Essential Forces

Essential Forces
The fountain and stone pillars outside the arena, 2007
Year	1995 (1995)
Location	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates	45.53092°N 122.66761°W / 45.53092; -122.66761

Essential Forces, or the Essential Forces Fountain, is a fountain outside Portland, Oregon's Moda Center, in the United States.^[1][2] The water feature was created by WET Design of Los Angeles, and its stone pillars once shot out fire.^[3] It is "computerized" and was donated to the city by Paul Allen.^[4] The fountain was completed in 1995 and has 500 water jets.^[5][6]

References

1. "Everything going on in and outside Moda Center for Game 3 & 4". NBC Sports Northwest. April 21, 2016.
2. "Allen, 'ultimate trail blazer,' celebrated at opener". ESPN.com. October 19, 2018.
3. Oregonian/OregonLive, Allan Brettman | The (November 2, 2013). "Trail Blazers' opening night to feature WiFi, an app, local food and a new arena name". oregonlive.
4. Gottberg, John; Lopeman, Elizabeth (June 1, 2010). Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570616990 – via Google Books.
5. Gallivan, Joseph. "Portland, out of order". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
6. "Portland: Compact And Crammed With Possibilities | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com.