Redskins cut Crawford

Washington Redskins announced a draft picks from may and one team trying to return from a year ago a bad knee injury. They also reduce a list two investors. The Washington post round 7 select Ted Bolser, the purpose of the draft, and Redskins’s Richard Crawford team over the past two years. Neither cut is a big surprise, indians think only keep three tight end, Crawford seventh team is a team, it will be hard to keep more than 5. however, could end the practice of team in Washington., it can also be offensive lineman Tevita Stevens is cut. Other cuts on Friday at 5 PM: safety of Cromartie Smith and break up the offensive lineman Kevin Kowalski. It is all the actions, according to reports from ESPN, the Washington post and ESPN980 expectations. Redskins had 53 players, at 4 PM on Saturday. Bolser improved from the spring, but was not yet in a position to help the Redskins from scrimmage and was running a clear fourth on the depth chart. He improved his blocking and his hands got better as well, though he dropped a pass in Thursday’s preseason win over Tampa Bay. As for Crawford, he missed last season with a torn ACL and LCL in his knee. Before the injury, he likely would have been Washington’s punt returner in 2013. But he looks rusty in the summer he came back, but he has a very good show sometimes defense there is a break up by Thursday. He broke another pass, but the ball was thrown on his head. Speculation in return, however, he was injured in his ability to display the first defender before miss on Thursday. This is not the case. However, naked and Crawford team said they have been told they can return to the practice. Reds also reduced the boatman Robert Malone, nose solve Robert Thomas and receiver Lee Doss. Malone is a mild surprise, although he is not consistent - has plagued him throughout his career. The curl way only the boatman on the list, although this does not mean that he will be one of the regular season polener. Have a good night on Thursday, the average 51.5 yards two transactions, but he never kicked in a football game, do not agree with Chicago this summer before cutting.

Matt Prater have made mistakes'

Matt Prater people to apologize, he deplores the road suspension in violation of the alliance's substance abuse policy, vowed not to drink, "as long as I in this program. "Denver Broncos play will miss the team's first four games of the season, because of the fourth week of the broncos goodbye, is not a qualified week 6 Sunday to horse against New York Jets. "I'm sure I will make some changes in my life," said talkative people, exercise on Monday. "Don't drink or do anything stupid. Let yourself in some cases, like don't go where people drink. Now I am going to put their exercise and get more time. I will be here, where the weight of the five days a week and I want to play in high school."

Talkative person, said he was told that his suspension in Houston Texans are faced with the broncos in preseason game on Saturday night. He suspended for one year may be considering his progress to the plan of the alliance, to a certain extent due to drunk driving was arrested in 2011.In the seventh year veteran said he apologized to his teammates at the meeting on Monday. "I'm really sorry, I made a mistake, hope to get everybody's trust, I want to go to work my tail, trying to win a championship, this year's talkative man said. "I take full responsibility for what happened, I am responsible for. No one's fault but my own, I deal with, I hope to learn from them and improve as a person, a football player."

Da 'Quan Bowers know his bubble

A day after the coach Lovie Smith suggested Bowers "roster spot can be dangerous, because she missed the practice time due to a groin injury, Bowles says, he knows that is at stake." Everyone is in the bubble, "said Bowers." Here are a few people, have their place. The rest of us are competing for jobs. No one is invariable, certainly not me. I just consider, every day. Smith "Bowers said his comments to understand and are doing everything we can to return to the pitch as soon as possible. "You can’t prevent injury," Bowers said. "It happens. Like coach said, any time you can’t perform on the practice field it gives someone else another opportunity. When you do get on the practice field, you’ve got to make your reps count and I think I did a pretty decent job of that this camp with the reps I’ve gotten in the game and in practice. Like coach said, the only way to perform and compete is to be on the field." Reality is the Bucs will Michael Johnson and Adrian Clayborn beginners. They are also in the backup means Steven and William Gholston and Larry English has made a good impression. He is Before the injury, balls, has gained some defense response. Balls, the list of the best hope is on the defensive solution to make a good impression, persuade Bucs swing between the two places.

