Scrapbook of events Built in 1960 for $8 million, Memorial Coliseum was for decades Portland's premier event venue, hosting the Beatles, Elvis Presley and the Blazers' NBA championship win in 1977.

The coliseum is still home to the Winterhawks hockey team, concerts and other community events. "People of Portland are very invested in Memorial Coliseum," Adams said. "We're going to let ...

An Evening With David Sedaris. When: Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205 Author and humorist David Sedaris will talk to audiences ...

The Beatles — seen here in 1965’s “Help!” — played a concert in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 22 of that year. From left are George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul ...

Tyler's concert Oct. 14 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum not only showed him at his best, but it was damn near the best show to come through town in a long time. (Abby Gordon) ...

Now, Brown is eyeing another opportunity: he’s pinning hopes on an idea to build a velodrome inside Memorial Coliseum ... more Portland-esque.” “Portlanders would embrace track racing,” he said, “and, ...

Cross section of the MARC (there's a velodrome in there somewhere.The City of Portland recently ended its call for concepts to redevelop the Memorial Coliseum. There were 80 different concepts ...