# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**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 17, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/81 "2012-08-17T04:38:15Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Just off the top of my head I think of Wimbledon, Wembley, Lambeau Field, the Rose Bowl, and just about every other major Bowl venue. Worldwide, the Melbourne Cricket Ground has hosted the Olympics and dozens if not hundreds of test cricket matches. Google Search Wimbledon - 91 million results “Wembley Stadium” - 9.6 million results “Lambeau Field” - 1.8 million results “Rose Bowl” - 10.7 million results “University of Phoenix Stadium” - 2.8 million results “Mercedes Benz Superdome” - 3.3 million results “Melbourne Cricket Ground” - 1.2 million results “Madison Square Garden” - 26.9 million results ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/82 "2012-08-17T08:02:12Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Eh, I am a big Packer fan a you know, and the frozen tundra is just kind of stupid, because it is redundant. And did you know that John Facenda never said “the frozen tundra of Lambeau field”, Chris Berman made it up. Hey, don’tcha know… stop being such a cheesehead. Oh, I think I’m gonna barf. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/83 "2012-08-17T08:13:25Z")
The Stick: Candlestick Park ---
**Author:** ![boxterford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@boxterford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boxterford)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/84 "2012-08-17T14:15:56Z")
do or die i think correct 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/85 "2012-08-17T14:20:14Z")
> [@boxterford](#): > > do or die i think correct 🙂 Yay! I love Vogon poetry! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/86 "2012-08-19T05:32:02Z")
Charlotte has the Time Warner Cable Arena, affectionately known as the Cable Box. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/87 "2012-08-19T07:28:23Z")
And Denver has the Diaphragm ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/88 "2012-08-19T12:38:37Z")
Cleveland has “The Jake” for the Cleveland Indians. Formerly Jacobs Field, it’s now Progressive Field. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303/89 "2012-08-19T12:45:49Z")
And… the Skydome in Toronto, for the Blue Jays. It’s now called Rogers Centre. A very nice stadium, I was in town three weeks ago and caught a game there. Hard to believe Omar Vizquel is their starting shortstop, at 45 years old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303.md?page=4)