# Goofy names for arenas and stadiums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701 "2004-03-27T06:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![International\_Playboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@International\_Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/International_Playboy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701/41 "2004-04-03T13:00:28Z")
Oh, apparently CricKet is some sort of wireless company. ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701/42 "2004-04-03T18:18:15Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Time, aparently, will not dim the glory of their deeds, but economics doomed the existance of their monument-[Memorial Stadium was razed in 2001.](http://www.btco.net/ghosts/Buildings/memstad/memstad.html) ☹ > The [dedication from the facade](http://www.stadiumsofnfl.com/past/mem1000.jpg) was supposed to go down to the new stadium complex (The metal letters, a rather destinctive font, invented just for the stadium) , but I haven’t noticed it down there yet. I haven’t seen it there either…Man, I miss seeing that facade on the approach to a game. And to segue right onto the complaining-about-corporate-stadium-names bandwagon… _M & T Bank Stadium??_ Makes me sort of miss PSI Net. At least that almost rolled off the tongue. And the glowing purple logo was sorta pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701/43 "2004-04-03T19:09:30Z")
I was delighted that the Cincinnati Reds new home was the non-commercial but somewhat pretentious sounding **Great American Ballpark** until I reailzed that it was name for the Great American Electric Company. (I think, though it may be water or some other utility). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701/44 "2004-04-03T22:49:57Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > I went to a wine tasting event at Pac Bell two weeks ago, and when I saw the huge letters “SBC Park” out the window of the N Judah I thought I was going to puke. You’re actually nostalgic about a disappeared corporate name on a ballpark? Well, OK. My nominee: Manchester United’s home, Old Trafford. What’s a trafford and why don’t they just buy a new one? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701/45 "2004-04-04T02:10:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You’re actually nostalgic about a disappeared corporate name on a ballpark? Well, OK. Yes, it is a bit odd to be nostalgic over the passing of “Pacific Bell” from the Giants’ stadium. But, PacBell did contribute a lot of money to the building of the stadium, which was built entirely with private money. Constrast that to the hated 3Com, which had nothing to do with Candlestick Park, and little to do with San Francisco itself, being based in South Bay/Silicon Valley. PacBell was a local company, with years of history in the city of San Francisco. SBC on the other hand is based out of Texas. Don’t underestimate the political angle too, Texas is a state which is as “red” as the Bay Area is “blue”. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701/46 "2004-04-04T03:22:36Z")
You know, I’m watching the Duke/UConn game right now and it comes to mind that the **AlamoDome** is a goofy name. A sports arena named after a church that is well known for a bloody massacre where men, women and children were butchered…_great idea!!_ ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701/47 "2004-04-04T13:03:13Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > You know, I’m watching the Duke/UConn game right now and it comes to mind that the **AlamoDome** is a goofy name. > > A sports arena named after a church that is well known for a bloody massacre where men, women and children were butchered…_great idea!!_ But at least the Alamodome isn’t named after Alamo Rent a Car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-arenas-and-stadiums/236701.md?page=2)