Looks like the University of Phoenix will be relinquishing its naming rights for the Arizona Cardinals' stadium. What do you think could be some potential new names?
Here are some possible names:
- Circle K Stadium
- U-Haul Stadium
- GoDaddy Stadium
- First Solar Stadium
- Alliance Stadium
- Freeport Field
- Taser Park
- Dial Dome
- Republic Stadium
- Carvana Cave
- Fulton Homes Field
Cardinals Stadium brought to you by "insert sponsor."
Darm Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadtium)
Donald J. Trump Stadium
University of Phoenix Jr. Stadium
1;DROP TABLE stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection)
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 11, 2017, 07:52:23 PM
GoDaddy Stadium
Good one.
Pink Lives Matter Stadium.
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 11, 2017, 07:52:23 PM
Looks like the University of Phoenix will be relinquishing its naming rights for the Arizona Cardinals' stadium.
Great. I despised the fact they "had" a stadium without having an intercollegiate athletics program. During the Final Four of the recent March Madness I referred to as Cardinals Stadium, as it was called for the first month after its opening, due to my naming policy.
Anyway, if I was up to me, I'd propose the following names:
Van der Knaap Stadium (after the champion in my March Madness parody, which in turn was named after a leukodystrophy)
Firebird Stadium
Damn so Hot Stadium
Error 404: Stadium not found
The common theme in naming rights seems to be that the buyer is either out of business in four or five years or exposed as a scam in four or five years. Or both.
I consider the U of P to be a scam, based on observation of its graduates.
It would be nice if more tournaments followed FIFA's World Cup rule of banning stadium sponsors from being mentioned. They come up with a generic name or revert to a historic/traditional name when the sponsor of a stadium in the tournament, e.g. turning Investors Group Field in Winnepeg to "Winnipeg Stadium" in 2015 and Hamburg's EasyCredit-Stadion into "Frankenstadion" (its name from 1991 to 2006) in 2006.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 12, 2017, 07:18:57 AM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 11, 2017, 07:52:23 PM
Looks like the University of Phoenix will be relinquishing its naming rights for the Arizona Cardinals' stadium.
Great. I despised the fact they "had" a stadium without having an intercollegiate athletics program. During the Final Four of the recent March Madness I referred to as Cardinals Stadium, as it was called for the first month after its opening, due to my naming policy.
Anyway, if I was up to me, I'd propose the following names:
Van der Knaap Stadium (after the champion in my March Madness parody, which in turn was named after a leukodystrophy)
Firebird Stadium
Damn so Hot Stadium
Error 404: Stadium not found
Actually Thunderbird Stadium would be more fitting based off local tribal lore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology)
On a more sarcastic note; Green Eggs and Ham Arena would fit in with modern local lore. :rolleyes: It have a bit of road flare to it and be called "Stadium 101" or named something geographically close like the Aqua Fria or New River? Hell even calling it something kinda localized like "The Camelback" would be a lot better than the jack hole sponsorship names.
Quote from: Alps on April 11, 2017, 11:17:30 PM
Pink Lives Matter Stadium.
The Cards nixed "Pink Taco Stadium" when it opened.
Here are a few more:
- P.F. Chang's Field
- PetSmart Park
- Peter Piper Park
Mercedes-Benz Field
Quote from: cabiness42 on April 12, 2017, 02:29:55 PM
Mercedes-Benz Field
There is already a Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Don't think we need a third stadium named after M-B.
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 12, 2017, 02:37:55 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on April 12, 2017, 02:29:55 PM
Mercedes-Benz Field
There is already a Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Don't think we need a third stadium named after M-B.
Not a stadium, not a dome, a field. There's also M-B Colisseum available. M-B Grounds if you want to go old school. Also need a M-B Arena and a M-B Garden but those would probably have to be NBA/NHL teams, not NFL teams.
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 12, 2017, 02:37:55 PM
There is already a Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Don't think we need a third stadium named after M-B.