Rookie Jayrone Elliott is no longer just 91

"Do you usually take a walk around, they're like," what is 91?', "said Elliott, his jersey number. It is Saturday in St. Louis. Before four in the fourth quarter, Elliott fired RAMS third quarterback Austin Davis three times, Grope for the third time. Maybe this will be regarded as the most productive recently Packers pre-season history is short. The entire pre-season so far, the draft of the University of Toledo played only 14 free agent shooting game, but is the only three bags of NFL players. The three Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers combined. "Then they began to call my name, call me Sackmaster, "Elliott said." This is just a funny joke with clay and Pep, because you know chili won't really talks, so to hear him speak is very interesting. "Matthews, not only with Eliot, he talked about his Monday." I heard that he started this weekend in front of me, "joked. Matthews will not happen this week, when the packer may play defensive beginners at least the first half of Friday's preseason game against the Oakland Raiders team. But it may occur in the Kansas city chiefs last pre-season on August 28, when ted Thompson, general manager and coach mike McCarthy will be their last chance to see talent. "He's just a young man that's really taken advantage of pretty much every opportunity he’s been given," McCarthy said. "I was excited to see him have success." If Elliott was unknown to most in the locker room, that wasn't the case in Thompson's office. His scouts identified Elliott as a prospect coming out of the Mid-American Conference and brought him in for a pre-draft visit. Green Bay was the only NFL visit Elliott had before the draft. He said he connected with linebackers coach Winston Moss and two members of the Packers' personnel department, Danny Mock and Chad Brinker, during his visit and even though a few other teams called him after the draft, including the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints, he chose the Packers' offer, which included just a $5,000 signing bonus. At Toledo, the 6-foot-3, 255-pound Elliott played defensive end for three years in a 4-3 scheme. Before his final year, the Rockets switched to a 3-4. In that scheme, Elliott played outside linebacker in the base scheme but moved inside on third downs. Eliot's the next step is to point to he can beat others rather than Ram backup Sean Hooey, giving up five bags on Saturday. it’s In spite of the MAC, Elliott of the NFL caliber and processing. As a junior, he said he beat Eric fisher's pressure, the central Michigan in a game. Eric Fisher continue to be a scholar. In the 2013 draft. On Monday, Elliott stood on the auxiliary Lambeau field dressing room, talent rookie and practice - squad players change, seems poised his sudden success. He said he received a lot of information after Saturday's game, including some from family members, "he said," crazy think I rushed up to clay Matthews." Matthews, he isn't. But at least packers in All - Pro defender now know that Eliot's name.

Be badly in need of help, add two forward defensive in Dallas cowboys

Dallas Cowboys is about a week to camp, and the damage has been done the line. The greatest harm, cowboy had to absorb during training camp so far is the second choice defense DeMarcus Lawrence, who will miss eight to 12 weeks because of a foot injury. Cowboy no defense, McLean Terrell point out Amobi Okoye, and Ben Bass, defensive end Anthony Spencer. On Friday, the Cowboys added defensive linemen Kenneth Boatright andAdewale Ojomo to the mix. To make room for the new defenders the team plans to cut ties with offensive tackle Darius Morris and wide receiver L’Damian Washington, although the moves haven’t been made official. The Seattle Seahawks signed Boatright as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2013 out of Southern Illinois. He was cut earlier this year and has never played in a regular season game The New York Giants signed Ojomo as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2012 out of Miami; he played in one game that season. Ojomo was cut in 2013 and spent some time with the Seahawks, the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans. Released in March, Giant Ojomo suspected was arrested for a plainclothes police, to provide $100 in action. I don't think these guys can make the list of 53 - man, and can't see these measures than cowboys just need a warm body through training camp.

