Oregon 2028

A Different Kind of Olympics

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WE BELIEVE HOSTING THE SUMMER OLYMPICS IN OREGON COULD TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF OREGONIANS

WE’VE PUT TOGETHER THIS VIDEO AND WEBSITE TO EXPLAIN WHY, AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT VISION TOGETHER 

WE’D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK

THe Olympics will be Transformative for ORegon

Model Neighborhoods

As a result of hosting the Olympics we’ll build a new, pedestrian focused, model Portland community, with mixed-income housing, easy access to transit and services, and plenty of retail, office and recreational space. We’ll also make a host of Oregon communities healthier, safer, and more equitable by creating affordable housing, upgrading transit options, building or improving community recreation facilities, and developing more pedestrian and bike paths.

High Speed Rail and Upgraded Transit

At the heart of the vision for Oregon 2028 is public and shared transit. High speed rail connecting Portland and Eugene is one key to our Olympic dream: the line is already embraced by the federal government, but we need planning and funding to build it. The Games will also spur private and federal investment in TriMet and other transit infrastructure, allowing for much needed upgrades to our transit system. Our investment in car and bike sharing will also help us expand and improve our bike and pedestrian networks, making it safer and easier for people to get around all parts of Portland, Corvallis, and Eugene.

new MLB/MLS Stadium

Portland’s passionate sports community has wanted a stadium capable of housing a major league baseball team for years. And the thousands of people on the Timbers season ticket waiting list would love the Timbers to have a bigger stadium too! Cities are usually required to provide funding for their new stadiums, but the Olympics would create incentives for sponsorships and private investments. A major league stadium in the city would be a huge boost to our civic pride, bring more visitors to the city, and result in more tourism income and more jobs for Oregon residents.

New and Upgraded Community Facilities

The new Aquatic Center and Velodrome will provide kids and adults with amazing recreational opportunities that are currently lacking in Portland. And it goes beyond community recreation: just like TrackTown USA in Eugene is the vibrant center of America’s track and field universe, we have an opportunity to turn Portland into America’s hub for cycling and swimming. The new venues will draw competitive athletes from across the globe, hosting major national and international events, and injecting money into the local economy long after the Games. In addition, Eugene’s Civic Stadium, tragically demolished in a recent fire, will be rebuilt into a community sports facility, and the athletic and residential facilities at UO, OSU, and PSU will be substantially upgraded, benefitting current and future students.

Youth Sports, After School Programs & A Boon to Education

Not only will hosting the Olympics provide inspiration and a foundation for youth sports across the state, it will provide a huge boon to education and after school programs. New athlete training facilities built at schools across the state will provide additional opportunities for youth engagement and a foundation for after school programs aimed at increasing graduation rates and educational commitment. Oregon 2028 will partner with local organizations to get kids involved in healthy activities, encourage additional learning and staying in school, and provide discounted tickets so they can watch their heroes in action.

Showcase for Oregon

Oregon has some of the best products and services in the world, and some amazing tourist attractions and local wonders. Whether it’s our amazing wine and beer, our locally designed sports apparel and clothing, our waterfalls, our mountains, our beaches, our art, our food, our produce, our architecture, or our charities, the international exposure they will all receive will create growth opportunities for new and existing local businesses and strengthen our ability to entice top talent to the area. The bid process alone will offer incalculable economic benefit, and the exposure that will come from hosting the games will make Oregon products, services, and tourism world leaders.

Sustainability

Oregon has long been a leader in green building and alternative energy. We’ll capitalize on our amazing renewable energy infrastructure, and invest in innovation and technology that will make Oregon 2028 the lowest carbon Olympics ever, and the first zero waste Olympics. In the process, we’ll grow and strengthen our state’s sustainability, reduce the environmental impact associated with the growth of our state’s population, and become a model for other cities and states around the world. That’s not just a win for the environment, it’s a win for our local economy too. Being recognized as global experts in sustainability will bring more business and more opportunities to Oregon.

Civic Pride

It’s impossible to measure but the value of civic pride is immense. Hosting the Olympics will make our citizens look at our cities and state, and what we can achieve, differently. A new belief, that we can do anything in Oregon, will be cemented in our youth and our leaders alike. And you can’t help but be proud of the new sports facilities, stadium, transit and pedestrian networks, affordable housing, greener buildings and energy solutions that we’ll create along the way. The Olympics lasts just a few short weeks, but the positive impacts for our state and Oregonians will be felt for generations.

We Have What It Takes to define the new olympic vision

A Perfectly Sized CIty & State

It might seem like Portland and Oregon are too small to host the summer Olympics, but we’re actually the perfect size. We’re already bigger than many of the most successful Olympic hosts were when they hosted, and well-run cities, like Barcelona and Atlanta, that were about our size when they hosted have typically benefitted the most from hosting as it provided a perfect catalyst and incentive for private and public investments in infrastructure, tourism, education and sport, while simultaneously showcasing the local products and services on the biggest international stage of them all.

Ideal weather and geography

Oregon’s weather and geography are perfectly suited to a summer Olympics. Temps in the 80s in July and August, little rainfall in those months, and mountains, rivers, beaches, and ocean all within 90 minutes of Portland.

Award Winning Transit

Portland has already won a host of awards for its transit systems, and is well-known as a pedestrian and bike friendly city. We’ve won #1 US Airport and #1 US City in Public Transportation from Travel & Leisure, and numerous awards for our bike-friendly community from the League of American Bicyclists, Bicycling Magazine, and others. With the addition of high speed rail and the emphasis on car and bicycle sharing, visitors for the Olympics will be able to easily travel between sites without increasing congestion.

Passionate and Engaged Citizens

Oregonians are passionate about their state and their environment. We embrace our communities and nature, and there’s nothing we won’t do to help each other out or promote a cause we believe in. If we can channel this amazing energy into hosting the Olympics, we’ll not only be unbeatable, we’ll host the Games in a way we know is right and that’s never truly been achieved before: low impact, low carbon, zero waste, community-oriented, and delivering benefits for decades.

Enthusiastic Sports Fans

Anyone who’s been to a Timbers game in Portland will likely agree with the New York Times that a soccer game here is “a stadium-filling, culture-defining, loud, passionate phenomenon.” And it’s not just soccer – the Trail Blazers set an NBA record for selling out 814 games in a row. Beyond Portland, TrackTown USA draws some of Track & Field’s biggest events and most passionate crowds, and the fervent followers of the Ducks and Beavers make sure there’s no shortage of green and orange banners across the state. Imagine that fervor and enthusiasm at the Oregon 2028 Olympics!

Innovative Global Companies

Not only are local giants like Nike, Adidas, Under Armour & Columbia Sportswear shaping sports across the globe and building state of the art training and research facilities right here in our backyard, a host of other great national and international companies call Oregon home. Whether it’s Providence or Moda sponsoring our stadiums, or Intel, Schnitzer Steel, Precision Cast Parts, and FLIR selling their products and services world-wide, or companies like PGE, NW Natural, The Standard, Tillamook, Tektronix, Banfield, Cambia, ESCO, Vestas, Puppet Labs, Mentor Graphics and FEI demonstrating their commitment to our state and community, we have the innovative global companies we need to help make the Olympics a huge success.

Proven Experience

We’ve already hosted many major events with tremendous success across the state. We hosted the 2016 World Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Convention Center. TrackTown USA has brought numerous events to Hayward Field, including the US Olympic Trials, the IAAF Prefontaine Classic, and the US Outdoor Championships. Portland hosted rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship more times than any other city in the past seven years. We hosted the MLS All Star Game. And in 2021, Oregon will be hosting the second largest track and field event after the Olympics, the IAAF World Outdoor Championships. This will be first time the event has been hosted in the US!

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Sustainability Leadership

Oregon is the perfect place to define a new Olympic vision. It’s a trendsetter in urban planning and sustainable living, with a passionate and engaged community. We’ve been innovating in green living since before there was a term for it! And TrackTown USA has achieved high certifications for environmental sustainability from the Portland-based Council for Responsible Sport, and their experience delivering sustainable sporting events will be instrumental in creating the first truly green Olympics.