Consider BB&T, a regional bank that only does business in 1/4th of the country.
BB&T Field (Wake Forest football, Winston-Salem, NC)
BB&T Ballpark (Rookie league baseball, Williamsport, PA)
BB&T Ballpark (AAA baseball, Charlotte, NC)
BB&T Ballpark (A baseball, Winston-Salem, NC
BB&T Coastal Field (A baseball, Myrtle Beach, SC)
BB&T Arena (NKU basketball, Highland Heights, KY)
BB&T Center (NHL hockey, Broward County, FL)
BB&T Pavilion (outdoor amphitheter, Camden, NJ)
BB&T Classic (early season NCAA basketball tournament, Washington, DC)
Quote from: Bruce on April 12, 2017, 10:12:54 AM
It would be nice if more tournaments followed FIFA's World Cup rule of banning stadium sponsors from being mentioned. They come up with a generic name or revert to a historic/traditional name when the sponsor of a stadium in the tournament, e.g. turning Investors Group Field in Winnepeg to "Winnipeg Stadium" in 2015 and Hamburg's EasyCredit-Stadion into "Frankenstadion" (its name from 1991 to 2006) in 2006.
Yup. I decided that if they don't pay me I won't bother to name them. So if an stadium doesn't have a generic name I'll make up one. Same goes to sports teams in this side of the Atlantic. I'm sure I'm almost the only one who refers to Ciudad de Logroño handball team by that name.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 12, 2017, 10:24:05 AMActually Thunderbird Stadium would be more fitting based off local tribal lore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology%29
Fixed link. I proposed "Firebird" because that is what a phoenix is :sombrero:.
Call it Nexus Stadium. Not many people will be in on the joke that is me...LOL!
It really hurts to see so much name changing. Remember when Monster Park was around? Imagine if that had been in the Sixties when "The Munsters" were on TV! At least Mercedes Benz is a non-confusing name. Oh heck, go for the gusto and call it "Dodge Challenger Demon Stadium"!
Rick
I would just call it the Sun Dome. Not every stadium has to be named after a company.
Quote from: SP Cook on April 12, 2017, 03:20:32 PM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 12, 2017, 02:37:55 PM
There is already a Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Don't think we need a third stadium named after M-B.
Consider BB&T, a regional bank that only does business in 1/4th of the country.
BB&T Field (Wake Forest football, Winston-Salem, NC)
BB&T Ballpark (Rookie league baseball, Williamsport, PA)
BB&T Ballpark (AAA baseball, Charlotte, NC)
BB&T Ballpark (A baseball, Winston-Salem, NC
BB&T Coastal Field (A baseball, Myrtle Beach, SC)
BB&T Arena (NKU basketball, Highland Heights, KY)
BB&T Center (NHL hockey, Broward County, FL)
BB&T Pavilion (outdoor amphitheter, Camden, NJ)
BB&T Classic (early season NCAA basketball tournament, Washington, DC)
Another one is TD. You have TD Garden (Boston), TD Ameritrade Park (Omaha), TD Arena (Charleston, SC), TD Bank Ballpark (Bridgewater, NJ), and TD Bank Sports Center (Hamden, CT). With rumors of TD buying out Scottrade, the Scottrade Center in St. Louis could join this group.
My guess for the new stadium name: Something to do with a Native American casino resort, since it seems to be en vogue with Talking Stick and Gila River becoming sponsors recently. A longshot: Grand Canyon University Stadium.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on April 19, 2017, 10:06:54 PM
Quote from: SP Cook on April 12, 2017, 03:20:32 PM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 12, 2017, 02:37:55 PM
There is already a Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Don't think we need a third stadium named after M-B.
Consider BB&T, a regional bank that only does business in 1/4th of the country.
