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    Stadiums' names

    I am currently watching the Cowboys-Redskins NFL game from AT&T Stadium in Dallas.

    Just yesterday (Sunday)--and Saturday, and Friday--I watched the Giants oppose the Royals in AT&T Park in San Francisco.

    One need not go all the way back to Ebbets Field (the home of the former Brooklyn Dodgers), Forbes Field (the former home of the Pittsburgh Pirates), or the Polo Grounds (the former home of several professional sports teams), in order to get a certain panache. Even the San Francisco Giants' former home--Candlestick Park--had a much more pleasing ring to the name.

    This seems to be the trend nowadays: Stadiums are named for their respective sponsors, rather than for something a bit more appropriate. (The now-defunct RCA Dome, in Indianapolis--the former home of the Indiana Pacers--is another good example of this. Its former name--the Hoosier Dome--seemed much more appropriate for an Indiana-based sports team.)

    I suppose this is really not a matter of monumental consequence. But it is mildly irritating...

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    I think we had a thread recently about sports being sold out....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
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    I posted a picture of a 4 legged taco in the pics thread yesterday...don't 'member if he was pink or not....

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    So much money is being spent on venues now. The investors are trying to recoup wherever they can.
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    I don't see why the stadiums can't have team-related names. "Titans Field" instead of "LP Field," etc.
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    How about Invesco field vs the Broncos Stadium. Or Coors field

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    For now Fenway Park is still Fenway Park. But Boston Garden is TD Garden. Selling the naming rights brings the venue owners cash. Evil $#@!s that they are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Arrow View Post
    I don't see why the stadiums can't have team-related names. "Titans Field" instead of "LP Field," etc.
    If I had owned a stadium and someone offered me millions of dollars to put their name on it, yes, I would do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sachem View Post
    For now Fenway Park is still Fenway Park. But Boston Garden is TD Garden.
    It is really hard for me to imagine the Bill Russell-era Celtics--or the John Havlicek-era Celtics, or even the Larry Bird-era Celtics--having played in "TD Garden."

    At least (as you have noted) Fenway Park is still Fenway Park.

    On the other hand, Comiskey Park (in Chicago) has now been replaced by--are you ready for this?--US Cellular Field...

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