Bengals camp for five days

Sanu save by throwing the ball to run at a time, of course, caught a few own from Dalton and other girls. Dare While Sanu, Jackson, coach Marvin Lewis will provide detailed how to use the receiver, they are very happy to have such a versatile player list. Sanu threat to do almost anything on the field, covering the Bengals know big challenge for him, but also for Giovani Bernard and green, and so on, all can. Bangladesh cotton stretch just completed before Monday's practice Mohamed Sanu let us know that he exists. The receiver went in motion on one of the first plays of an 11-on-11 drill before he was handed the football. Right after taking it from quarterback Andy Dalton, Sanu stopped, pulled up and threw a pass one of the few he has even attempted, in practice or otherwise, since college to fellow receiver A.J. Green. The throw fell easily into Green's hands well down field and set the tone for what ended up being a strong day overall for Sanu. "Coach had me doing a little bit of everything," Sanu said about offensive coordinator Hue Jackson. While the overall contact stepped up a notch Monday, the physical play that occurred Sunday may have been just a bit too much for several defenders. Linebackers J.K. Schaffer and Sean Porter got a little dinged after the first fully padded practice of the camp. That caused them both to stay in the training room Monday, while defensive end Robert Geathers and cornerback Adam Jones may have been receiving veterans' days off after the intense Day 4 workout. Neither was dressed Monday, but both were out on the practice fields. Cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick also was at practice but not participating after apparently tweaking a hamstring on Saturday. Much of the Bengals' second fully-padded practice of training camp was spent working on short-yardage and goal-line situations. Running backs had to plow ahead on each play while defenders were charged with stopping them. Often seems to be in the third - and - short and fourth - and - run short drama, support to climb to freedom. Victory in the line, however, the defense, and down to try and stop running support or flushing of the line of scrimmage centre back pocket, was forced to throw. Units seem to split time they won the battle in the trenches, respectively. Bangladesh cotton and lose a player injuries. Offensive to solve Andre Smith ran into the locker room in the practice of unspecified injury. Jackson said he has no positive after the training, upon confirmation of injury but feel comfortable, a lineman shouldn't miss too much time. The day came the tiger to give a better time. They will not practice Tuesday and Wednesday will be in action.

Paul G. Allen - Seattle Seahawks’ Chairman

Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist, best known as the co-founder, with Bill Gates, of Microsoft Corporation. 

Growing up in the Northwest, Paul G. Allen’s passion for football was kindled at a young age while attending University of Washington football games with his father. As the years passed, he developed a fondness for the Seattle Seahawks, his hometown NFL team. After purchasing the franchise in 1997, Allen set his sights on creating a playoff-caliber team and building a world-class, multifunctional stadium for the state of Washington.

“From the beginning of this process, my goals have been to work with the community to create a lasting asset for our future and to ensure the long-term success of the Seahawks,” said Allen when he purchased the franchise.

Both goals have been realized. CenturyLink Field & CenturyLink Field Event Center, which opened in 2002 as Seahawks Stadium and Exhibition Center, is a world-class facility that many argue is the best stadium in the NFL. In addition to Seahawks games, the venue hosts more than 300 events annually, including Major League Soccer matches, Supercross, concerts, graduation ceremonies and trade shows. The stadium’s unique architecture – combined with the passion of the Seahawks’ fan base – provides a definite home-field advantage: fans at CenturyLink Field have set the Guinness World Record for noise at an outdoor stadium on two separate occasions and the stadium has seen more false starts by opposing quarterbacks than any other venue in the NFL.  The fans’ ardent support of their team has also caused multiple registered seismic events in recent years.

Allen’s ownership style is simple: he does what it takes to put the right people in the right place, provides them with tools for success and then lets them do their jobs. His approach has paid off: The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl in 2014.

“Look around at the 12th Man flags flying today and savor a moment that Seahawks fans have been waiting for since 1976,” said Allen at the Seahawks’ championship celebration. “I can’t say how proud I am that the Seahawks are able to bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy home to Seattle.”

Allen has spent his career tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Through both for-profit and philanthropic investments, he has sparked important developments and innovations in the areas of science, technology, education, conservation, the arts and community improvement. Mr. Allen first made his mark in 1975, when he co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, and he continues to be an innovator in the world of business and technology to this day. Mr. Allen is founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which oversees his philanthropic and business interests, he owns the National Basketball Association’s Portland Trail Blazers and is part of the primary ownership group for Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle’s Major League Soccer team.

With lifetime giving totaling more than $1.5 billion, Mr. Allen is one of the world’s leading philanthropists; he has pledged to donate the majority of his fortune to charity. Most of Mr. Allen’s giving is channeled through The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, which supports innovative initiatives that have the potential to make significant, measureable impacts, but he also gives directly, including a $26 million gift to Washington State University’s School for Global Animal Health in 2010.
In addition to his business and philanthropic efforts, Mr. Allen has a true love of science. In 2003, he created the Allen Institute for Brain Science to accelerate understanding of the human brain. The Institute has generated groundbreaking online public resources, including interactive atlases of the mouse and human brains that have become indispensable research tools for scientists worldwide. In 2012, Mr. Allen pledged $300 million to significantly expand the Institute’s scientific programs. In 2013, he launched the Allen Institute for the Artificial Intelligence to explore critical questions in AI.

