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Amohitheater
Rose Ci
The more
you hear
about it,
the better
it sounds.
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The proposed Rose City Amphitheater
is an 18,000-seat state-of-the-art, outdoor
What the new amphitheater
will mean for Portland:
concert venue to be located in the center
o f the Portland International Raceway.
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The project represents a significant,
It will be privately funded.
The amphitheater will be entirely funded and managed by
Paul Allen and Universal Concerts. Paul Allen brought Portland the Rose Carden, the award-winning home
of Trail Blazers basketball. The Rose Garden exceeded city goals for cooperation with minority contractors,
and gives over half a million dollars a year to non-profit groups and charities.
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long-term cultural and civic investment
in Portland's future.
It will be World Class. The acoustically superior new amphitheater will be a wonderful
place
to enjoy music from country, jazz, and rock and roll to world music, symphony, pops and opera. In addition
to offering world class entertainment, the amphitheater will be available for benefit concerts, theater
The am phitheater w ill be funded and
productions, and high school and college graduations.
managed by Paul Allen and Universal
It will benefit nearby neighborhoods.
The amphitheater is a private investment that
will pay yearly dividends to nearby neighborhoods. Fifty cents from every ticket sold will be deposited into a
Concerts. Paul Allen brought Portland
fund for community projects. The first year, the fund is expected to earn $108,000.
the award-winning Rose Garden.
Universal Concerts is the acclaimed
concert producer and operator of
And what it won't:
It won't use public funds.
No public funds will be used to build or operate the Rose City
Amphitheater. It will be 100% privately financed. Even though it's entirely paid for with private money, the
amphitheaters throughout North America
public will benefit from having a world class amphitheater in Portland.
including The Gorge.
It won't make rush hour traffic worse.
Events will be scheduled to not interfere with
rush hour traffic. Even the largest concerts will generate less than one-third of the traffic of the largest
racing event. That doesn't mean that traffic impacts will be ignored. The project has a detailed traffic man­
Recent acts Universal Concerts has
agement plan to make sure the amphitheater doesn't make traffic congestion worse. For example, large con­
certs will have shuttle busses operating from off-site locations, further decreasing the amount of traffic at
brought to The Gorge include Bob Dylan,
amphitheater events. If the amphitheater is built across the river in Clark County - Portland and Oregon
State traffic planners will have no way to prevent concerts from being scheduled during rush hour.
Joni M itch ell, Van M orrison, Vince G ill,
James Taylor, Tina Turner, B.B. King,
Jimmy Buffett, and the Beach Boys.
It can be a reality,
but we need to
hear from you
to make it happen.
It won't even be heard in most nearby neighborhoods,
using state-of-the-art
acoustical engineering, amphitheater sound will be directed away from neighborhoods. Berms and stage
walls will further buffer noise. According to recent sound tests, amphitheater sound will be inaudible or just
slightly higher than background noise in nearby neighborhoods. More sound tests are scheduled.
Call the Rose City Amphitheater
Project Hotline today:
(503) 797-9628
or e-mail amp2k@rosequarter.com
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Rose City Amphitheater Project, One Center Court, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97227
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