Memorial Coliseum

Opened in 1960

About Memorial Coliseum

Memorial Coliseum is a former name of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, used 1960–2010. Veterans Memorial Coliseum is recorded as an NBA arena in Portland, Oregon. It opened in 1960. Its recorded capacity is 12,000. Its only tenant was Portland Trail Blazers (NBA, 1971–1995).

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Venue Information

Capacity

12,000

Source: Wikipedia

Year Opened

1960

Location

Portland, Oregon 97208

Elevation

82 ft

25 m above sea level

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Teams

Home seasons at Memorial Coliseum by team, 1960–1995. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Portland Trail Blazers While based here: 25 seasons · 1085-965 regular season · 18 postseason trips NBA · 1971–1995 Territory map on ImperialismMap Memorial Coliseum 1971–1995 Moda Center 1996–present	NBA	1971–1995

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Memorial Coliseum?

The capacity of Memorial Coliseum is 12,000.

When was Memorial Coliseum built?

Memorial Coliseum opened in 1960.

Where did the Portland Trail Blazers play after Memorial Coliseum?

After leaving Memorial Coliseum in 1995, the Portland Trail Blazers moved to Moda Center in 1996.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 43 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity.

Historical Names

Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2011 - Present

Memorial Coliseum

1960 - 2010

Current

Location

Coordinates: 45.5320, -122.6690

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Moda Center	1995–	0.1 mi
Providence Park	1926–	1.3 mi
Hillsboro Stadium	1999–	12 mi
Spec Keene Stadium	1989–	45 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Portland Trail Blazers

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.