Growing up in the era of the Space Race, Mr. Allen has always been intrigued by the possibilities presented by space exploration.  Mr. Allen underscored his passion for rocketry by sponsoring the development of SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded spacecraft to successfully enter suborbital space. In 2011, Mr. Allen got back into the space business with the formation of Stratolaunch Systems, an organization which is developing an innovative airborne launch system.
Mr. Allen is also one of the great conservationists of our time. Responding to the highest rate of elephant mortality in history, he is advancing The Great Elephant Census, the largest pan-African aerial survey since the 1970s, which will provide new information critical to the species’ future survival.

Mr. Allen is the founder of the EMP Museum, Seattle’s critically acclaimed interactive music, pop culture and  science fiction museum; the Flying Heritage Collection, a collection of rare WWII aircraft and artifacts restored to working condition; the Living Computer Museum, a collection of restored vintage timesharing computer equipment; and Vulcan Productions, the award-winning media company that develops and supports media projects that help audiences understand and respond to challenges facing the world around them.

Early life and career

Paul Allen was born in Seattle, Washington, to parents Kenneth Samuel Allen, an associate director of the University of Washington libraries, and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen, 
on January 21, 1953. Allen attended Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle, and befriended Bill Gates, who was almost three years younger and shared a common enthusiasm 
for computers. They used Lakeside's Teletype terminal to develop their programming skills on several time-sharing computer systems. After earning a perfect score of 1600 
on the SAT (pre-1995 scale), Allen went to Washington State University, where he joined Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, but dropped out after two years in order to work as a 
programmer for Honeywell in Boston, placing him near his old friend again. Allen later convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard University in order to create Microsoft.

Microsoft

Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975, and began marketing a BASIC programming language interpreter. Allen came up with the original 
name of "Micro-Soft," as recounted in a 1995 Fortune magazine article. In 1980, after promising to deliver IBM a Disk Operating System (DOS) they had not yet developed for 
the Intel 8088-based IBM PC, Allen spearheaded a deal for Microsoft to purchase a Quick and Dirty Operating System (QDOS) written by Tim Paterson who, at the time, was employed 
at Seattle Computer Products. As a result of this transaction, Microsoft was able to secure a contract to supply the DOS that would eventually run on IBM's PC line. This 
contract with IBM was the watershed in Microsoft history that led to Allen and Gates' wealth.

Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1982. His cancer was successfully treated by several months of radiation therapy. However, he did not return to Microsoft and 
began distancing himself from the company. Allen officially resigned from his position on the Microsoft Board of Directors in November 2000 but was asked to consult as a 
senior strategy advisor to the company's executives and still owns a reported 138 million shares.

Recognition

Paul Allen has received various awards recognizing many different areas including sports, philanthropy, and the arts:

On March 9, 2005, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, and the SpaceShipOne team were awarded the 2005 National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement.
In 2007 and 2008, Allen was listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People in The World.
In 2008, Allen received an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Watson School of Biological Sciences.
He received the Vanguard Award from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association on May 20, 2008.
On October 30, 2008, the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors honored Allen for his “unwavering commitment to nonprofit organizations in the Pacific Northwest and 
lifetime giving approaching US$1 billion.”
In 2009, Allen's philanthropy as the long-time owner of the Trail Blazers was recognized with an Oregon Sports Award
Allen has received awards and honorary degrees from several universities. In May 1999, Washington State University bestowed its highest honor, the Regents' Distinguished Alumnus 
Award, upon him. He received a Docteur honoris causa from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne on March 31, 2007.
On October 26, 2010, Paul Allen was awarded the W.J.S. Krief Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of neuroscience by the Cajal Club.
On January 26, 2011 at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, Paul Allen was named Seattle Sports Commission Sports Citizen of the Year, an award that has been renamed the Paul Allen Award.

In 2011, Paul Allen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
On October 15, 2012, Allen received the Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts at the National Arts Awards.
On February 2, 2014, Allen received the Super Bowl ring as the Seattle Seahawks won the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Philanthropy
Paul Allen has given more than $1.5 billion towards the advancement of science, technology, education, wildlife conservation, the arts and community services in his lifetime.
 In 2010, Allen became a signatory of The Giving Pledge, promising to give at least half of his fortune to philanthropic causes. A report in February 2012 named Allen as 
the most charitable living American in 2011; Allen's direct giving in 2011 totaled $372.6 million.

