In the initial proposal, funding for the new soccer team was dependent on a replacement Beavers stadium being found in Portland. Initially, the ballpark was to be built at the site currently occupied by the
Memorial Coliseum, which would have been torn down. But public outcry about demolishing a Portland landmark led Portland mayor
Sam Adams to propose a second site in the
Rose Quarter area north of Memorial Coliseum, which proved to be too small. in the
Rose Quarter was an original site for the ballpark, however, it met much public criticism. Attention then turned to a third site,
Lents Park in the
Lents neighborhood in southeast Portland, which had been considered in the early planning stages but rejected due to less-accessible location. After a series of contentious public hearings in which neighbors objected to construction of the stadium in a city park, the Lents site was removed from consideration. On June 24, the Portland City Council voted to separate the soccer and baseball projects, allowing renovation of PGE Park to proceed without completed plans for a baseball stadium in place. Other locations that were considered included a vacant terminal at the
Port of Portland,
Delta Park, the
Portland Expo Center,
Portland Meadows, the Westwood Corporation Heliport site, and a building owned by
Portland Public Schools near the Rose Quarter.
Clackamas County promoted a location near the
Southeast Fuller Road station on the recently completed
MAX Green Line light rail, and
Vancouver mayor
Tim Leavitt indicated interest in bringing the team to his city. None of these proposals gained enough momentum to proceed to the planning stage. ==Abandonment of project==