Roland Ilg, who worked the gates at Civic Stadium (now Providence Park) for over 30 years, passed away this past March. He was 79.
A memorial for Ilg will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the KeyBank Club at Providence Park.
Ilg's long career in Guest Services began in 1980 and continued up until his retirement in 2013. In that time, he worked hundreds of events at the stadium, witnessing three iterations of the Portland Timbers and greeting thousands of guests with his signature: “Hi, how are you?”
“When I moved to Portland in 2007, Roland was one of the first people I met,” Timbers owner Merritt Paulson remembered.