Scientific endeavors

Paul Allen has founded and provided support to many scientific endeavors, including:

Allen Institute for Brain Science: The Allen Institute for Brain Science is a Seattle-based non-profit dedicated to understanding how the human brain works. In total, Paul Allen 
has donated $500 million to the Allen Institute for Brain Science, making it his single largest philanthropic recipient. Allen launched the institute in 2003 with a $100 million 
donation, and contributed another $100 million after it completed the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas and other early initiatives. In 2012, Allen expanded the scope of the institute and 
infused it with an additional $300 million pledge. The Allen Institute for Brain Science makes research tools freely available to the scientific community using an open data 
model.
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence: In fall of 2013, Paul Allen announced the expansion of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a new research institution that 
will be modeled after the Allen Institute for Brain Science.
Allen Distinguished Investigators: Allen launched a grant program in 2010 to support scientists pursuing early-stage research projects who often have difficulty securing funding from traditional sources.

Allen Telescope Array: Paul Allen donated the seed money to build SETI’s radio telescope array, eventually contributing $30 million to the project.
Wildlife Conservation: Allen bankrolled a range of wildlife conservation projects in Africa over the past several years. Allen contributed nearly $10 million in direct gifts and 
grants to African charities and projects, including protecting lions in Namibia, developing a migratory corridor for elephants in Tanzania, and protecting gorillas in the 
Democratic Republic of Congo.
Paul Allen is a founding member of The International SeaKeepers Society and hosts its proprietary SeaKeeper 1000TM oceanographic and atmospheric monitoring system on all three 
of his megayachts.

Allen has a flower fly named after him for his contributions to Dipterology, called Paul Allen's flower fly.

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation was established in 1988 to administer a portion of Paul Allen’s philanthropic contributions. Between 1990-2012, the Foundation gave away 
$454 million, with the majority of the funds awarded to science and technology ($160.1 million), followed by arts and culture ($102.1 million), along with community development 
and social change ($98.9 million) and diverse other causes. During that period, 59% of the Foundation's money went to non-profit organizations in Seattle and Washington State, 
18% was distributed across other states in the Pacific Northwest, and 23% went to national and international organizations outside of the Pacific Northwest.

Museums and collections
Over the years, Paul Allen has established several non-profit community institutions that feature his private collections of historic artifacts. These include:

EMP Museum, a collection of rock ’n’ roll and pop culture exhibits inside a Frank Gehry-designed building at Seattle Center, established in 2000. The EMP Museum also 
houses the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Flying Heritage Collection, which showcases restored vintage military aircraft and armaments primarily from the World War II era, established in 2004.
STARTUP Gallery, a permanent exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque dedicated to the history of the microcomputer, established in 2007.

Living Computer Museum, a collection of vintage computers in working order and available for interactive sessions on-site or through networked access, opened to the public in 
2012.

The arts

An active art collector, Paul Allen has gifted more than $100 million to support the arts. On October 15, 2012, the Americans for the Arts awarded Allen with the Eli and 
Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts. Allen has also loaned out more than 300 pieces from his private art collection to 47 different venues. In 2013, Allen sold 
Barnett Newman’s Onement VI (1953) at Sotheby’s in New York for $43.8 million, surpassing its estimate of $30 million to $40 million.

Universities

In 1989, Paul Allen donated $2 million to the University of Washington to construct the Allen Library, which was named after his father Kenneth S. Allen, a former associate 
director of the University of Washington library system. In the same year, Allen donated an additional $8 million to establish the Kenneth S. Allen Library Endowment. In 
2012, the endowment was renamed the Kenneth S. and Faye G. Allen Library Endowment after Allen’s mother (a noted bibliophile) passed away.

In 2002, Allen donated $14 million to the University of Washington to construct the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. The building was dedicated in 
October 2003.

In 2010, Allen announced a gift of $26 million to build the Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health at Washington State University, his alma mater. The gift is the largest 
private donation in the university’s history.

