Who are the most famous Portland Trail Blazers fans? To call Trail Blazers fans dedicated is something of an understatement. The team sells out their arena every single season, due to their rabid fans. Included in the Blazers loyal fanbase are some famous faces. Celebrity Trail Blazers fans include movie stars, musicians, and business people, all united by their passion for the Portland Trail Blazers. Who is the most famous Portland Trail Blazers fan? Which celeb Trail Blazers fans do you love to see court side?
Among the ranks of Portland Trail Blazers fans are a pair of actors Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, who created the show Portlandia and put the city on the map. The duo are spotted regularly among the celebrities at Trail Blazers games. Plenty of great musicians hail from the pacific northwest like Portugal The Man, STRFKR, Colin Meloy, Aminé, and Ruth Radelet, who all cheer on the Portland athletes. Other famous figures who are celebrity Portland Trail Blazers fans include celebs Danger Ehren, Ian Karmel, and KD Lang.
The next time you're watching a Portland Trail Blazers game, make sure to keep a close eye on the stands. You never know which of these Blazers celebrity fans you might spot sporting their Portland Trail Blazers gear.
“You know, I'm a trail blazer. First woman in Portland to ever wear jeans.” When you create a show about all things Portland culture, there's sure to eventually be some crossover with the local sports franchises. Over the years, the Portlandia crew filmed at Trail Blazers games and even had the team's stars LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard feature in episodes. Needless to say, that should get Armisen some decent cache as a true Blazers fan.
The Portland-based rock group are huge Trail Blazers fans, often going to great lengths to catch games or find WiFi to look up box scores while on the road touring. The band went in depth on their love for all things Portland and hoops here.
One of Portland's native sons, the rapper puts on for his city at every turn. Aminé loves his Blazers so much, he even designed his own custom team jersey.
Elizabeth Banks fandom for the Portland Trail Blazers ties back to her husband — Max Handelman, who is a diehard Blazers fan that used to write for a blog called “Beyond Bowie.” Banks and Handelman married in 2003. So they have been together long enough for Banks to coast on her husband’s Blazers fandom alone, even if the actress has proclaimed she isn't the biggest hoops fan.
Born in McMinnville, Danger Ehren grew up on the mean streets in and around Portland, before teaming up with the Jackass crew to lose a few teeth and become a cultural icon. If you've been to a Blazers game over the years, you can often find Danger Ehren getting his usual screen time on the arena's jumbotron and rooting on his Blazers.
If Portland had an NFL team, it seems like a lock the city's native son Ndamukong Suh would've suited up for the hometown squad. Suh is a huge supporter of “his Trail Blazers” and shows up to catch games in the NFL offseason.