BB&T Field (Wake Forest football, Winston-Salem, NC)
BB&T Ballpark (Rookie league baseball, Williamsport, PA)
BB&T Ballpark (AAA baseball, Charlotte, NC)
BB&T Ballpark (A baseball, Winston-Salem, NC
BB&T Coastal Field (A baseball, Myrtle Beach, SC)
BB&T Arena (NKU basketball, Highland Heights, KY)
BB&T Center (NHL hockey, Broward County, FL)
BB&T Pavilion (outdoor amphitheter, Camden, NJ)
BB&T Classic (early season NCAA basketball tournament, Washington, DC)
Another one is TD. You have TD Garden (Boston), TD Ameritrade Park (Omaha), TD Arena (Charleston, SC), TD Bank Ballpark (Bridgewater, NJ), and TD Bank Sports Center (Hamden, CT). With rumors of TD buying out Scottrade, the Scottrade Center in St. Louis could join this group.
My guess for the new stadium name: Something to do with a Native American casino resort, since it seems to be en vogue with Talking Stick and Gila River becoming sponsors recently. A longshot: Grand Canyon University Stadium.
TD Ameritrade is technically a separate company, however, TD Bank is TD Ameritrade's largest shareholder. The Scottrade deal is structured where TD Bank acquires Scottrade's banking unit, while TD Ameritrade acquires Scottrade's brokerage unit.
Anything is better than naming your stadium after a bullshit degree mill set up to channel taxpayer funded student loan money into the pockets of its shareholders.
Here's a pro tip: if you see ads for a "university" during daytime TV, odds are almost 100% it's crap.
Arizona's Damn Football Stadium. :whip: :evilgrin:
Sand Arena ("arena" means "sand" in Spanish)
The Big Toaster ?
Quote from: 1 on April 29, 2017, 01:00:25 PM
Sand Arena ("arena" means "sand" in Spanish)
Usually to me an "Arena" means an indoor-only facility such as one used for basketball or hockey (even though UoP Stadium was used for the Final Four games).
Quote from: Pink Jazz on April 30, 2017, 03:16:54 PM
Quote from: 1 on April 29, 2017, 01:00:25 PM
Sand Arena ("arena" means "sand" in Spanish)
Usually to me an "Arena" means an indoor-only facility such as one used for basketball or hockey (even though UoP Stadium was used for the Final Four games).
So, football around the rest of the world is played in arenas, not stadiums.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on April 24, 2017, 07:03:34 PM
Anything is better than naming your stadium after a bullshit degree mill set up to channel taxpayer funded student loan money into the pockets of its shareholders.
Here's a pro tip: if you see ads for a "university" during daytime TV, odds are almost 100% it's crap.
Manchester, NH just did this. Verizon Wireless Arena is now SNHU Arena. Guy who I work with is a alum of the school back from its days as New Hampshire College.
And the newest renamed stadium is the former Commonwealth Stadium home of the Kentucky Wildcats. Now "Kroger Field". $$ involved not immediatly released, supposedly some of the money will be given to various UK departments and the cooperative extension to teach "healthy eating". Most will be used to construct a new baseball stadium, which will in tern have its naming rights up for sale.
First naming rights deal in SEC football.
Kroger is now also the "official grocery store of move in day at UK" and the "official pharmacy of UK".
I suspect most will still call the place Commonwealth Stadium.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on April 30, 2017, 11:49:03 PM
Manchester, NH just did this. Verizon Wireless Arena is now SNHU Arena. Guy who I work with is a alum of the school back from its days as New Hampshire College.
I'll accept that name if any of the SNHU Penmen teams make it home (Unlike the University of Phoenix, the Southern New Hampshire University has an intercollegiate athletics program at NCAA Division II). Since none has done so yet I'd refer to it as (Manchester NH) Civic Arena.
Quote from: SP Cook on May 01, 2017, 01:37:49 PM
And the newest renamed stadium is the former Commonwealth Stadium home of the Kentucky Wildcats. Now "Kroger Field". $$ involved not immediatly released, supposedly some of the money will be given to various UK departments and the cooperative extension to teach "healthy eating". Most will be used to construct a new baseball stadium, which will in tern have its naming rights up for sale.
