Proposed Major League Baseball franchises in Portland, Oregon

The Oregon Stadium Campaign and the City of Portland were involved in creating a presentation for a committee in charge of relocating the Montreal Expos in 2003.

In the midst of the campaign for the Expos, the Oregon State Legislature passed a bill that secured $150 million in funds for a new stadium, that can still be used.

[1] Then-Portland Mayor Vera Katz and other officials went to New York City to address the committee that was in charge of the Expos relocation.

The officials included team president David Samson, vice chairman Joel Mael, and Claude Delorme.

[9] On November 29, 2018, PDP announced that it had reached an agreement to build a baseball park on the 45-acre Terminal 2 of the Port of Portland in the Northwest Industrial neighborhood of the city.

[10][11] In 2023, PDP announced that it was now considering two potential sites for a ballpark: the Lloyd Center shopping mall just northeast of downtown Portland and the Redtail Golf Course in Beaverton.

[15] On September 23, 2024, PDP announced that they had signed a letter of intent to purchase Zidell Yards, a large piece of undeveloped land in the South Waterfront neighborhood.

[16] The Portland metropolitan area was a bigger market than several with current MLB teams, namely the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, and Milwaukee Brewers.