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Multnomah Athletic Club
AbbreviationM.A.C.
FormationFebruary 1891
TypeSocial and recreational club
Registration no.93-0232310
Location
Membership
17,158 (residential members)[1]
Key people
Grant Yoshihara (president)
D'Anne O'Neill (vice president)
David Brezinski (treasurer)
John Helmer III (secretary)
Budget (2015)
$36,080,723[2]
Revenue (2015)
$4,339,502[2]
Websitethemac.com

The Multnomah Athletic Club is a private social and athletic club in Portland, Oregon, United States. Located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood, it was founded in 1891, and the club has expanded greatly from its beginnings. It now fills two buildings totaling 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2), making it the largest indoor athletic club in the world.[3]

History

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The Multnomah Athletic Club was formed in February 1891 by former members of the Portland Football and Cricket Club.[4]

Baseball team

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In July 1894, the Sanford University baseball team traveled to Portland for a series against the Multnomah Athletic Club baseball team. Stanford was victorious, 6–5 in front of a crowd of 1,500 people during the first game.[5] Multnomah lost the second game, 20–9, and committed 15 errors.[6]

Football team

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The first American football team at the Multnomah Athletic Club organized in 1891, with Jack Savage serving as the squad's captain. The first football game was held on October 31, 1891 between the Multnomah Athletic Club and the Bishop Scott Academy football team at Oaks Field. Multnomah lost the game, 0–8 and in a retrospective of events by The Oregonian in 1902 it was noted that players lacked the knowledge of the game's rules and strategy. Following the team's first game, Multnomah received a challenge from the Tacoma Athletic Club of Tacoma, Washington to play a football game on Thanksgiving Day 1891 in Portland. Many members of the Bishop Scott Academy team that defeated Multnomah joined the club squad. Multnomah won the game, 30–6 in what kicked-off the annual tradition of the club hosting a Thanksgiving Day football game. On New Year's Day 1892, 75 Multnomah supporters went to Tacoma to witness the two clubs play a re-match. Multnomah won the game by a score of 24–0 and the club boosters stayed in Tacoma for three nights to celebrate.[4]

On New Years Day 1894, the Multnomah Athletic Club played the Stanford University football team. The club hired William Heffelfinger—who had just finished his season at the helm of California Golden Bears football team—to coach the game for Multnomah. Stanford defeated Multnomah by a score of 16–0. That evening after the game, both teams were guests for a performance of the opera the Chimes of Normandy at the Marquam Theater. During an intermission between the first and second acts, the teams were honored on stage by the cast of the opera. The Stanford players were bestowed with silk sashes by the native Californians in the production. Stanford's captain Joe Smith was gifted a silver shield. [4]

The Portland Athletic Club was formed in 1894 and until its demise in 1898, the club's football team regularly played the Multnomah squad. George W. McMillian, who had played with the Multnomah football team since 1895, was named club's coach in 1898.[4][7]

In 1915, the Multnomah football team traveled to San Francisco, California to play the Olympic Athletic Club during the Panama–Pacific International Exposition.[8]

Facilities

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The entrance to the Multnomah Athletic Club photographed in 2014.

The club's primary facility is an eight-level main clubhouse located adjacent to Providence Park, a multipurpose stadium located on land formerly owned by the club, directly behind the park's south end bleachers. Covered parking for more than 600 autos is provided across the street in the club's garage.

Athletic facilities at the club include: Nine tennis courts, Eight squash courts, Ten racquetball/handball courts, Gymnastics arena, Three gymnasiums including a rock climbing gym, Indoor track, Batting cage, Pilates studio, Exercise and conditioning room with 14,800 square feet (1,370 m2) of space, Three fitness studios with 9,430 square feet (876 m2) total space, and Four locker rooms with over 6400 lockers. The club also has three swimming pools, two with spectator galleries.

Dining facilities include three restaurants, ten private dining rooms and the grand ballroom. Areas for socializing include reading lounge, game room, stadium terrace, sun deck, and junior lounge. Amenities include concierge, the -M-porium retail shop, child care and playschool, salon, massage, and shoe shine/repair.

The club offers a swim team, synchronized swimming, basketball, cycling, dance, decathlon, golf, gymnastics, handball, karate, Pilates, personal training, skiing, squash, soccer, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, hiking, and yoga. The clubhouse is also host to a variety of local, regional, and national sporting competitions throughout the year, and has been a venue for international championships on more than one occasion.


Notable members and staff

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Olympic silver medalist Suzanne Zimmerman was a Multnomah Athletic Club member.

References

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  1. ^ "Membership". themac.com. Multnomah Athletic Club. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Nonprofit Explorer; Multnomah Athletic Club". propublica.org. ProPublica. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Oregon Sports Hall of Fame: Multnomah Athletic Club - Special Contributions".
  4. ^ a b c d "When first played in Portland; Multnomah's football team of 1891-92 and the elevens of later years". The Sunday Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. November 23, 1902. p. 25. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  5. ^ "Stanford victorious". The Daily Morning Astorian. Astoria, Oregon. July 15, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  6. ^ "Dropped hard". The Daily Morning Astorian. Astoria, Oregon. July 19, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "Legend of the Game; George W. McMillan". gnfafootball.org. Greater Northwest Football Association. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Old foes to meet; Multnomah eleven plays with Olympic club today". The Sunday Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. November 14, 1915. p. 22. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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45°31′14″N 122°41′34″W / 45.5206°N 122.6927°W / 45.5206; -122.6927