We will apply lessons from past hosts

1992

Barcelona

Leverage the Games as a springboard to increase tourism

Barcelona went from an industrial backwater in Europe to the 11th most visited city in the world

1996

Atlanta

Build facilities for function, cost-savings, and post-Olympics life

“We built things for their afterlives, then retrofit them for the Games.” – Dick Yarbrough, managing director for the 1996 Games

2000

Sydney

Require long-term use plans for all major venues, prior to approval

Planning for legacy use of the Olympic Park did not start in earnest until 9 months after the Games

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2004

Athens

Prioritize private funding & partner with investors & sponsors

Greece covered 90% of the total Games cost with public money, contributing to the current economic crisis

2008

Beijing

Avoid ego-driven overspending

China spent over $40B for the Games – roughly 3x more than London 4 years later

2012

London

Use the Olympics as a catalyst to drive legacy

The Olympics successfully transformed a historically industrial and poor area of London, and has directly led to over $20B in new business for UK companies

The lessons learned from Past games are well documented

How cities win and lose the Olympics

This is the field of the baseball stadium built for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The stadium has gone mostly unused in the 12 years since the city spent $15 billion putting on the games.

How The Olympics Changed Atlanta, And What Boston Could Learn

ATLANTA - This is the last U.S. city to host the Summer Olympics. Atlanta scored an upset when the International Olympic Committee in 1990 chose it over five other cities to host the 1996 games, not long after Los Angeles hosted in 1984. Atlanta was not considered a world-class city.

How The Olympic Games Changed Barcelona Forever

Will the London Olympics have a great lasting legacy? It's not entirely clear at present, and there's plenty of reasons to believe it might not. The Olympic Curse has struck many cities, most recently with 2008's host Beijing, where the incredible new stadiums built are gathering dust.

Sydney Games: a lasting legacy?

The Sydney 2000 Olympics promised much for the harbour city and Australia. But what has been the legacy of these games?

London 2012 Olypmic legacy reaches £13bn

UK company Aecom won an international competition to design the 2016 Olympic park master plan while British companies Blue Cube and International Stadia Group have secured separate deals to provide seats for various World Cup stadiums. Meanwhile Steer Davies Gleave, a UK consultancy firm, will provide transport consultancy to nine World Cup cities, including Rio de Janeiro.

The Economic Legacy Of Atlanta's Olympics

Bringing the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to Atlanta was a long shot. Athens, Greece, was the sentimental favorite to host the centennial games, and tension was palpable as IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch made the announcement back on Sept. 18, 1990. "The International Olympic Committee has awarded the 1996 Olympic Games to the city of ...

Barcelona's Olympic makeover may hold lessons for Boston - The Boston Globe

BARCELONA - Tourists flock toward popular attractions, leaving little room to stroll Las Ramblas, a pedestrian mall lined with souvenir shops, cafes, and hotels. Visitors pack the 800-year-old La Boqueriafor high-priced olive oil and marzipan. The labyrinthine Gothic quarter remains a map seller's paradise.

Olympics success leaves a mixed legacy for Australia's sporting life

Given the size of our population, Australia's success at the past three Summer Olympic Games has been quite remarkable. Across the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games, the nation's athletes have won a total of 153 medals. At the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games alone, Australia won 58 medals: a result that placed the nation fourth on the medal tally.

London Olympics: How did the Games do? - BBC News

The announcement that London would host the 2012 Olympics was followed by intense speculation about the how well equipped the city was to host the Games. But how did predictions compare with the reality? Our correspondents give their verdicts. We have...

Atlanta's true Olympic legacy: Not brick, mortar, or granite - Atlanta Magazine

Between three syllables uttered on September 18, 1990, everything changed in Atlanta, and so did our city's place in the world. That morning I tuned in to the live audio feed from Tokyo on my sleek black Panasonic alarm clock/radio/cassette player. A hush fell as Juan Antonio Samaranch opened the envelope with a rustle, like an Oscars presenter.