Business holdings and investments

Financial and technology

Vulcan Capital is the investment-arm of Allen's Seattle-based Vulcan Inc., which manages his personal fortune. In 2013, Allen opened a new Vulcan Capital office in Palo Alto, 
California to focus on making new investments in emerging technology and internet companies. Recent investments include Redfin, Decide.com and Audience Inc.
Patents: Paul Allen holds 43 patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Apps: Allen is the backer of A.R.O., the startup behind the mobile app Saga; SportStream, a social app for sports fans; and a content-management app called Fayve.
Interval Research Corporation: In 1992, Allen and David Liddle co-founded Interval Research Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based laboratory and new business incubator that was 
dissolved in 2000 after generating over 300 patents, four of which were the subject of Allen's August 2010 patent infringement lawsuit against AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, 
Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo!, and YouTube.
Ticketmaster: In 1993, Paul Allen invested $243 million to acquire 80% of Ticketmaster. In 1997, Home Shopping Network acquired 47.5% of Allen's stock for $209 million worth of 
HSN stock.

Aerospace and defense

Allen confirmed that he was the sole investor behind Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne suborbital commercial spacecraft on October 4, 2004. SpaceShipOne climbed 
to an altitude of 377,591 feet (115,090 m) and was the first privately funded effort to successfully put a civilian in suborbital space. It won the Ansari X Prize competition 
and received the $10 million prize.

On December 13, 2011, Allen announced the creation of Stratolaunch Systems. Stratolaunch is a proposed orbital launch system consisting of a dual-bodied, 6 engine jet aircraft, 
capable of carrying a rocket to high altitude; the rocket would then separate from its carrier aircraft and fire its own engines to complete its climb into orbit. If successful, 
this project would be the first wholly privately funded space transport system. Stratolanch, which is partnering with Orbital Sciences Corporation and Scaled Composites, is 
intended to launch in inclement weather, fly without worrying about the availability of launch pads and to operate from different locations. Stratolaunch plans to ultimately 
host six to ten missions per year.

Real estate

Allen's Vulcan Real Estate division is a key property developer and investor in the development of the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle as a biotechnology hub and 
mixed-use community. Allen is also the largest private landowner in South Lake Union and owns nearly 2,600,000 square feet (240,000 m2) in the neighborhood. His holdings 
company has a development capacity of more than 10,000,000 square feet (930,000 m2) of new residential, office, retail and biotech research space. The South Lake Union 
redevelopment represents one of the largest urban revitalization projects in the country. Allen has made investments estimated at US$200 million as of 2005, and promoted for 
city funding of the Seattle Streetcar line known as South Lake Union Streetcar, which runs from Seattle's Westlake Center to the south end of Lake Union. The Streetcar is a 
public and private partnership made possible because of a Local Improvement District (LID) supported by businesses and residents along the line; it officially started 
operation on December 12, 2007. This development has been criticized as a city-supported real estate investment for Vulcan Inc., and concerns over the loss of low-income 
housing have been expressed.

In 2012, The Wall Street Journal called Allen's South Lake Union investment "unexpectedly lucrative" and one that led to his firm selling a 1,800,000 square feet (170,000 m2) 
office complex to Amazon.com for US$1.16 billion, one of the most expensive office deals ever in Seattle. "It's exceeded my expectations," Mr. Allen said of the South Lake Union 
development.

Venues

Sports & Event Centers: Allen invested more than $150 million in Portland’s Moda Center, which he now owns outright. He also contributed more than $140 million to help build 
CenturyLink Field in Seattle.
Seattle Cinerama: Allen purchased Seattle’s historic Cinerama Theater in 1998, and upgraded it with 3-D capability and digital sound, in addition to interior and exterior 
refurbishing. The theater is set to install the world’s first commercial digital laser projector in early 2014.
Hospital Club: Allen opened the Hospital Club in London in 2002 as a professional and social hub for people working in the creative arts.

Vessels

Octopus

The launch of Paul Allen's 414 feet (126 m) yacht, Octopus, secured its position as one of the world's largest yachts in 2003. As of 2013, it is 14th in the list of motor 
yachts by length. The yacht is equipped with two helicopters, two submarines, a swimming pool, a music studio and a basketball court.

Allen has loaned Octopus, which is equipped with a submarine and ROV, for a variety of rescue and research operations, notably assisting in a hunt for an American pilot and 
two officers whose plane disappeared off Palau, and loaning his yacht to scientists to study a rare fish called a coelacanth. In 2012, he loaned the ship to the Royal Navy 
in their attempt to retrieve the bell from the HMS Hood, which sank in the Denmark Strait during WWII, as a national memorial.Octopus is a member of AMVER, a voluntary group 
ship reporting system used worldwide by authorities to arrange assistance for those in distress at sea.

