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10
Aug
2009

Portland Adult Entertainment: From kickball to Ping-Pong, sport and social clubs gain popularity …

by kingofportland

Sport and social clubs have become so entrenched, they’re taking over parks and recreation leagues that have suffered for decades from declining funding. The club Sports Monster, which has 11 locations including Chicago city and suburbs, contracts with St. Louis and two suburbs to run their basketball and softball leagues. Underdog is managing leagues for the Washington cities of Everett and Burien, said Shawn Madden, Underdog’s majority owner.
Not everyone embraces the sport-and-social-club trend. Some in Chicago have complained about the for-profit groups monopolizing public park space. Portland, which gives field priority to youth sports, occasionally receives concerned calls about kickball’s rapid expansion and faces the challenge of balancing those competing interests, said Shawn Rogers, customer service manager for Portland Bureau of Parks & Recreation.
But for now the clubs are thriving, and it’s easy to see why. After Catching Something on 82nd won its game Thursday — the name references an avenue notorious for prostitution — it popped a bottle of champagne and danced in its spray. Christine Meyer, a 32-year-old graduate student at OHSU who also plays dodge ball and bowls through sport and social clubs, reveled in her team’s celebration.

See the full article from “OregonLive.com”





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