965]], where [[1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] won its second of ten such championships in the 1960s and 1970s.

===Portland Trail Blazers===
[[File:Memorial Coliseum and Rose Garden arena in 2013.jpg|thumb|The [[Moda Center]] (left) replaced the Coliseum as the home of the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in 1995.]]
When the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] franchise was awarded in 1970, the Memorial Coliseum became the team's home court, capable of seating 12,666 when configured for [[basketball]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/317865-196990-screens-play-at-memorial-coliseum | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822200138/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/317865-196990-screens-play-at-memorial-coliseum | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 22, 2016 | title=Screens play at Memorial Coliseum | author=Portland Tribune | date=August 9, 2016 | website=portlandtribune.com | access-date=August 10, 2016 | quote=For basketball, the coliseum still seats 12,666 — a magic number from the years and years of Trail Blazers sellouts — and seating capacity for hockey is 10,400.}}</ref>  Three [[NBA Finals]] have been played in the Coliseum; in [[1977 NBA Finals|1977]] (when the Trail Blazers won) and in [[1990 NBA Finals|1990]] and [[1992 NBA Finals|1992]]. The Blazers were 10–0 in the Coliseum during the [[1977 NBA Playoffs|1977 playoffs]], including the clincher in Game 6 of the Finals. The [[Detroit Pistons]] were the only visiting team to win the championship at the Coliseum, claiming their second consecutive championship in Game 5 of the 1990 Finals.

In 1974, [[Gerald Ford]] became the first [[president of the United States]] to attend an NBA game. On November 1 at Memorial Coliseum, he arrived in the third quarter and watched the [[1974–75 Portland Trail Blazers season|Trail Blazers]] defeat the [[1974–75 Buffalo Braves season|Buffalo Braves]], 113–106.<ref name=fwbldfb>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-KNVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3620%2C301297 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Ford watches Blazers defeat Braves, 113-106|date=November 2, 1974 |page=1B}}</ref>

Construction began on the nearby Rose Garden Arena (now [[Moda Center]]) soon after the 1992 NBA Finals, and it became the team's home arena when it opened in [[1995–96 NBA season|1995]].

As part of the team's 40th anniversary celebration, the Blazers played a pre-season game at Memorial Coliseum on October 14, 2009, against the [[Phoenix Suns]]. Team founder [[Harry Glickman]], former players [[Jerome Kersey]], [[Terry Porter]], and [[Bob Gross]], as well as broadcaster [[Bill Schonely]] attended the game. The Suns defeated the Blazers, 110–104, with 11,740 tickets sold.<ref>{{cite news | title=Blazers go retro but lose 110-104 to Suns | author=Anne M. Peterson | newspaper=Yahoo! Sports | date=October 14, 2009 | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/phoenix-suns-portland-trail-blazers-2009101422/ }}</ref>

In 2019, the Portland Trail Blazers celebrated their 50th season anniversary of becoming an NBA franchise. The organization played their first preseason game of the 2019–2020 season at the Memorial Coliseum on October 8, against the Denver Nuggets as a tribute to the stadium that the Trail Blazers called home for 25 years.

===Portland Winterhawks===
The building is currently the home arena of the Portland Winterhawks of the [[Western Hockey League]], which used to split its schedule with the [[Moda Center]] prior to 2021. In August 2007, the City of Portland and the Portland Winterhawks reached an agreement to have replay screens installed in the main center ice scoreboard in time for the 2007–2008 hockey season. The city agreed to rent the screens, which are owned by the Winterhawks, for the first year, and then either buy them outright or replace them with different screens in 2008–09. Other improvements included adding a [[beer garden]] area, replacing graphic displays, and general painting and repairs.

Prior to the start of the 2021-22 WHL season, the Winterhawks announced they will be playing at Veterans Memorial Coliseum full-time.<ref>[https://winterhawks.com/article/winterhawks-share-2021-22-regular-season-schedule Winterhawks Share 2021-22 Regular Season Schedule]</ref>

