Tag: Chris McGowan

The Blazers laid off 15% of its workforce — roughly 40 positions— and issued salary cuts for every person in a director role, including President Chris McGowan and his senior vice presidents. The cuts came from departments across the organization and its arena management company, Rip City Management.

The worst could be yet to come because it’s unclear how long the threat of the coronavirus will persist and keep large crowds away from arenas. “We don’t know when we’re going to be able to return,” McGowan told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “If I could say, ‘Hey, by November, we’ll be back up and running,’ that would be one thing. But we have no live events and we don’t know when they’re going to resume.”