First naming rights deal in SEC football.
Kroger is now also the "official grocery store of move in day at UK" and the "official pharmacy of UK".
I suspect most will still call the place Commonwealth Stadium.
Include me as part of my naming policy, though I may never need to name it, the above one, or almost any sports venue in the USA.
Quote from: SP Cook on May 01, 2017, 01:37:49 PM
And the newest renamed stadium is the former Commonwealth Stadium home of the Kentucky Wildcats. Now "Kroger Field". $$ involved not immediatly released, supposedly some of the money will be given to various UK departments and the cooperative extension to teach "healthy eating". Most will be used to construct a new baseball stadium, which will in tern have its naming rights up for sale.
First naming rights deal in SEC football.
Kroger is now also the "official grocery store of move in day at UK" and the "official pharmacy of UK".
I suspect most will still call the place Commonwealth Stadium.
What about Fry's Field then (Kroger's Arizona division)? Of course most people outside Arizona probably know Fry's as an electronics chain, and few outside of Arizona have heard of the grocery store chain (even though there are two Fry's Electronics stores in Arizona).
Quote from: Pink Jazz on May 02, 2017, 01:12:07 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on May 01, 2017, 01:37:49 PM
And the newest renamed stadium is the former Commonwealth Stadium home of the Kentucky Wildcats. Now "Kroger Field". $$ involved not immediatly released, supposedly some of the money will be given to various UK departments and the cooperative extension to teach "healthy eating". Most will be used to construct a new baseball stadium, which will in tern have its naming rights up for sale.
First naming rights deal in SEC football.
Kroger is now also the "official grocery store of move in day at UK" and the "official pharmacy of UK".
I suspect most will still call the place Commonwealth Stadium.
What about Fry's Field then (Kroger's Arizona division)? Of course most people outside Arizona probably know Fry's as an electronics chain, and few outside of Arizona have heard of the grocery store chain (even though there are two Fry's Electronics stores in Arizona).
Anyone actually have any idea how many brand names Kroger actually goes by? There are some "Smith's" locations in Arizona also which just so happen to be Kroger stores as well.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 02, 2017, 07:17:47 AM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on May 02, 2017, 01:12:07 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on May 01, 2017, 01:37:49 PM
And the newest renamed stadium is the former Commonwealth Stadium home of the Kentucky Wildcats. Now "Kroger Field". $$ involved not immediatly released, supposedly some of the money will be given to various UK departments and the cooperative extension to teach "healthy eating". Most will be used to construct a new baseball stadium, which will in tern have its naming rights up for sale.
First naming rights deal in SEC football.
Kroger is now also the "official grocery store of move in day at UK" and the "official pharmacy of UK".
I suspect most will still call the place Commonwealth Stadium.
What about Fry's Field then (Kroger's Arizona division)? Of course most people outside Arizona probably know Fry's as an electronics chain, and few outside of Arizona have heard of the grocery store chain (even though there are two Fry's Electronics stores in Arizona).
Anyone actually have any idea how many brand names Kroger actually goes by? There are some "Smith's" locations in Arizona also which just so happen to be Kroger stores as well.
Jay C Foods is owned by Kroger and has several stores in Southern Indiana.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 02, 2017, 07:17:47 AM
Anyone actually have any idea how many brand names Kroger actually goes by? There are some "Smith's" locations in Arizona also which just so happen to be Kroger stores as well.
A ton. Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fry's Gerbes, Jay C, King Soopers, Lily's, Owen's, Pay Less, QFC, Ralph's, Roundy's, Pick 'n Save, Mariano's, Metro Market, Copps, Scott's, Smith's. Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less (as a franchise), Foods Co, and Ruler. It also owns Fred Meyer, Barclay, Fox's and Littman jewelers, and the Kwik Shop, Loaf 'n Jug, Smith's Express, Tom Thumb, and Turkey Hill c-store chains. It also recently bought Harris Teeter, which it is keeping as a seperate deal because it overlaps Kroger's southern footprnt a bit and is a union free company, unlike Kroger. Time will tell.