Championing Barcelona's Olympic legacy - Time Out Travel

Cycling on Barcelona's seafront - © Olivia Rutherford/Time Out I was eight years old when Barcelona enjoyed its triumphant debut as an Olympic host. Like most other kids my age, I spent the majority of those two balmy weeks in July and August doing my best Linford Christie impression at the local park, while occasionally belting out the euphoric refrain of the Games' official song.

Sydney builds for life after the Olympics

Take away the construction workers laboring nearby and the occasional tourist wandering in for a peek, and Newington, Australia looks like any other middle-class suburb. There's a maintenance crew trying to get a deeper shade of green out of a lawn, a mother bringing her toddler to the playground for a late-morning romp, and luxury sedans parked in driveways here and there.

The lessons learned from PAST games are WELL DOCUMENTED

How cities win and lose the Olympics

This is the field of the baseball stadium built for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The stadium has gone mostly unused in the 12 years since the city spent $15 billion putting on the games.

How The Olympics Changed Atlanta, And What Boston Could Learn

ATLANTA - This is the last U.S. city to host the Summer Olympics. Atlanta scored an upset when the International Olympic Committee in 1990 chose it over five other cities to host the 1996 games, not long after Los Angeles hosted in 1984. Atlanta was not considered a world-class city.

How The Olympic Games Changed Barcelona Forever

Will the London Olympics have a great lasting legacy? It's not entirely clear at present, and there's plenty of reasons to believe it might not. The Olympic Curse has struck many cities, most recently with 2008's host Beijing, where the incredible new stadiums built are gathering dust.

Sydney Games: a lasting legacy?

The Sydney 2000 Olympics promised much for the harbour city and Australia. But what has been the legacy of these games?

London 2012 Olypmic legacy reaches £13bn

UK company Aecom won an international competition to design the 2016 Olympic park master plan while British companies Blue Cube and International Stadia Group have secured separate deals to provide seats for various World Cup stadiums. Meanwhile Steer Davies Gleave, a UK consultancy firm, will provide transport consultancy to nine World Cup cities, including Rio de Janeiro.

The Economic Legacy Of Atlanta's Olympics

Bringing the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to Atlanta was a long shot. Athens, Greece, was the sentimental favorite to host the centennial games, and tension was palpable as IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch made the announcement back on Sept. 18, 1990. "The International Olympic Committee has awarded the 1996 Olympic Games to the city of ...

Barcelona's Olympic makeover may hold lessons for Boston - The Boston Globe

BARCELONA - Tourists flock toward popular attractions, leaving little room to stroll Las Ramblas, a pedestrian mall lined with souvenir shops, cafes, and hotels. Visitors pack the 800-year-old La Boqueriafor high-priced olive oil and marzipan. The labyrinthine Gothic quarter remains a map seller's paradise.

Olympics success leaves a mixed legacy for Australia's sporting life

Given the size of our population, Australia's success at the past three Summer Olympic Games has been quite remarkable. Across the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games, the nation's athletes have won a total of 153 medals. At the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games alone, Australia won 58 medals: a result that placed the nation fourth on the medal tally.

London Olympics: How did the Games do? - BBC News

The announcement that London would host the 2012 Olympics was followed by intense speculation about the how well equipped the city was to host the Games. But how did predictions compare with the reality? Our correspondents give their verdicts. We have...

Atlanta's true Olympic legacy: Not brick, mortar, or granite - Atlanta Magazine

Between three syllables uttered on September 18, 1990, everything changed in Atlanta, and so did our city's place in the world. That morning I tuned in to the live audio feed from Tokyo on my sleek black Panasonic alarm clock/radio/cassette player. A hush fell as Juan Antonio Samaranch opened the envelope with a rustle, like an Oscars presenter.

Championing Barcelona's Olympic legacy - Time Out Travel

Cycling on Barcelona's seafront - © Olivia Rutherford/Time Out I was eight years old when Barcelona enjoyed its triumphant debut as an Olympic host. Like most other kids my age, I spent the majority of those two balmy weeks in July and August doing my best Linford Christie impression at the local park, while occasionally belting out the euphoric refrain of the Games' official song.

