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Historical · NBA
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Former home of the Portland Trail Blazers
Portland, OR
Still to visit
Teams
Portland Trail Blazers
NBA · basketball
1970–1995
Also known as Memorial Coliseum · The Glass Palace
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 12,000
- Listed capacity. A 2025 renovation is described as reducing it to 10,000.Source for capacity
- Opened
- November 3, 1960
- Still standing. The Blazers left in 1995. The Winterhawks are the current hockey tenant.Source for opened
Names and sponsors
Timeline
1960
1965
1974
1977
1990
1995
2019
November 3, 1960
Coliseum opens
The coliseum opened on November 3, 1960, and cost $8 million. It was first called Memorial Coliseum. The Trail Blazers later made it home for 25 years, and the Winterhawks still play there.
SourceUpcoming schedule
This building is historic, so there is no upcoming home schedule.
Seating chart
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Location
- Stay near Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Search hotels by the stadium area rather than a brand name.
- Transit-first base. If Portland has rail or subway, a station-area stay is often easier.
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