Just posted this in the Portland Diamond Project thread - MLB is still up in the air but by no means dead (no mention of Lloyd or any other potential stadium location, but I wager the recent loss of Macy's has pretty much sealed its fate as a retail destination):
Canzano: Did you hear the cheers? Election night fell the right way for Portland’s pro-sports crowd
John Canzano | November 3, 2020 | The Oregonian
https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/jo...rts-crowd.html
Before bedtime on Tuesday night the pro-sports crowd in Portland pumped a fist and breathed a sigh of relief. A couple of critical election-night results tipped the right way at City Hall.
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Bringing Major League Baseball to Portland feels especially challenging right now. But that effort is still alive and the group has been regular contact with Mayor Wheeler, who remains a supporter. Representatives for the Portland Diamond Project aren’t talking these days. But one well-connected city source said on Wednesday: “If Sarah had won I think the baseball conversation would be dead.”