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Moda Center: History, Events, Art & Measurement

Moda Center, formerly known as the Rose Garden, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is used for basketball, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 spectators. As of 2007, it is equipped with state-of-the-art acoustics and other amenities.

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Moda Center topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Events, Art and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Moda Center.

Related topics
175
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
181
Extracted relationships
159
Concept neighborhoods
56
Bridge connections
181

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Notable events · 80 topics
Description · 35 topics
History · 24 topics
Tenants · 18 topics
Overview · 17 topics
Ownership and management · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
City of Portland
Location
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Address
1 North Center Court Street
Architect
Ellerbe Becket
Capacity
Basketball: 19,393 (2015–present) 19,441 (2014–2015) 19,980 (1999–2014) 21,538 (1996–1999) 21,401 (1995–1996) Ice hockey / Box lacrosse: 18,280 Center stage: approx. 20,500 End…
Cost
$262 million ($554 million in 2025 dollars)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Description

Ownership and management

Tenants

History

Notable events

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Moda Center connects Entity context

The extracted context around Moda Center shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Moda Center → Allen, April, City, Clackamas Town Center, Coliseum's, In, In July, Marshall Glickman, MAX, MAX Light Rail, MAX Yellow Line, Memorial Coliseum, National Basketball Association, NBA, NBA Finals, Oregon Arena Corporation, Paul Allen, Portland, Portland Business Journal, Portland Trail Blazers Another extracted example is Moda Center → According, All-Star, Blazers' All-Star, Boston Celtics, Finals, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, NBA All-Star Game, NBA Finals, NBA Western Conference Finals, One NBA-related, Oregon Sports Authority, PBR Built Ford Tough, Portland, Portland's, San Antonio Spurs, Series, The Trail Blazers, Trail Blazers. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Moda Center

Top relations

related to history · 27
Moda Center → Allen, April, City, Clackamas Town Center, Coliseum's, In, In July, Marshall Glickman, MAX, MAX Light Rail, MAX Yellow Line, Memorial Coliseum, National Basketball Association, NBA, NBA Finals, Oregon Arena Corporation, Paul Allen, Portland, Portland Business Journal, Portland Trail Blazers
related to Notable events · 21
Moda Center → According, All-Star, Blazers' All-Star, Boston Celtics, Finals, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, NBA All-Star Game, NBA Finals, NBA Western Conference Finals, One NBA-related, Oregon Sports Authority, PBR Built Ford Tough, Portland, Portland's, San Antonio Spurs, Series, The Trail Blazers, Trail Blazers
related to Name · 20
Moda Center → Blazers, Boston, Boston Garden, In, In August, International Rose Test Garden, Madison Square Garden, Moda Health, New York City, Oregon-based, Portland, Portland's, Rose City, Rose Garden, Rose Garden Arena, Rose Quarter, The, Trail Blazers, Vulcan, When
related to Tenants · 19
Moda Center → Blazers, City, Dundon, In, In August, Jody Allen, March, Microsoft, Moda Health, NBA, October, Officials, Paul Allen, Portland, Portland City Council, Portland Trail Blazers, The, The Trail Blazers, Thomas Dundon
related to Construction and opening · 15
Moda Center → Although, At, David Bowie, Ground, Its, NBA, Nine Inch Nails, November, OAC, October, The, This, Trail Blazers, USA Today, Vancouver Grizzlies
related to Acoustics · 9
Moda Center → Blazers, Each, For, JBL, Memorial Coliseum, NBA, One, The, US
related to Ownership and management · 9
Moda Center → City, Estate, Management, Paul Allen, Portland, Portland Trail Blazers, Rip City Management, Rose Quarter, The Moda Center
related to Description · 4
Moda Center → Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Rose Quarter, The
is a · 2
Moda Center → multipurpose arena which is suitable for numerous indoor sports, popular venue for concerts and other artistic productions.Construction began in 1993
Address · 1
Moda Center → 1 North Center Court Street