Which I don't get. If you add it all up the supermarket footprint is close to nationwide. Missing mainly the northeast, the upper midwest and Florida (H-T has one store in Florida because the former owners vacationed there). National ads cost way less than local ads, and only a reference to stock market documents reveals the common ownership. If "Kroger" works as a name in 20 states from the south coast to Texas to the lower midwest, why be totally different names (not only different from Kroger but from one another) in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, and Oregon?
Quote from: SP Cook on May 02, 2017, 09:24:07 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 02, 2017, 07:17:47 AM
Anyone actually have any idea how many brand names Kroger actually goes by? There are some "Smith's" locations in Arizona also which just so happen to be Kroger stores as well.
A ton. Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fry's Gerbes, Jay C, King Soopers, Lily's, Owen's, Pay Less, QFC, Ralph's, Roundy's, Pick 'n Save, Mariano's, Metro Market, Copps, Scott's, Smith's. Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less (as a franchise), Foods Co, and Ruler. It also owns Fred Meyer, Barclay, Fox's and Littman jewelers, and the Kwik Shop, Loaf 'n Jug, Smith's Express, Tom Thumb, and Turkey Hill c-store chains. It also recently bought Harris Teeter, which it is keeping as a seperate deal because it overlaps Kroger's southern footprnt a bit and is a union free company, unlike Kroger. Time will tell.
Which I don't get. If you add it all up the supermarket footprint is close to nationwide. Missing mainly the northeast, the upper midwest and Florida (H-T has one store in Florida because the former owners vacationed there). National ads cost way less than local ads, and only a reference to stock market documents reveals the common ownership. If "Kroger" works as a name in 20 states from the south coast to Texas to the lower midwest, why be totally different names (not only different from Kroger but from one another) in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, and Oregon?
Really the only answer I ever pinned down was with Ralph's out here in California which I know was it's own thing at one point before being a Kroger brand. Safeway does the same thing with calling their stores as such most places but calling them Vons in parts of California in addition to Nevada. I would imagine there is probably an interesting story of buy-outs and mergers throughout the entirety of Kroger...doesn't seem efficient to me to have all those names.
Remember that even though many retail stores operate nationwide, many have regional divisions for operational efficiency and to better cater to the regional market. Kroger's different brands all operate as regional divisions (although King Soopers and City Market are considered part of the same division, and Kroger-branded stores are under multiple divisions), but Kroger chose to retain their existing names.
Quote from: SP Cook on May 02, 2017, 09:24:07 AM
If "Kroger" works as a name in 20 states from the south coast to Texas to the lower midwest, why be totally different names (not only different from Kroger but from one another) in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, and Oregon?
To preserve customers' illusion that they're patronizing a local or regional chain?
Quote from: kkt on May 02, 2017, 06:20:59 PM
Quote from: SP Cook on May 02, 2017, 09:24:07 AM
If "Kroger" works as a name in 20 states from the south coast to Texas to the lower midwest, why be totally different names (not only different from Kroger but from one another) in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, and Oregon?
To preserve customers' illusion that they're patronizing a local or regional chain?
Must be since grocery retail seems to be the one segment clinging to that theory. Really there is no benefit to the consumer since the increases in advertising something like that brings just gets passed into product.
Another name idea: Cold Stone Park. Cold Stone Creamery is based in Scottsdale, and they have pretty good ice cream. I really like their ice cream cakes, especially their Strawberry Passion (a cake with strawberry ice cream and red velvet cake).
I read a good letter to the editor (don't remember whether it was Pittsburgh or Washington DC), suggesting "Taxpayers' Stadium," complete with a statue of the humble taxpayer in front of the stadium.