Portland's plan to renovate and greenify the aging Veterans Memorial Coliseum has met financial reality: There isn't enough green to pay for everything. Costs have ballooned 33 percent from the ...

With all the talk about what Portland should do with Memorial Coliseum, one group seems to be forgotten about: the veterans who inspired the name of the building.

The Veterans Memorial Coliseum, formerly Memorial Coliseum, opened in 1960 and, with its 12,000-seat arena, is today the Portland Winterhawks' home base. The city of Portland owns the venue but ...