===Other occupants===
The original [[Portland Timbers (1975–82)|Portland Timbers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]] played [[indoor soccer]] at the coliseum from 1979 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MBVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6541,1516256&dq=timbers+indoor&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> The [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]] of the [[American Basketball League (1996–1998)|American Basketball League]] played in the Coliseum from 1996 to 1998. It hosted the [[OSAA]] 4A Men's State Basketball Tournament in March 1966 – 2003 and the March 2005 [[Big Sky Conference]] Basketball Tournament. The Memorial Coliseum hosts the Oregon High School Hockey League; local high school ice hockey teams play a few games each season and it also hosts some other events such as conventions, touring shows, and high school graduations. The Memorial Coliseum also has hosted the OSAA High School Dance and Drill team State Championships. It has also hosted the [[FIRST Robotics Competition]] Pacific Northwest district championship event every other year, most recently in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship FRC Event Web : Event Information |url=https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2024/PNCMP |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=frc-events.firstinspires.org}}</ref>

==Major events==
[[File:Memcol interior.jpg|thumb|The interior during the Davis Cup in 2007]]
The Memorial Coliseum was designed with large doors at both ends to accommodate the floats of the [[Portland Rose Festival]]'s Grand Floral Parade.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rosefestival.org/kids/guide.pdf | title=A Heritage of Roses: 100 Years of the Portland Rose Festival | publisher=Portland Rose Festival | access-date=March 25, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216090228/http://www.rosefestival.org/kids/guide.pdf | archive-date=February 16, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>  The {{convert|4.2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} parade traditionally has begun at the Memorial Coliseum, where paying guests watch the parade cross the Coliseum's floor from reserved seats inside and from bleachers outside. In 2025, the parade did not utilize the building. The Rose Festival Queen's coronation has also been held in the facility since 1961.

On August 22, 1965, [[The Beatles]] played two shows at Memorial Coliseum to 20,000 screaming fans as part of their 1965 American Tour. [[Allen Ginsberg]], who was in the audience, wrote a poem about the event called "Portland Coliseum".<ref>Miles, Barry. ''The Beatles: An Intimate Day-by-day History''. Omnibus Press, 1998, page 189.</ref> [[Led Zeppelin]] performed at the Coliseum on May 7, 1969, during their second North American concert tour and returned during their fifth and eighth tours in 1970 and 1972, respectively. [[The Monkees]] performed at the coliseum on August 26, 1967.

[[Elvis Presley]] performed at Memorial Coliseum on November 11, 1970, April 27, 1973, And Again on November 26, 1976, in front of 12,000  13,000 and 11,000 fans, respectively. The [[Bee Gees]] performed two sold-out concerts on July 17 and 18, 1979, as part of their successful [[Spirits Having Flown Tour]].

[[Bon Jovi]] played at the Memorial Coliseum for two consecutive nights as part of their [[New Jersey Syndicate Tour]]. During these shows on May 8, 1989, and May 9, 1989, the band recorded most of the footage for their music video [[Lay Your Hands on Me (Bon Jovi song)|Lay Your Hands On Me]].

A political rally for [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential candidate]] [[Ralph Nader]] sold 10,500 $7-tickets at the venue on August 26, 2000, with every seat sold except those behind the stage.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} President [[Barack Obama]] spoke at the Memorial Coliseum on March 21, 2008, before winning the [[Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|Democratic Nomination]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/photos/2008/03/barack_obama_visits_portland.html | title=Barack Obama visits Portland | date=March 22, 2008 | publisher=OregonLive.com | access-date=October 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/politics/21cnd-endorse.html | title=Richardson endorses Obama | work=The New York Times | date=March 21, 2008 | access-date=October 23, 2011| last1=Zeleny | first1=Jeff }}</ref>

===Dew Tour===
In 2004, Portland was selected as one of five cities in the U.S. to host the [[Dew Tour]], an extreme sports franchise started in 2005. Titled the [[Vans Invitational]], the event was held at the Rose Quarter August 17–21, 2005. The Memorial Coliseum hosted ''BMX: Park'', ''BMX: Vert'', ''Skateboard: Park'', and ''Skateboard: Vert''. The Dew Tour returned to the Rose Quarter again with the [[Wendy's Invitational]] on August 12–15, 2010, marking the tour's sixth year in Portland, which is the only city that has qualified to host the tour in every year since its inception.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allisports.com/news/dew-tour-announces-schedule-2010 | title=Dew Tour Announces Schedule For 2010 | publisher=ALLI: Alliance of Action Sports | access-date=March 28, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322191700/http://www.allisports.com/news/dew-tour-announces-schedule-2010 | archive-date=March 22, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Davis Cup Tennis final===
From November 30 through December 2, 2007, the Memorial Coliseum hosted the [[2007 Davis Cup|2007 Davis Cup Tennis]] final between the [[United States Davis Cup team|USA]] and [[Russia Davis Cup team|Russia]].