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

arena portland center moda blazers basketball oregon trail city tour allen nba performed team also rose show sports events facility

Moda Center relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 159 structured relationships around Moda Center. Examples in this analysis include Moda Center → Address → 1 North Center Court Street and Moda Center → Architect → Ellerbe Becket. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Moda CenterAddress1 North Center Court Street1.00infobox
Moda CenterArchitectEllerbe Becket1.00infobox
Moda CenterCapacityBasketball: 19,393 (2015–present) 19,441 (2014–2015) 19,980 (1999–2014) 21,538 (1996–1999) 21,401 (1995–1996) Ice hockey / Box lacrosse: 18,280 Center stage: approx. 20,500 End…1.00infobox
Moda CenterCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Moda CenterCost$262 million ($554 million in 2025 dollars)1.00infobox
Moda CenterFormer namesRose Garden (1995–2013)1.00infobox
Moda CenterFull nameModa Center at the Rose Quarter1.00infobox
Moda CenterGeneral contractorDrake/Turner1.00infobox
Moda CenterGroundbreakingJuly 12, 19931.00infobox
Moda CenterLocationPortland, Oregon, U.S.1.00infobox
Moda CenterOpenedOctober 12, 19951.00infobox
Moda CenterOperatorRip City Management1.00infobox
Moda CenterOwnerCity of Portland1.00infobox
Moda CenterProject managersShiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc.1.00infobox
Moda CenterPublic transitMAX Light Rail at Rose Quarter Transit Center at Interstate/Rose Quarter Bus Service 4, 8, 35, 44, 771.00infobox
Moda CenterServices engineerFlack + Kurtz, Inc.1.00infobox
Moda CenterStructural engineerKPFF Consulting Engineers1.00infobox
Moda Centeris apopular venue for concerts and other artistic productions.Construction began in 19930.90text
Moda Centeris amultipurpose arena which is suitable for numerous indoor sports0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Moda Center bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Moda, Blazers and Portland. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Moda Center
    • Moda
    • Blazers
    • Portland
    • Events
    • Nba
    • State
    • Trail
    • Also
    • City
    • States
    • Winterhawks
    • United
  • moda center
    • Moda
    • Blazers
    • Portland
    • Events
    • Nba
    • State
    • Trail
    • Rose
    • Also
    • Quarter
    • City
    • Basketball
  • sports arena
    • Portland
    • State
    • States
    • Winterhawks
    • United
    • Oregon
    • Also
    • Performed
    • Games
    • Blazers
    • Coliseum
    • Quarter
  • portland, oregon
    • States
    • United
    • City
    • Sports
    • Trail
    • Blazers
    • Team
    • State
    • Rose
    • Allen
    • Winterhawks
    • Basketball
  • portland trail blazers
    • Trail
    • City
    • Blazers
    • Portland
    • Moda
    • Nba
    • Sports
    • Team
    • Winterhawks
    • Rose
    • Center
    • Allen
  • portland fire
    • City
    • Trail
    • Blazers
    • Sports
    • Team
    • Rose
    • Allen
    • Winterhawks
    • Oregon
    • Also
    • State
    • Quarter
  • portland winterhawks
    • Coliseum
    • City
    • Trail
    • Blazers
    • Sports
    • Team
    • Rose
    • Allen
    • Portland
    • Winterhawks
    • Games
    • State
  • portland state university
    • Games
    • City
    • Trail
    • Blazers
    • Sports
    • Team
    • Rose
    • Allen
    • Winterhawks
    • Oregon
    • Also
    • Events

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Moda Center, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Moda Center with Notable events. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Moda CenterNotable events · splits 101 ⟂ 81
Moda CenterDescription · splits 146 ⟂ 36
Moda CenterHistory · splits 157 ⟂ 25
Moda CenterTenants · splits 163 ⟂ 19
Moda CenterOverview · splits 164 ⟂ 18

Map overview Semantic statistics

Moda Center

Nodes182
Edges181
Triples159
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010989
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Moda Center to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Events, Art & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Moda Center · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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