CBS’ The Amazing Race Sprints to Finish in Portland

Amazing RaceHardly real estate oriented news today, but Portland scenery voyeurs will enjoy seeing extended coverage of our fair city this weekend as the season finale of CBS’ The Amazing Race airs Sunday, December 7 at 8:00.

The footage was shot back in May, but my in-depth DVR scanning on the tightly edited preview for this week shows scenes in downtown, plus the big sprint to the finish at what appears to be Pittock Mansion.

My contact with the Pittock Mansion Society would neither confirm or deny the rumor.

From the CBS site:

Racers are challenged with a course used to confront fears in Oregon’s most dangerous business: logging. One racer helplessly watches from the ground as their teammate struggles with a fear of heights up above. Teams ride a 2,000 foot zip line across the Columbia River. Racers compete neck and neck in a nail-biting competition that tests their memory of events from the entire race. Teams beg Portland locals to help them find the place where “the magic is in the hole.” After a race of nearly 40,000 miles across five continents, one of three final teams will cross the finish line first to be declared winners of THE AMAZING RACE and take home 1 MILLION DOLLARS.

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December 3, 2008 · Filed Under Communities, Diversions, National News

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7 Responses to “CBS’ The Amazing Race Sprints to Finish in Portland”

  1. Joel on December 3rd, 2008 4:54 pm

    Nice work! I thought I spied Portland landmarks in the promo at the end of last week’s show. Very cool.

  2. Ron Ares on December 3rd, 2008 5:01 pm

    The editors cut that film so tight that I had to pause my DVR and literally move frame by frame to get enough visual cues that it was Portland.

    For all the rumors and secret-keeping last spring, I was surprised to see CBS mention the finale location in their PR.

  3. Uncle_Git on December 4th, 2008 11:53 am

    Any early November numbers floating around yet ?

  4. Ron Ares on December 4th, 2008 12:56 pm

    UG -

    I usually wait 5 days after the close of the month to run numbers, so I’ll get to it tomorrow, but I do know that units sold are going to be down around 25% from last month (~1,100).

  5. Clint8200 on December 7th, 2008 7:30 pm

    Thanks for the reminder to watch.

    I think they stop at Voodoo Doughnuts and end at the mansion. There are a few websites that tracked their travels during filming.

  6. Betty Jung on December 18th, 2008 9:47 pm

    Now if they would have only pronounced Oregon correctly. The first and second winners did. The third place winners – the two guys – and the host of the show didn’t!

  7. Ron Ares on December 18th, 2008 9:57 pm

    Betty,

    Agreed. Phil, the host, is from New Zealand and I’ll cut him some slack, ‘cuz I have a soft spot for Kiwis, but the two from ASU or wherever they went to ’school’, fuhgedabouddit.

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