# Best Nickname for a Sports Venue. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303 "2012-08-12T20:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/1 "2012-08-12T20:43:13Z")
I am biased as all get out,but I will start with the University of Michigan’s Big House. (and to hell with the horseshoe) ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/2 "2012-08-12T20:59:53Z")
San Jose’s team plays in “The Shark Tank.” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/3 "2012-08-12T21:02:55Z")
LSU’s football stadium, Death Valley. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/4 "2012-08-12T21:13:30Z")
It’s gone now, but I fondly recall the University of Missouri’s Wareen E. Hearnes Arena, aka The Hernia. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/5 "2012-08-12T21:21:37Z")
The best was the Astrodome when the Oilers played there: the House of Pain. Forbes Field, once the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was called the House of Thrills, which I think is second best. The Big House? That’s so pedestrian and uninspiring. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/6 "2012-08-12T21:26:02Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > The Big House? That’s so pedestrian and uninspiring. Like I said, biased, just put that out there to get the thread going.I like all the examples better than mine so far. GO BLUE! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/7 "2012-08-12T22:45:01Z")
The Friendly Confines. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/8 "2012-08-12T23:13:19Z")
The Jungle. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/9 "2012-08-12T23:14:35Z")
The Yomiuri Giants play baseball in the Big Egg. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/10 "2012-08-12T23:14:36Z")
The World’s Most Famous Arena ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/11 "2012-08-12T23:27:44Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > San Jose’s team plays in “The Shark Tank.” This is the correct answer. Ottawa would have had a nice claim had “The Palladium” stuck. Edit: Arrowhead Pond, played on by the Ducks, was (is?) another good one. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/12 "2012-08-13T00:26:58Z")
The old Pittsburgh Civic Arena was called “The Igloo”, which was pretty cool, pun intended. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/13 "2012-08-13T00:29:46Z")
The Western Australian Cricket Association Ground is usually known as the WACA, pronounced like “wacka.” The Brisbane Cricket Ground is known as “The Gabba,” after the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba, where it is located. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/14 "2012-08-13T01:20:39Z")
The Octagon of Doom aka Bramlage Coliseum ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/15 "2012-08-13T02:16:10Z")
**Dog Pound** , technically an area in the stadium for overzealous Browns fans, but aren’t they all. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/16 "2012-08-13T02:37:09Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > LSU’s football stadium, Death Valley. [Deaf Valley](http://www.lostlettermen.com/10-2-2011-clemson-lsu-death-valley/) or [Death Valley?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Stadium,_Clemson) ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/17 "2012-08-13T02:39:30Z")
Before the 2000 Olympics, they were hosting test events at the Sydney Olympic Stadium to make sure that they could get people in and out and that big parts of the arena weren’t going to fall off onto anyone that mattered. One of the first events there was a rugby league State of Origin game, in a season which - for no apparent reason - they were trying to play up the historical ‘importance’ of the series. Roy Slaven and H.G. Nelson christened the three-month-old stadium “the Grand Old Girl of Australian Sport” - a name that’s stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/18 "2012-08-13T02:57:40Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > San Jose’s team plays in “The Shark Tank.” This is what I came in to say. Go Sharks! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/19 "2012-08-13T03:07:31Z")
Maybe not among the best nicknames, but I get misty-eyed thinking about the Old Barn, known prosaically as the St Louis Arena. Watching Hull score seemingly at will and Chase pummel men into submission there was all a boy could ask for. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/20 "2012-08-13T03:15:25Z")
Lambeau Field: The Frozen Tundra. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303.md?page=2)