Bring back meaningful venue names

Zero2Cool
Elite Member Topic Starter

10 years ago

Check out the list of current NFL venue names.

FirstEnergy Stadium???

AT&T Stadium???????????

Mercedes-Benz Superdome??

O.co Coliseum??

Bank of America Stadium??????

What a joke! Why can't venue names have meaning behind the team? The financial benefit of these atrocious names cannot be that significant. They cheapen the venue.

Give me Lambeau Filed, Arrowhead Stadium and Soldier Field over any of those names any day of the week.

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wpr
Preferred Member

10 years ago

I hate em. If I can I still use the "real name" Comiskey Park instead of Cellular Field and so on.

At least have a long drawn out name that includes the real name such as Oriole Park at Camden Yards. I will say when the Packers were thinking of selling their name and adding some ad to Lambeau Field I was not too happy.

Edit- I guess the only time it works to have an ad is when the name has been their for 40 years or more like Busch Stadium. So those with foresight get a pass. Those that are jumping on in the past few years can't. 👍

But then Busch can be the beer or Gussie's name. I don;t know if anyone here outside of Ironman knows the Gus Busch wanted to rename Sportsman's Park Budweiser Stadium and the MLB Commish told him no. They would not allow an ad for a name back in the 50's. That is why he come up with Busch beer. It was both an ad and his name and MLB couldn't stop him.

Cheesey
Preferred Member

10 years ago

I miss Milwaukee County Stadium.
We now have. Miller Park.

Smokey
Veteran Member

10 years ago

"They" would place advertising on every drop of water and every molecule of air if they could. Greed, it's no wonder that many in the world hate America. We learned it from the Europeans , look at all the wars it got them . Times change though, the "Pop Tarts" Superdome is coming to a city near you.

Smokey
Veteran Member

10 years ago

If Colorado continues as it currently is, could we someday see something like this:

Cannabis Field at Mile High

Pack93z
Select Member

10 years ago

I miss Milwaukee County Stadium.
We now have. Miller Park.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey

In most cases I agree the naming rights cheapen the venue, however I think the marriage of Miller and the Brewers actually is a solid one. The city was built on a core number of manufacturing process.. one being beer. It would only be better if Pabst or Schlitz was the sponsor, but there are other factors there as well. Either way, Miller Park and the Brewers just fit together... and it also fits with the culture of Milwaukee and Wisconsin as a whole.

Additionally, I think Miller is a outstanding partner for a small market team in terms of sponsoring and promotional campaigns.

My opinion, it fits.

I do miss the venue that was County Stadium.. but Miller Park generates more revenue for the club and is certainly a nice venue in its own right.

"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"

wpr
Preferred Member

10 years ago

Originally Posted by: Pack93z

Miller Park at Milwaukee County Stadium.
Win win. [grin1]

beast
Select Member

10 years ago

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

I think I'm used to hearing about Bank of America Stadium by now I know where it is... and Charlotte, North Carolina is really big and known for their banking companies being big there so I honestly don't mind that one at all and some Panthers fans call it "The Bank" stadium. But since that's business is so big in Charlotte... I don't think that's a bad name for that area.

OlHoss1884
Member

10 years ago

The most egregious was Jack Murphy, named after a favorite son of San Diego (sportswriter) which got changed to Qualccomm or some such for money. Kudos to the City of Chicago for telling the Bears to piss off when they wanted to rename Soldier Field.

btw, Comiskey being renamed for money is fitting, since Comiskey was an avaricious prick.

And my nephew plays for a college team which named its new field after a white supremacist who went to Germany in the 1930s to make as many superior white babies as he good. (Charles Lindberg)

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