Correct. Portland Rockies, and then Portland Beavers. I’m not sure where they moved to.

Portland was also in the running for the Expos, before they ended up in DC. If I remember right, one of the main concerns was there wasn’t enough interested sponsorship in town (after the whole building a big enough MLB stadium part). I wonder if that has changed in the last 10 years. Portland has become a solid…

Timbers fans at an NHL game. Yes, please.

Yes. Solid season ticket holder base, and draw the same genre of fans as the Timbers matches. It’d be a perfect fit.

A couple notes from Portland
1) I’ve heard that one of the main reasons Portland doesn’t have an NHL team is Paul Allen (Blazers owner) owns the parking lots and maybe the arena and doesn’t like the idea of sharing.