Construction began in 1993, and the arena, originally named Rose Garden, opened on October 12th, 1995, and remains an ongoing community icon in Portland to this day. The arena cost US$ 262 million to build with construction financed with funds obtained by a variety of sources, including the City of Portland, owner Paul Gardner Allen’s personal fortune, and $155 million in bonds issued by a consortium of mutual funds and insurance companies.

Corporate branding rights to the Rose Garden were awarded to Moda Health on August 13th, 2013, and the arena became the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter.

The nearest airport is Portland International Airport (PDX) which is about 12 miles northeast of the Moda Center. The airport is a joint civil-military airport and the largest airport in the state of Oregon. Direct flights are available from London Heathrow (LHR) to Portland International Airport (PDX) with a flight time of approximately 9 hours and 50 minutes.

If you are already in the US and looking to travel to/from Portland, then you have the choice of most US domestic airlines including Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Frontier Airlines, Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airways and WestJet.

The Moda Center is served by the MAX Light Rail system, with the blue, green, and red lines stopping at the Rose Quarter Transit Center. Alternately, TriMet provides a bus service to and from the Moda Center. Lines 4-Fessenden, 8-Jackson Park/NE 15th, 35-Macadam Greeley, 44-Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest, 77-Broadway/Halsey and 85-Swan Island all stop near the Moda Center. You could also make use of apps such as Moovit to get directions to the arena using public transportation.

Rideshare services such as Uber or Lyft are also available in the vicinity with designated drop-off and pick-up zones around the Moda Center.

The Moda Center is in the Rose Quarter neighbourhood of Portland. The Rose Quarter is a 30-acre sports and entertainment district located in Portland’s Lloyd District on the east bank of the Willamette River, just east of downtown.

Beyond the Airbnb and Sonder options there are several hotels to suit all budgets near the arena, which can be booked directly or via one of the hotel reservation booking sites. Some popular hotel options include the Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center, Hotel Eastlund, Courtyard Portland Downtown/Convention Center, and Crowne Plaza Hotel Portland-Downtown Convention Center.

The Portland Trail Blazers sell their tickets via Ticketmaster.

The official ticket partner for the NBA is nbatickets.nba.com.

Here are links to the main ticket resale sites. Click on the link, which will open up a new window, and you can compare the prices on the different ticket resell sites, bearing in mind that the prices shown are before the selling platform fees are added, so take time to have a read of my tips to Buying Tickets in North America.

• SeatGeek
• SportsEvents365 (Click on the Search Button)
• StubHub International
• StubHub US
• Ticketmaster US
• TicketNetwork
• Viagogo
• Vivid Seats

I recommend downloading the team’s Mobile App to your phone as it contains much Gameday information for the stadium.