USA vs Russia Boxing Dual Cancelled

Global Spectrum announced today the cancellation of the USA Boxing: USA vs. Russia Dual on Friday, June 13 at the Rose Garden. Due to scheduling conflict complications, USA Boxing has been forced to cancel the event..

Refunds are available at point of purchase. Those who purchased tickets for the Portland event via credit card at the Rose Quarter Box Office, ComcastTIX.com or by phone will automatically receive a refund. Ticket holders who purchased tickets with cash or at Safeway/TicketWest outlets can receive refunds at the place of purchase.

USA National Boxing Team takes on Russia at the Rose Garden June 13

National Teams from the United States and Russia will convene in the boxing ring for an Olympic-style boxing dual at the Rose Garden on Friday, June 13th at 7:30p. U.S.A. vs. Russia: World Dual Boxing will feature top boxers from both teams for 11 action—packed bouts.

Russia and the United States are currently ranked number one and two in the world, respectively. The USA vs. Russia Dual at the Rose Garden will be the final international event for USA Boxing before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The USA vs. Russia Dual will be the last of five international dual events leading into the 2008 Olympic Games.

USA Boxing sponsors not only national and international competitions, but also clinics and training camps to help athletes and coaches learn international techniques.

USA Boxing has won 108 Medals in Olympic competition, ranking first among all nations that compete in the Summer Olympic Games.  Some of the most famous athletes in the world have emerged from the ranks of USA Boxing and Olympic competition, including Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Oscar de la Hoya, among many others.

USA Boxing actively claims that its boxers represent “America’s Best Athletes”, a distinction supported by Boxing’s number one position on the ESPN.com poll that measured athleticism among 64 major U.S. sports.

Rose Quarter
The Rose Quarter in Portland, OR is owned by an affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers and managed by Global Spectrum. 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.

Rose Quarter Ranked #1 in Number of Shows, #3 in Attendance and #8 in Total Gross
In the December 2006 issue of Venues Today, the Rose Quarter not only was ranked eighth in the world for venues with a capacity of 15,001-30,000 for the year, it also won the 2006 Hall of Headlines Booking title. The Rose Quarter has had more events (not including Trail Blazers games, Winter Hawks games, and other select events) than any other venue in its category with 191 and boasts the third largest attendance with 872,208.

Global Spectrum
Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com) is the fastest growing firm in the public assembly facility management field with more than 65 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The Philadelphia-based company is part of one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment companies, Comcast-Spectacor, which also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, a regional sports programming network, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, and Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company and 3601 Creative Group, a full-service in-house advertising agency. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor annually produces 10 nationally televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC.