What's the "real" name of…?

[empirestate]

Q: ...the Willis Tower?
A: The Sears Tower.

Q: ...the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge?
A: The Triborough Bridge.

And so on. I figure these two are pretty obvious and uncontested; but maybe we can find a few that aren't so easy–for example, the baseball stadium in Buffalo...?


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[Rothman]

Q:  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport?

A:  National Airport.

[spooky]

Q: I-93 in MA from Canton to Braintree, and I-95 from Canton to Peabody?

A: Route 128.

[formulanone]

Q: This thread?

A: That thread.

[jeffandnicole]

Q: ...the Willis Tower?
A: The Sears Tower.

Q: ...the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge?
A: The Triborough Bridge.

And so on. I figure these two are pretty obvious and uncontested; but maybe we can find a few that aren't so easy– for example, the baseball stadium in Buffalo...?

Isn't the real name the current name?  These sound like former or original names, prior to being renamed.  But that doesn't make it the 'real' name anymore.

[roadman65]

Q Florida's Turnpike
A Sunshine State Parkway

Q JFK Airport
A NY International Airport
      Though it was called Idelwild Airport it was technically the NY International Airport

[PHLBOS]

Q: I-93 in MA from Canton to Braintree, and I-95 from Canton to Peabody?

A: Route 128.

Actual answer: the Yankee Division Highway (which runs beyond Peabody, to Gloucester)

[Alex]

Q: Hugh L. Carey Tunnel?
A: Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel

[1995hoo]

Here's one they change every few days (it feels like it, anyway).

Q. Hard Rock Stadium?
A. Joe Robbie Stadium

[paulthemapguy]

Q  The Jane Byrne Interchange?
A  The circle interchange (or simply, the circle)

[1995hoo]

I have the urge to make a post referring to Bruce Jenner to be funny, but that could cause trouble because no doubt someone wouldn't find it funny.

[PHLBOS]

Q: Wells Fargo/Wachovia/First Union/Core-States Center in Philadelphia?

A: Design documents called the then-proposed arena Spectrum II.


Q: Terminal A (now A-East) at PHL?

A: Richardson Dilworth International Terminal (when it first opened circa 1991, name appears only on a metal sign inside the building).


Q: Terminal A-West at PHL

A: Design documents referred to this then-proposed terminal as Terminal One.

[1995hoo]

That arena in Philly will always be the FU Center. Could there be a more perfect name in that particular city?

[roadman65]

We can do Hollywood actors who changed their names for fame.

Even rock stars like David Bowie, who was David Jones, but changed to it to avoid confusion with Davey Jones of the Monkees.

Bob Dylan- Robert Zimmerman
Elton John- Reginald Dwight
Ringo Starr- Richard Starkey

Who could forget Marylin Monroe being Norma Jean either.

[1995hoo]

Someone at the office said something that prompted this one:

Q. Uno Chicago Grill?
A. Pizzeria Uno

[paulthemapguy]

^ Oh that reminds me

Q:  Chipoltay?
A:  CHIPOTLE.  THE T COMES BEFORE THE L, SHITCAMEL

Q:  TOSTINOS Pizza Rolls
A:  TOTINOS Pizza Rolls.  Like 80% of the people I know add an S for no reason at all.

[roadman65]

The Sure Kill River in PA is the Schoo Kill River.

[jeffandnicole]

The Sure Kill River in PA is the Schoo Kill River.

I've rarely hear the river being called the Sure Kill river...although you're not going to find many takers accepting a bet to swim in it!

That arena in Philly will always be the FU Center. Could there be a more perfect name in that particular city?

As appropriate as it is, there's very few that insist on calling it the FU Center.  Most people just call it by its proper (and current) name.

Across the street though, most people call Lincoln Financial Field "The Linc".  Across the street again, sometimes Citizens Bank Park is referred to as "The Bank". 

[1995hoo]

I think the "Tostinos" is likely due to a perceived similarity to "Tostitos."

[empirestate]

Isn't the real name the current name?  These sound like former or original names, prior to being renamed.

No, that's the real name. The "real" name is different.

Q: This thread?

A: That thread.

Oh yeah; I know we've discussed this often, but for some reason I though a more digestible format was in order.

Q JFK Airport
A NY International Airport
      Though it was called Idelwild Airport it was technically the NY International Airport

Sounds like the "real" name is Idlewild, then.

We can do Hollywood actors who changed their names for fame.

Even rock stars like David Bowie, who was David Jones, but changed to it to avoid confusion with Davey Jones of the Monkees.

Bob Dylan- Robert Zimmerman
Elton John- Reginald Dwight
Ringo Starr- Richard Starkey

Who could forget Marylin Monroe being Norma Jean either.

Interesting example of the reverse case. Usually, the "real" name is an original or at least former one, but in the case of celebrities it's usually going to be their screen/stage names rather than their birth names.

[PHLBOS]

Across the street though, most people call Lincoln Financial Field "The Linc".

I concur. 

Across the street again, sometimes Citizens Bank Park is referred to as "The Bank".

I don't believe I've ever heard it called that.

Further south in Wilmington, DE; home of the Blue Rocks baseball team.  The facility is called Frawley Stadium but the ballfield itself is called Judy Johnson Field.

[roadman65]

Q. The Camping World Stadium
A The Florida Citrus Bowl

Hell to me its the Toilet Bowl and should have been torn down instead of rebuilt.  But the city blackmailed us, and saying that we are not going to give you venues unless you build us or rehabilitate us a stadium.  Buddy Dyer kissed ass and made sure that we would rebuild and get us good events at the stadium instead of what most Orlando residents thought, that was give us good events now and then invest the tax dollars into refurbishing.

To me IMO, I feel its in a bad location and other areas around Orlando have better road and transit access and room for proper parking as this current place sucks for parking and even though its right off of the 408, nobody uses that road because unless you live due east or due west of town it does you no good anyway.  I do not know why they could not partnership with Disney and build a new Citrus Bowl on the Wide World of Sports Complex on WDW property that is fully accessible to I-4, Osceola Parkway, and even FL 417.

[jeffandnicole]

Across the street again, sometimes Citizens Bank Park is referred to as "The Bank".

I don't believe I've ever heard it called that.

KYW 1060 uses 'The Bank' a lot.

[jp the roadgeek]

Q: What's the real name of TD Garden?
A: The Gahden

Q: What's the real name of MSG?
A: The Gawden

Q: What's the real name of anything XFinity in Southern New England?
A: The Meadows, or Great Woods.

Serious one:  What's the real name of the XL Center?
A: The Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

[sparker]

Used to live out in the "high desert" off I-15 north of Cajon Pass.  The three major incorporated cities there were commonly referred to (at least by locals) as:
(1) Victimville
(2) Hysteria
(3) Asshole Valley

I trust forum readers can easily interpolate the real town names (broad hint: between exits #141 and #161 on I-15).

As of 2012, when I moved away, no one had yet come up with a consistently used derogatory name for the fourth, and newest, city -- Adelanto.