Sydney builds for life after the Olympics

Take away the construction workers laboring nearby and the occasional tourist wandering in for a peek, and Newington, Australia looks like any other middle-class suburb. There's a maintenance crew trying to get a deeper shade of green out of a lawn, a mother bringing her toddler to the playground for a late-morning romp, and luxury sedans parked in driveways here and there.

Our Guiding Principles Will ensure immediate Success and lasting Benefits

Community First

Plan all new infrastructure and facilities for the long term community use first, and then adapt them for the Games.

Develop Responsibly

Avoid unnecessary road and hotel development and limit congestion by prioritizing pedestrian, cycling and public transit, and promoting car, bike and home sharing programs.

Source Locally

Benefit all of Oregon by sourcing food, packaging, building materials, labor, and services from Oregon suppliers first.

Build Green

Ensure all new facilities, including the Olympic Stadium and Village, are LEED certified.

Zero Waste

Make Oregon 2028 the first zero waste Olympics with reusable, recyclable and compostable materials.

Low Carbon

Strive to create a zero carbon Olympics, and move Portland closer to being a low carbon city by 2035.

Spend Wisely

Avoid the “wedding effect” by streamlining costs and removing unnecessary Olympic extravagances.

WE can leverage Our existing World class venues & We can build five new community facilities in Portland

WE Already have most of the World class venues we'll need

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Downtown Portland

1. Moda Center
2. Oregon Convention Center
3. PSU/UP facilities
4. Providence Park

Beyond Downtown

1. expo center
2. POrtland International Raceway
3. Forest park
4. Oregon Coast

CORVALLIS

1. Reser Stadium
2. Gill Coliseum

Eugene

1. Hayward Field
2. Matthew Knight Arena
3. AUTZEN STADIUM

And We can build five new community facilities in Portland

Olympic Stadium
75,000 spectators; post-Games 45,000 seat home of MLB / MLS team
Olympic Village
17,000 athletes; post-Games mixed income housing, retail, recreation
Aquatic Center
20,000 spectators; post-Games 5,000 seat community pool, training and competition facility
Velodrome
8,000 spectators; post-Games 3,000 seat community bike center, training and competition facility
INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER / MAIN PRESS CENTER
15,000 journalists; post-Games high-tech offices, with emphasis on entrepreneurship

The Costs make sense

$10B in total costs, but only $1B from city and state funds

$1B Security funded by US Dept of Homeland Security

$2.8B Long-term improvements financed by federal, state, and city governments, and private sources

$2.5B Capital investments in new venues funded by public-private partnerships

$3.6B Operating budget of the Games, offset by Games revenue

SECURITY

Infrastructure Improvement

Capital investments

ORganizing commitee  for the Olympic Games (OCOG) operational budget

Expenditures

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City and state funding

Federal Funding

Private Investment

Games Revenue

Revenues

$1B City and state will fund only 10% of total, and the public funds will only be used for projects that directly benefit the community

$1.5B Federal money will fund security and some transportation / infrastructure projects

$2.5B Private developers and other investors will provide a major source of funding for new venues and infrastructure

$5B+ Revenue from ticketing, sponsorship, and broadcasting

A $1B investment in Perspective...
$1.5B TriMet Orange Line ($48M under budget)
$400M Oregon kicker tax rebate
$197M PDX Airport Improvements (Next 3 years)
$10B in Perspective...

The Costs make sense

$10B in total costs, but only $1B from city and state funds
A $1B investment in Perspective...
$1.5B TriMet Orange Line ($48M under budget)
$400M Oregon kicker tax rebate
$197M PDX Airport Improvements (Next 3 years)
$10B in Perspective...

We're starting to make headlines

And we answered questions on OPB's Think Out Loud.

KGW News recently aired a segment on Oregon 2028.

YOUR FEEDBACK AND OPINIONS WILL SHAPE OUR VISION

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