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If competition and market forces are so important in relation to health care then why is our system such a mess?

We have needed reform for a long time and each time reform has been attempted it has been delayed and pushed down the line because of special interests.

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I agree, Paul is awesome and should stay!

The Rose Quarter is all about function and when all or part of it can no longer serve that function it should go.

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I honestly had no idea that it hosted 240 events a year. I live about two miles from it and haven't been to the coliseum in a decade. It would seem to me that those events would probably benefit from being held at the convention center or the rose garden.

It seems to me that the coliseum is just to big to keep. I honestly could care less how it looks.

The events being held at the coliseum according to the rose quarter website are "Slightly Stoopid and Snoop Dog", "the killers" and "Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover". That's from now through November. Doesn't really seem like it's living up to "advancement of cultural opportunities for the community" but hey cultural advancement is in the eye of the beholder.

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What will the Coliseum be used for now and in the future? I can't think of any event that wouldn't be better held at another venue in the city.

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They still play baseball at Fenway. The blazers don't play basketball at the Coliseum anymore and they never will again. It's a horrible place to see a concert. So I ask, What function can this building serve now and in the future?

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Were any of those buildings near the size of the Coliseum? Is Seattle worse off because they no longer have the King Dome?

The Coliseum needs to go and we shouldn't be afraid to move forward because an architecture student may want to see it 20 years from now.

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I’m a born and raised Portlander. I saw my first concert and my first blazers game at the coliseum, met my prom date while watching Tom Petty and had my picture taken and was escorted from the premises at a Green Day concert. These and many more experiences have left me with no attachment to the Memorial Coliseum whatsoever.

 

The building should be torn down. The space can be better utilized and to keep such a large and at this point pretty much unusable structure for the sake of art appreciation is ridiculous. It needs to come down.

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