What is Moda Center?
[[File:Modacenter2019.jpg|thumb|View of the outside of the Moda Center]] '''Moda Center''' is an multi-use arena located in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] that serves as the home for the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). It was also home to the [[Portland Winterhawks]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) from 1995 until 2021 and the [[Portland Fire]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) from 2000 until 2002. They first started to build the stadium on July 12, 1993. The arena opened on October 12, 1995 and the first event was a concert by [[David Bowie]] opened by [[Nine Inch Nails]] on October 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rosequarter.com/about-us/our-venues|accessdate=December 4, 2023|title=Our Venues|publisher=Moda Center}}</ref> The Trail Blazers had their first game in the arena on November 3, 1995. In the game, they were defeated by the [[Vancouver Grizzlies]] 92–80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/basketball/it-was-20-years-ago-today-hope-was-budding-in-the-rose-garden-as-the-grizzlies-took-the-court|accessdate=December 4, 2023|title=It Was 20 Years Ago Today: Hope was budding in the Rose Garden as the Grizzlies took the court|publisher=[[The Province]]}}</ref> When the arena first opened on October 12, 1995, the arena didn't have a sponsor and the arena was named the '''Rose Garden'''. The name was chosen because of Portland's nickname being the Rose City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/football/bal-sp.unitas17sep17%2C0%2C2703334.story|accessdate=December 4, 2023|title=Naming Stadium for Unitas Costly, Not Unprecedented|publisher=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=October 10, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010210602/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/football/bal-sp.unitas17sep17%2C0%2C2703334.story|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In 2004, the arena was filed for [[bankruptcy]] and the ownership of the arena moved from [[Paul Allen]] to many different creditors.<r