The battle over the Portland Trail Blazers‘ nearly $600 million Moda Center renovation has played out for months between team executives and local government officials.
Now, it’s apparently entering the influencer era.
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With Portland City Council preparing for another important vote in the arena negotiations, a coalition supporting the renovation has paid four local figures to publicly advocate for the project.
According to Alissa Gary of The Oregonian, comedian Ian Karmel, writer Ashtyn Butuso, Deadstock Coffee founder Ian Williams and shoe store owner Troy Douglass were compensated
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