Portland Saturday Market

Portland Saturday Market
FrequencyWeekly
Location(s)Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Ankeny Plaza
Years active50
Inaugurated1974 (1974)
Attendance1,000,000/yr
Websitewww.portlandsaturdaymarket.com
Shoppers and vendor stalls at Saturday Market in 2012
The market's Ankeny Square area, viewed from across SW Naito Parkway

The Portland Saturday Market is an outdoor arts and crafts market in Portland, Oregon.[1] It is the largest continuously operated outdoor market in the United States.[1][2] It is held every Saturday and Sunday from the beginning of March through December 24,[1][2] in Tom McCall Waterfront Park underneath Burnside Bridge and south of the bridge, as well as within an adjacent plaza just across Naito Parkway, extending west to the Skidmore Fountain.[3] The market's hours of operations are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 11:00am - 4:30pm on Sundays, and admission is free.[2] The market is accessible by foot, bicycle, Segway, and TriMet's MAX Light Rail line which stops near the market at the Skidmore Fountain stop. The market has over 400 members and generates an estimated $12 million in gross sales annually. It has become a central economic engine for the historic Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, and attracts an estimated 750,000 visitors to this area each year.[4]'

  1. ^ a b c "Portland Saturday Market". Portland Saturday Market. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  2. ^ a b c Associated Press (2009). "Portland's Saturday Market opens". KGW. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  3. ^ Ereline, Anne (May 3, 2009). "Saturday Market moves into new digs". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  4. ^ "History of Portland Saturday Market". Portland Saturday Market. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-12.