{"id":80649,"date":"2025-08-13T22:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/80649\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T22:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:16:08","slug":"trail-blazers-buyer-seeks-more-local-investors-and-columbia-sportswears-tim-boyle-is-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/80649\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers buyer seeks more local investors, and Columbia Sportswear\u2019s Tim Boyle is interested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Portland Fire launch party\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KIUCDZMXUVGBPGEBQD4NSY7V5Q.jpg\" \/>An exterior shot of the Moda Center at the launch party event for the Portland Fire on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.Sean Meagher\/The Oregonian<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5ZXMX5DPHZCYRBCP4IWRIW5MGM\">Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon heads a group that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/sports\/2025\/08\/portland-trail-blazers-to-be-sold-carolina-hurricanes-owner-tom-dundon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reached a deal to buy Portland\u2019s beloved NBA franchise<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SDGFKBBODVGJJGPPYIFQPAWDGQ\">But it appears the group is still growing. Dundon\u2019s business partners have been in contact with prominent Oregonians about investing in the days leading up to Wednesday\u2019s announcement \u2014 including Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle, who\u2019s considering it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An exterior shot of the Moda Center at the launch party event for the Portland Fire on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20395,99,10131],"class_list":{"0":"post-80649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-arena","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-venue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}