Trail Blazers pick AEG to manage the Rose Quarter

The Portland Trail Blazers have chosen entertainment giant AEG as the new manager of the Rose Quarter, a signal the team is serious about redeveloping the area and growing revenue streams for the ballclub.

Los Angeles-based AEG Facilities has signed a five-year deal with the Blazers’ Portland Arena Management to replace the current facilities manager, Global Spectrum, starting July 1, Mike Golub, the team’s vice president and chief operations officer, said Monday.

Team officials hope the change goes unnoticed by patrons of the quarter’s 20,000-seat Rose Garden and 12,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, and even by the 70 full-time and more than 700 part-time employees.

– Excerpt from The Oregonian, June 10, 2008