Editing Portland Trail Blazers (section)

== Venues ==
{{Main|Moda Center}}
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[[File:Portland Trail Blazers HQ.JPG|thumb|The team's headquarters and practice facility are in [[Tualatin, Oregon]].]]
The Trail Blazers play their home games in the Moda Center, a multipurpose arena which is located in Portland's [[Rose Quarter]], northeast of downtown. The Moda Center, originally named the Rose Garden, opened in 1995 and can seat a total of 19,980 spectators for basketball games; capacity increases to 20,580 with [[standing room]].<ref name="rgfacts">{{Cite web |title=Rose Quarter Venue Facts |url=http://www.rosequarter.com/RoseQuarter/FunFacts/tabid/88/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011042201/http://rosequarter.com/RoseQuarter/FunFacts/tabid/88/default.aspx |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=October 23, 2007 |publisher=Rose Quarter}}</ref> Like the Trail Blazers, the Moda Center is owned by Paul Allen through subsidiary [[Vulcan Sports and Entertainment]].<ref name="lieweke" /><ref name="cohort">{{Cite news |last=Jung |first=Helen |date=July 12, 2007 |title=Blazers overseer ponders new cohort |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1184212523272680.xml&coll=7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026115122/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/oregonian/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fbusiness%2F1184212523272680.xml&coll=7 |archive-date=October 26, 2007 |access-date=October 25, 2007 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> During a two-year period between 2005 and 2007, the arena was owned by a consortium of creditors who financed its construction after the Oregon Arena Corporation, a now-defunct holding company owned by Allen, filed for [[Rose Garden arena bankruptcy|bankruptcy in 2004]].<ref name="gs">{{Cite news |date=January 24, 2005 |title=Global Spectrum names Rose Garden Manager |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/01/24/daily5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202120750/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/01/24/daily5.html |archive-date=December 2, 2007 |access-date=October 23, 2007 |work=Portland Business Journal}}</ref> In August 2013, the arena's name was changed from the Rose Garden to the Moda Center, after the Blazers' front office officials reached a $4 million agreement with Moda Health Corporation. The name change was met with considerable criticism from fans.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ben Golliver |date=August 13, 2013 |title=Blazers Officially Announce Rose Garden Name Change To "Moda Center" |url=http://www.blazersedge.com/2013/8/13/4618206/blazers-officially-announce-rose-garden-name-change-to-moda-center |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083144/http://www.blazersedge.com/2013/8/13/4618206/blazers-officially-announce-rose-garden-name-change-to-moda-center |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2015 |website=Blazer's Edge}}</ref>

Prior to 1995, the Trail Blazers' home venue was the [[Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland)|Memorial Coliseum]], which today stands adjacent to the Moda Center. This facility, built in 1960, can seat 12,888&nbsp;spectators for basketball (originally 12,666).<ref name="rgfacts" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=History Main &#124; THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/history/history_main.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100319124804/http://www.nba.com/blazers/history/history_main.html |archive-date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=August 10, 2016 |website=www.nba.com |quote=Capacity was 12,666 through 1988, when it was expanded to 12,854 and then eventually 12,888.}}</ref> It was renamed the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in 2011.

=== In-game entertainment ===
The team has a cheerleading-dance squad known as the BlazerDancers. Consisting of 16&nbsp;members, the all-female BlazerDancers perform dance routines at home games, charity events, and promotional events. The 2008–2009 team held auditions in late July 2008. Seven new dancers, as well as nine returning dancers, made up the new team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BlazerDancers Team Page |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/dance_team000420.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214093821/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/dance_team000420.html |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers' official website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> A junior dance team composed of 8- to 11-year-old girls also performs at selected home games,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Junior BlazerDancers |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/junior_blazer_dancers.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324052701/http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/junior_blazer_dancers.html |archive-date=March 24, 2018 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers' official website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> as does a [[hip hop]] dance troupe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jam Squad |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/hip_hop_squad.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219234507/http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/hip_hop_squad.html |archive-date=December 19, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers' official website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> Other regular in-game entertainment acts include a co-educational acrobatic stunt team which performs technically difficult cheers,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stunt team |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/stunt_team.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908095142/http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/stunt_team.html |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers' official website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> a [[break dancing]] squad known as the Portland TrailBreakers,<ref>{{Cite web |title=TrailBreakers |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/trail_breakers.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023180352/http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/trail_breakers.html |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers' official website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> and a pair of percussion acts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funk Plastic |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/funk_plastic.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219234457/http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/funk_plastic.html |archive-date=December 19, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers' official website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Groove Machine |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/groove_machine.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219234502/http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/groove_machine.html |archive-date=December 19, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers' official website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref>