Starting next season, the price of Oregon Ducks football season tickets will be increased. In an interview with reporter John Canzano, Oregon Athletic Director Rob Mullens said he believes that this season proved that the season ticket value for football is “tremendous.”

The good news is that a “talent fee” or tax is not in the current plans at the University of Oregon. The Tennessee athletic department recently announced that a 10 percent fee will be added to the purchase of tickets across all sports starting next year. The reason being for this is to help the school pay its athletes.

Coach Dan Lanning had nothing to say on the matter but Mullens told Canzano that Oregon is trying to generate an additional $20.5 million to reach the projected Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) cap in 2025.

“Can we raise $20.5 million? How do we allocate $20.5 million?… We don’t have unlimited resources… We have one sport that generates revenue for the other 19 sports… We’re spending a lot of days planning for what’s about to take place on July 1.”

– Mullens told John Canzano

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Mullens said that Oregon will not cut any sports and will stay at 20 total (football, volleyball, men’s/women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s/women’s cross country, men’s/women’s golf, men’s/women’s tennis, men’s/women’s track & field, women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, women’s beach volleyball, women’s acrobatics & tumbling, rugby, ice hockey). With that being said, he also mentioned that there will be “tough decisions” regarding funding scholarships and operations in some sports.

“That is not on the table for us today. Obviously, we’re still learning about things.”

– Mullens told John Canzano

For some background on the 2024 season ticket prices, it was $279 in the upper parts of sections 35 through 39 as well as sections 23 through 27. On the most expensive end, tickets were $589 plus a required $1,950 donation to the Duck Athletic Fund (total of $2,539) in the charter box.

The season ticket prices for the 2025 football campaign have been updated on the GoDucks website. On the cheapest end, tickets are $339 in the upper part of sections 35 through 39 as well as sections 23 through 27. On the most expensive end, it will be $659 plus a required $2,020 donation to the Duck Athletic Fund (total of $2,679) in the charter box. Looks to be just a slight increase next season compared to what it was this season.

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Oregon regulators have canceled public hearings for a controversial fuel terminal in Portland.

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality staff say they conducted an unannounced inspection at Zenith Energy’s terminal on Wednesday. Inspectors concluded they needed more information from Zenith before considering its application for an air quality permit, which would have allowed it to continue storing and moving fuels between railcars, ships and pipelines.

DEQ subsequently canceled its two public hearings scheduled for November and December.

During the inspection, DEQ staff say it appeared Zenith had done construction work that was “more expansive” than they expected.

In 2020, Zenith installed a valve and welded pipe so it could start handling diesel and renewable diesel at another dock, called the McCall Dock. The company didn’t notify the state for three years. DEQ issued a warning letter in March 2024. This week was the first time DEQ staff were able to see the dock modifications for themselves.

“We’re very understaffed, and we have a lot going on,” said Lisa Ball, air quality manager in DEQ’s Northwest Region “So, we had not been out there to examine the construction that was on site.”

Ball said the inspector is completing a report of what they saw at Zenith’s terminal, which will be published on DEQ’s website when it’s complete.

The Houston-based company has been operating a fuel terminal in a Northwest Portland industrial area since 2018. It has since drawn intense opposition from many local environmental groups and Portlanders, who have criticized Zenith for violating multiple local regulations.

Ball credited people who have publicly raised their concerns about Zenith for Wednesday’s decision.

“I really thank the community for their continued engagement and support in this permitting process. You know, it was their questions and comments that led us to further investigate,” Ball said. “I just really hope that they can see that the information that they provided to us was helpful and it really led us to take action.”

DEQ staff say they will schedule another public information meeting by early December, where they will share more information about the inspection and next steps.