Zidell Yards is a former industrial waterfront in

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's South Portland neighborhood, in the United States. The site is notable for being one of the only large undeveloped plots of land in or near

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. Zidell Yards is owned by Zidell family.

The Lot at Zidell Yards

In 2021, during the

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, Zidell Yards was leased by Fuller Events LLC as a temporary event venue they called The Lot at Zidell Yards. It hosted multiple events including drive-in

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performances featuring

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and the

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. At the end of the year, it was announced that Fuller Events would not renew the lease and would instead focus on other events in Downtown.

Proposed Baseball Stadium

On September 23, 2024, the Portland Diamond Project, a group seeking to bring

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to Portland, announced that they had signed a letter of intent to purchase the property in order to build a

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