AUGUST 15, 2016
Greyhound Park
grandstand demolished
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
WOOD VILLAGE — A little more than a month after the Grand Ronde
Tribe held a demolition ceremony at the site of the former Multnomah
Greyhound Park in east Multnomah County, the iconic glass-enclosed
grandstand is no more.
Demolition crews from Konell Construction & Demolition Corp. used
several cherry pickers and excavators to pull down the 95-foot-tall struc-
ture on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
Those who could not attend the actual demolition were able to view it
on a live stream from Portland TV station KGW.
The 31-acre property was purchased by the Tribe in December 2015 and
future plans call for it to be an important element in the diversification of
the Grand Ronde Tribal economy.
On Monday, July 11, Tribal Engineering and Public Works Manager
Jesse White met with the Wood Village City Council and Planning Com-
mission to unveil potential uses for the site once it is shovel ready.
Preliminary plans call for an eight-story hotel anchoring an enter-
tainment-oriented campus. The hotel would be slightly higher than the
grandstand at 115 feet.
The hotel and entertainment center would likely be served by a new
east-west road connecting Northeast 223rd Avenue with Wood Village
Boulevard. A bus stop also would be developed to serve the property as
well.
Multnomah Greyhound Park opened in 1957 and closed in 2004. Since
then, the property sat idle and the grandstands were dilapidated with
broken glass littering the area and graffiti marring the inside. Feral cats
seemed to be the only regular users of the property.
During the demolition ceremony held on June 28, Tribal Council Chair-
man Reyn Leno said the Tribe wants to bring a centerpiece to Wood Village
as important as the greyhound park used to be. During its heyday in the
1980s, the park attracted more than 600,000 greyhound racing fans to
the small city.
Petite barbecue potluck
Anyone with Petite in or around their name is invited to join us at the Contest
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Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Council
9615 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, OR 97347
503-879-2304 or stacia.martin@grandronde.org
Danita Trombla
Sr. Executive Administrative Assistant
Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc.
PO Box 39
Grand Ronde, OR 97347
503-879-3944 or danita.trombla@spiritmtn.com
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