Yer Killlling Me Laarrr-eeeeeey!!!

[Gargamel]

Larry Miller is renaming the Delta Center to EnergySolutions Arena due to a biz deal w/ a Utah corp of the same name. That's got to be the lamest name in the league if T.D. Banknorth Garden doesn't already take the cake.

Progress...

What's your take on corp arena names? Does it vex you in the least or am I being a black-robed, red-socked, blue midget chasing warlock again?

 

[nbrans]

This trend is as old as sports. Wrigley Field.

 

[supamari0]

This trend is as old as sports. Wrigley Field.

It's not so much the fact that it has naming rights (every stadium has that nowadays except maybe Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, and Fenway) but its the fact that Utah got stuck with such a horrible name.

It's bad enough that you're called EnergySolutions Arena, but it's even worse that you're named after a nuclear waste disposal company.

But I'm from Houston, so I couldn't be happier. BOO Utah...

 

[Kingzrool]

it's even worse that you're named after a nuclear waste disposal company.

Ouch!

 

[LilMissDiva]

In remembrance of 3 Com Park as well as Monster Park I say...

It's just rediculous.

Edit: ...and corny.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This trend is as old as sports. Wrigley Field.

Except that Wrigley Field was actually named for the Wrigley family, which owned the Cubs at the time.

... the park became known as Cubs Park in 1920 after the Wrigley family purchased the team from Weeghman ... it was named Wrigley Field in 1926 in honor of William Wrigley Jr., the club's owner.

It's no more accurate to attribute that to naming rights than it is to attribute Robert Johnson naming the Bobcats after himself to naming rights. And, seeing as how they are now owned by the Chicago Tribune, I doubt that naming rights currently have anything to do with it, either, at least where the Cubs are concerned.

 

[SacTownKid]

Dunkin Donuts arena. 'Nuff said

 

[VF21]

What's your take on corp arena names?

If they are going to continue to reap profits from arena naming, I think they should at least endeavor to find something appropriate. As in "Arco Thunder Valley Arena and Resort Casino."

Does it vex you in the least...

Only because I can never remember them.

...or am I being a black-robed, red-socked, blue midget chasing warlock again?

Hello? You ARE Gargamel. You are ALWAYS the black-robed, red-socked, blue midget chasing warlock, although I must take umbrage with the "blue midget" part. They aren't midgets. They're simply vertically challenged.

 

[PixelPusher]

Anyone here familiar with the "curse of the stadium corporate sponsorship"? Basically, just about every corporation that had entered into a naming rights deal with a stadium or arena saw their stock drop afterwards (some even went bankrupt): Ericcson, 3Com, United Airlines, WorldCom, Conseco...and of course the ultimate, Enron.

Makes this nuclear waste management company naming rights deal all the more perilous.

 

[supamari0]

So how many stadiums are left without corporate sponsors. I think everything in New York is still without corporate sponsorship (Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, Madison Square Garden, Giants Stadium/Meadowlands) Green Bay still has Lambeau field. Chicago has Wrigley Field and Soldier Field. Boston has Fenway Park.

Anything else?

 

[hoopsfan]

Ya'll did know that your very own Arco Arena was the first arena to sell naming rights, didn't ya?

 

[slugking50]

Ya'll did know that your very own Arco Arena was the first arena to sell naming rights, didn't ya?

Yes I did. 10 million 99 year contract. Runs out in 2087.

 

[LMM]

It's not so much the fact that it has naming rights (every stadium has that nowadays except maybe Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, and Fenway) but its the fact that Utah got stuck with such a horrible name.

It's bad enough that you're called EnergySolutions Arena, but it's even worse that you're named after a nuclear waste disposal company.

But I'm from Houston, so I couldn't be happier. BOO Utah...

The Mets' reportedly sold the naming rights to their upcoming new stadium and it will be named "CitiField"

I don't like the ring to it.

 

[supamari0]

The Mets' reportedly sold the naming rights to their upcoming new stadium and it will be named "CitiField"

I don't like the ring to it.

Mets fans are already referring to it by another name. It rhymes with citifield but the first part starts with an sh instead of ci.

 

[tubiscus]

Mets fans are already referring to it by another name. It rhymes with citifield but the first part starts with an sh instead of ci.

A park with that name should be in Texas!!

 

[bozzwell]

So how many stadiums are left without corporate sponsors. I think everything in New York is still without corporate sponsorship (Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, Madison Square Garden, Giants Stadium/Meadowlands) Green Bay still has Lambeau field. Chicago has Wrigley Field and Soldier Field. Boston has Fenway Park.

Anything else?

Soldier Field was sponsored by Bank One (now Chase), there is Miller Party Deck and Cadillac Lounge. If the name was anything else but _Soldier_ Field, it would be sold off by now.