Hi All,

Anyone know when 10/11 Pre-season starts? I'm planning a trip from EU to USA and my dream is to see the Blazers live so i was wondering if there's any news about when it will start. I'm in the USA starting on september 15 (LA>SF>PDX>Seattle>Vancouver>Porland>Back home) and will be done with my westcoast trip at september 27 but i'm happy to stay 2/3weeks or more if needed to see 1 or more Blazers games. Anyone with some info?

Cheers!

Hi All!

I'm planning to visit Portland and the Blazers for the first time. Altho i'm a fan for years i've never had the experience of visiting a Portland game but i think the time is about right now esp. because i just love all the players atm and the atmosphere couldn't be any better aswell ofcourse. So... here's the thing. I live in Europe so it's not like around the corner and i want it to be a 'once-a-lifetime opportunity. I stay awake to 4Am during the season to watch the games and i want to experience it fully when i visit it so i'll remember it for years. Therefore i have some questions:

Will it be easy to get tickets? I will be booking a trip at a time when the Blazers play a few games at home so i will be able to visit 2-4 games in a row. (or as much as possible) Is it easy to get tickets for games when i book them for example 2 months in advance? Or will it always be sold-out and do i have to look for black market tix?

Also a big thing: when i watch games i always see people at half-time who get the chance to go on court and throw a ball in the bucket from halfway or do some other game. I know this sounds stupid but doing such thing would be so amazing for me and i was wonder how i can sign-up to be in such game. is there like a website or someone i can contact to ask to be a participant? it would just make my day (i.e. holiday).

Last question: is it possible to visit training of the blazers? So i could get a bit closer to the players then at a game. here in Europe it's normal but i know in the US it's all a bit tougher so i was just wondering if the blazers have those opportunities or something.

Allright. Looking forward to the replies :-)

I was thinking.. I'm not sure if any pre-season plans are made yet but wouldn't it be great to get the Blazers into NBA Europe? Esp. now with this team with Rudy, Sergio, Nic and all and maybe getting to play in Spain that would be a great thing. Also for the experience and marketing of the blazers that would be awesome.

Any thoughts of the chances they will be? (here's hoping btw!)