==History==
[[File:Veterans Memorial Coliseum in 2013 - Portland, Oregon.jpg|thumb|right|Northeast side and entrance in 2013]]
[[File:Memorial Coliseum in Portland with Union Pacific and MAX trains passing.jpg|thumb|Southwest façade, viewed from across the [[Willamette River]]]]
[[File:Portland, Oregon, July 25, 2020 - 15.jpg|thumb|World War II Memorial, 2020]]
[[File:Portland, Oregon, July 25, 2020 - 17.jpg|thumb|Korean War Memorial, 2020]]

Financed by an $8 million bond approved by voters in 1954, construction was completed by [[Hoffman Construction Company|Hoffman Construction]] in 1960 and dedicated on January 8, 1961, to the "advancement of cultural opportunities for the community and to the memory of our veterans of all wars who made the supreme sacrifice."  The facility is {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} tall and has a footprint of about {{convert|3.1|acre|ha}}. It is sometimes referred to as "The Glass Palace" in Portland.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2009/10/a_bittersweet_return_to_the_gl.html | title = A bittersweet return to the Glass Palace | first = Marty| last = Hughley| date = October 17, 2009| work = [[OregonLive.com]] | publisher = [[Advance Internet]] | access-date=March 25, 2010}}</ref>  The building was designed by architecture firm [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]].<ref name="historic"/>

Original plans called for a building made of wood, which is plentiful in the region, but cost and safety factors precluded that. The structure instead consists of a modernistic gray glass and aluminum, non-load-bearing [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain-wall]] cube around a central ovular concrete seating bowl. Four {{convert|70|ft|m|adj=on}} concrete [[Pier (architecture)|piers]] support the steel roof, with no interior columns required. The exterior appearance, with {{convert|80000|ft2|m2}} of glass, is of a skyscraper laid on its side. The curtain-wall windows inside offer views of the city in all directions. The {{convert|1060|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} black curtains can be closed to block sunlight in 90 seconds. Seating included 9,000 permanent seats expandable to 14,000 with portable chairs and bleachers. At its opening, it was called the largest multipurpose facility of its kind in the [[Pacific Northwest]].

The war memorial consists of two black granite walls below ground level and near the main gate. The names of the dead are inscribed in gold paint, now faded with age. There are no dates given, only the names and an inscription: "To the memory of a supreme sacrifice we honor those who gave their lives for God, principle and love of country".

The [[International style (architecture)|International Style]] glass and concrete building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in September 2009.<ref name="historic">{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/09/memorial_coliseum_gets_histori.html|title=Memorial Coliseum Gets Historic Designation, New Lease on Life|last=Larabee|first=Mark|date=September 15, 2009|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|access-date=2009-09-16}}</ref>

In 2011, the Portland City Council voted to change the name of the arena from Memorial Coliseum to Veterans Memorial Coliseum, to better reflect its history as a memorial to war veterans, and as part of the larger Rose Quarter Development project.<ref name="name">{{cite news |url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/01/05/portland-approves-coliseum-name-change/|title=Portland approves coliseum name change|last=Weinstein|first=Nathalie|date=January 5, 2011|work=[[Daily Journal of Commerce]]|access-date=2012-02-25}}</ref>

