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Taxpayers particularly ought to like the proposed arrangement.
A local, private partnership group, Portland Family Entertainment, would get a contract to operate the facility for 20 years. It also would get up-front financing help to improve a stadium badly in need of renovation. Fans of major league baseball and soccer might be disappointed with a lower level of competition. But their disappointment couldn't come close to matching the general public unhappiness if the city did nothing to upgrade the run-down stadium. The city has to bring Civic Stadium up to seismic-safety and Americans with Disabilities standards in any case.