Allen is known for throwing huge, celebrity-studded parties on his yacht, such as a 2005 New Year's Eve party in which he and his band played Johnny Cash songs with R&B star 
Usher. His band also played at another party he hosted during the Cannes film festival with keyboardist Dave Stewart.

Allen also owns Tatoosh, one of the world's 100 largest yachts.

Sports team ownership

Portland Trail Blazers

Allen purchased the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team in 1988 from California real estate developer Larry Weinberg for $70 million. He was also instrumental in the development 
and funding of the Rose Garden in 1993. The Blazers were valued at $457 million in January 2013 according to Forbes, ranked No. 15 out of 30 NBA teams. Allen announced 
the completion of the acquisition of the Rose Garden on April 2, 2007, and stated that this was a major milestone and a positive step for the franchise. In 2013, the Rose 
Garden was renamed the Moda Center, a move Allen said "will allow us to enhance virtually every aspect of the fan experience."

Seattle Seahawks

Allen purchased the Seattle Seahawks NFL team in 1997 when former owner Ken Behring threatened to move the Seahawks to Southern California. "I'm not sure anybody else in this 
community would have done what [Allen] did," Herman Sarkowsky, a former Seahawks minority owner, told The Seattle Times about Allen's decision to buy the team. "That was the 
birth of the stadium, and the birth of the stadium was the lifeline for the club we know today." The Seahawks were valued at $1.08 billion in August 2013 by Forbes, which 
says the team has "one of the most rabid fan bases in the NFL." Under the helm of Allen the Seattle Seahawks won their first Super Bowl in 2014.

Seattle Sounders FC

Allen's Vulcan Sports & Entertainment is part of the ownership team of the Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise that began play in 2009 at CenturyLink 
Field, a stadium also controlled by Allen. The ownership team also includes film producer Joe Roth, businessman Adrian Hanauer, and comedian Drew Carey. Sigi Schmid, two-time 
MLS Cup winner, is the team’s head coach.

The Sounders sold out every home game during its first season, setting a new MLS record for average match attendance and the most season tickets sold in the league. Seattle 
Sounders FC is only the second expansion team in MLS history to win the U.S. Open Cup tournament in its first season.

Filmmaking career

Paul and Jody Allen are the owners and executive producers of Vulcan Productions, a television and film production company headquartered in Seattle within the entertainment 
division of Vulcan Inc. Their films have received various recognition, ranging from a Peabody to Independent Spirit Awards, Grammys and Emmys. The films have 
also been nominated for Golden Globes and Academy Awards among many others. Vulcan Productions' films and documentary projects include Far from Heaven (2002), Hard 
Candy (2005), Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005), Where God Left His Shoes (2006), Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial (2007), and 
This Emotional Life (2010).

In 2013, Vulcan Productions co-produced the Richard E. Robbins-directed film Girl Rising which tells the stories of girls from different parts of the world who seek an 
education. Globally over 205 million households watched Girl Rising during the CNN and CNN International premieres, and over 4 million people have engaged with Girl Rising 
through websites and social media. Through the associated 10x10 program, over $2.1 million has been donated to help girls receive an education worldwide.

Also in 2013, Vulcan Productions signed on as a producing partner of Pandora's Promise, a documentary about nuclear power, directed by Oscar-nominated director Robert 
Stone. It was released in select theaters nationwide June 12, 2013 and on CNN on November 7, 2013. A variety of college and private screenings as well as panel discussions have 
been hosted throughout the country.

Writing career

Allen's memoir, Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft, was released on April 19, 2011. The paperback version of Idea Man, which included a new epilogue, came out on 
October 30, 2012.

Paul Allen and the Underthinkers perform at the Allen Institute for Brain Science's 10th Anniversary Gala.
Musical aspirations

Paul Allen received his first electric guitar at the age of sixteen, and was inspired to play it by listening to Jimi Hendrix. In 2000, Allen played rhythm guitar on the 
independently-produced and eponymous album Grown Men. In 2013, he had a major label release on Sony's Legacy Recordings; Everywhere at Once by Paul Allen and the 
Underthinkers. PopMatters.com described Everywhere at Once as “a quality release of blues-rock that’s enjoyable from start to finish.”