Part of that bridge-lease agreement included the city helping the Blazers maintain the building by giving the Spectator Tax (6 percent of every Blazers ticket sold) from the city back to the Blazers. Last season was the first installment of that payment ($4 million), which the team used to help absorb a $10 million scoreboard improvement. “So, that was kind of the first true city/team partnership … using that money for the building,’’ a team source said.

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