2008 World Tour of Gymnastics Superstars
When: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 - 7:30p
Where: Rose Quarter – Rose Garden
Portland, Oregon
Tickets: Tickets are priced at $79.50, $49.50, $39.50 and $29.50. Tickets go on sale Sat, Aug 2nd at 11a and can be purchased at the Rose Quarter Box Office (M-F 10a-5p), all participating Safeway/ TicketsWest outlets, by calling 877.789.ROSE (7673), or at ComcastTIX.com. For Groups of 10+ please call 503.963.4400. For more information please visit RoseQuarter.com. Prices do not include service charges. To receive event notices, pre-sale opportunities, discounts and prizes join our free Rose Quarter CyberClub at RoseQuarter.com.
What: Direct from Beijing, the 2008 World Tour of Gymnastics Superstars featuring the reigning world champion Shawn Johnson, Olympic Champion Paul Hamm and 9 time World medalist Nastia Liukin plus the men and women of the Team USA gymnastics team are coming to the Rose Garden on Friday, September 26.
Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson were automatically named to the Olympic team by finishing in the top two at the Olympic Trials.
The remainder of the six-member team and three alternates, Ivana Hong, Jana Bieger and Corrie Lothrop, were named on July 19, after a selection camp in Houston, Texas.
Because the rules of gymnastics do not require athletes to compete on all apparatus, in order to field a competitive team the selection committee will select the remaining athletes based on their strengths and weakneses relative to other team members.
Two members of the U.S. men's gymnastics team, Paul Hamm and Jonathan Horton, were named at the conclusion of the Olympic Trials. The rest of the team was announced the following day after a lengthy meeting of the men's selection committee. On July 28, Hamm withdrew from the Olympics and was replaced by Raj Bhavsar. Although Paul Hamm will not compete at the Olympics he will be making an appearance at the 2008 World Tour of Gymnastics Superstars. The other members of the men’s team includes: Morgan Hamm, Kevin Tan, Joe Hagerty, and Justin Spring.
Rose Quarter
The Rose Quarter in Portland, OR is owned by an affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers and managed by AEG Facilities. The Rose Quarter includes 20,000-seat Rose Garden, 12,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, 6,500-seat Theater of the Clouds, 40,000-square foot Exhibit Hall and the Rose Quarter Commons. Home to the NBA Portland Trail Blazers and the NLL Portland LumberJax, the Rose Garden is a $262 million multi-purpose arena that opened in the fall of 1995. The WHL Winter Hawks play in Memorial Coliseum, which opened in 1961 and served as the original home of the Trail Blazers. Memorial Coliseum is attached to 40,000-square foot Exhibit Hall and seven meeting rooms. The Commons, Portland’s largest outdoor public plaza, connects the Rose Garden and the Memorial Coliseum and can accommodate up to 5,000 people for outdoor events. Ovations Food Services is the official food and beverage concessionaire for the Rose Quarter.
AEG Facilities
AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG Facilities, a stand-alone affiliate of AEG, owns, operates or consults with many of the industries preeminent venues worldwide including the Rose Quarter (Portland, OR), STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA), Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO), Prudential Center (Newark, NJ), Toyota Sports Center (El Segundo, CA), The Home Depot Center, (Carson, CA), The XL Center (Hartford, CT), El Rey Theatre (Hollywood, CA), The Arena at The Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, CA), Rentschler Field (Hartford, CT), Target Center (Minneapolis, MN), Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN), E-Center (West Valley City, Utah), AT&T Center (San Antonio, TX), Jobing.com Arena (Glendale, AZ), Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, NC) and The O2, a 28-acre development located in the eastern part of London along the Thames River which includes a 20,000-seat arena and over 650,000 sq. ft. of leisure and entertainment use. The company is also developing arenas including O2 World (on 45-acres in central Berlin), Citizen’s Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA) and on the Las Vegas Strip.
8/1/2008