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Fans face tough choices on buying tickets

By Jim Caple
Page 2

Sunday, April 12, 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Jamey Winchester's first job was as a teenager working behind the bar in Portland's Memorial Coliseum during the late '70s, when the Trail Blazers won the NBA championship and the city's heart. Every game was a sellout back then -- the 12,666 capacity was more of a fixture in the box score than a Maurice Lucas double-double -- and the team actually sold tickets to watch closed-circuit game telecasts at the Paramount Theater. To be a season-ticket holder in those days? It gave y ...

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