Despite an outpouring of resistance to the venue, Portland commissioners suggested that their hands were tied on concerns about Live Nation’s business practices.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A proposal to bring a Live Nation venue to Portland has received significant pushback, and dozens of people testified Thursday in support of an appeal against the world’s largest entertainment company building a 3,500-seat concert hall in the Central Eastside.
Portland City Council tentatively denied the appeal Thursday and asked that both sides return with revised findings for whether the Live Nation venue should proceed in its proposed location near Hawthorne Bridge.
The board of commissioners for Prosper
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