The seating capacity for basketball has been as follows:<ref>[http://cdn.iamatrailblazersfan.com.s3.amazonaws.com/media/2011-12mediaguide.pdf 2011-2012 Portland Trail Blazers Media Guide]</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/history/history_main.html | title=History Main &#124; THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | website=www.nba.com | access-date=August 10, 2016 | quote=Capacity was 12,666 through 1988, when it was expanded to 12,854 and then eventually 12,888.}}</ref>
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In 2018, [[Avantika Bawa]] had a solo exhibition of drawings and prints of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the [[Portland Art Museum]], as part of the APEX series curated by [[Grace Kook-Anderson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/apex-avantika-bawa/|title=APEX: Avantika Bawa|website=Portland Art Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074219/https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/apex-avantika-bawa/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Future==
In the late 2000s, it was proposed that Memorial Coliseum be demolished to make room for a 9,000-seat [[New Portland Ballpark|new ballpark]] for [[Merritt Paulson]]'s [[Portland Beavers]] baseball team, since the team was moving from [[PGE Park]] to make room for the new [[Portland Timbers (MLS)|Portland Timbers]] [[Major League Soccer]] franchise, also a Paulson-owned team. There had been talk about using two of the outer glass walls as part of the exterior for a new ballpark. Opposition to razing Memorial Coliseum included some veterans and architectural historians who successfully applied for [[National Register of Historic Places]] status for the building. Former governor [[Vic Atiyeh]] also opposed demolition if it led to the veteran memorial being forgotten. The Memorial Coliseum was given a rank of the highest importance in the city's historic resource inventory of 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2009/todays-news/portland-debates-fate-of.html|title=Portland Debates Fate of Modernist Memorial Coliseum|last=Foster|first=Margaret|work=Preservation|publisher=[[National Trust for Historic Preservation]]|access-date=March 25, 2010}}</ref>  The proposal to demolish Memorial Coliseum was dropped early in May 2009 with [http://wikimapia.org/2648435/Lents-Park Lents Park] being re-considered as a ballpark site.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Other proposed uses of the grounds include turning the site into an entertainment district, a recreation center, a retail center, or a multilevel center for arts, athletics, and education. Another possibility is to update and repair the facility to improve its marketability. In 2024, construction began on a ~$60 million renovation to be built in phases with all work completed by summer 2026. The work is being paid for by City bonds, on which all debt service is paid by the City/Metro/County Visitor Facilities Trust Account which collects a portion of local transient lodging taxes and vehicle rental car taxes.   <ref>https://www.portland.gov/venues/veterans-memorial-coliseum</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Oregon}}
* [[Delta Dome]], a proposed stadium in 1964
* [[List of sports venues in Portland, Oregon]]
* [[List of tennis stadiums by capacity]]
* [[Memorial Fountain]]
* The [[Oregon World War II Memorial|Oregon Veterans of World War II Memorial]] at the Oregon Capitol grounds in Salem.
* [[Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs]]

==References==
; Specific
{{Reflist}}

; General
*Bosker, Gideon and Lena Lencek. Frozen Music: A History of Portland Architecture. Western Imprints, 1985.
*Griffin, Anna. "Memorial Coliseum 's champion" ''Oregonian'', April 15, 2009.
*Jung, Helen. "Memorial Coliseum may be demolished for baseball park" ''Oregonian'', April 7, 2009.
*Jung, Helen. "Save Portland's Memorial Coliseum, but for what?" ''Oregonian'', May 10, 2009.
*King, Bart. An Architectural Guidebook to Portland. Oregon State University Press, 2007.
*Larabee, Mark "City urged to move slowly on stadium, save coliseum" ''Oregonian'', April 16, 2009 page B1.
*Memorial Coliseum & Exhibit Hall, Portland, Oregon; Operated under Authority of the Exposition-Recreation Commission of the City of Portland. (Dedication program). 1960.
*"1,200,000 Throng to 'Glass Palace' In Banner First Year", ''Oregonian'', September 3, 1961 page 12. (an early reference to "glass palace" nickname)

== External links and sources ==
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*[https://rosequarter.com/about-us/venues/veterans-memorial-coliseum/ Rose Quarter - Venues]
*[http://www.portlandonline.com/omf/index.cfm?c=chedb Memorial Coliseum Reuse Study], a City of Portland website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030216195351/http://www.hp-nw.com/sos_memorial.htm Memorial Coliseum in a Fight for its Life], from the website of [[Historic Preservation Northwest]] (February 16, 2003)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050217214046/http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=23354 Portland's crown jewel or a clunker?], a March 2004 article from the ''[[Portland Tribune]]''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050120201051/http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=18841 Alternatives abound for coliseum's future], a July 2003 article from the ''[[Portland Tribune]]''
*[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4184/is_200305/ai_n10046033 Urban Home Center recommended for Memorial Coliseum redevelopment]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, a May 2003 article from the Portland edition of the ''[[Daily Journal of Commerce]]''
*[http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2009/04/save-memorial-coliseum.html Save Memorial Coliseum]
*[http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=NR_Noms/09000707.pdf National Register of Historic Places nomination]
*[http://www.scottssportsland.com/ess10.htm Photo Gallery of Blazers-Suns game at MC on October 14, 2009]

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