Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Delta Dome was a proposed indoor sports venue in Portland, Oregon which was scrapped after voters rejected two bond measures in 1964. The site which the arena was recommended for was Delta Park, which was the former location of Vanport City, a post-World War II veterans housing project that was flooded out almost two decades prior. It was announced in 1963 that plans were being drawn up for an enclosed stadium in Portland which could serve useful to a major professional sports franchise, despite that at the time, the city had no such team and a vacant arena completed a few years before. The next year plans were shown for a 46,000 seat dome with a plexi-glass skylight and a 17,000 vehicle parking lot. It was put up to a vote twice: the first time it was rejected by voters in Portland and the second time Multnomah County residents denied the plan. The dome had the support of Mark Hatfield, the Governor of Oregon at the time as well as Portland's mayor Terry Schrunk. When the city purchased Multnomah Stadium, now known as Providence Park, the need for a multi-sports facility ended. The inspiration for the building came from a similar design in Houston, Texas where they were concurrently constructing the Harris County Domed Stadium (now known as the NRG Astrodome)."@en }
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- Delta_Dome abstract "The Delta Dome was a proposed indoor sports venue in Portland, Oregon which was scrapped after voters rejected two bond measures in 1964. The site which the arena was recommended for was Delta Park, which was the former location of Vanport City, a post-World War II veterans housing project that was flooded out almost two decades prior. It was announced in 1963 that plans were being drawn up for an enclosed stadium in Portland which could serve useful to a major professional sports franchise, despite that at the time, the city had no such team and a vacant arena completed a few years before. The next year plans were shown for a 46,000 seat dome with a plexi-glass skylight and a 17,000 vehicle parking lot. It was put up to a vote twice: the first time it was rejected by voters in Portland and the second time Multnomah County residents denied the plan. The dome had the support of Mark Hatfield, the Governor of Oregon at the time as well as Portland's mayor Terry Schrunk. When the city purchased Multnomah Stadium, now known as Providence Park, the need for a multi-sports facility ended. The inspiration for the building came from a similar design in Houston, Texas where they were concurrently constructing the Harris County Domed Stadium (now known as the NRG Astrodome).".