…is the dumbest name yet for a stadium. First of all, that name will quickly be reduced to “Phoenix Stadium.” Thus, the esteemed University of Phoenix will lose most of the benefit of the naming rights.
Can’t we bring back the National Car Rental Center or Enron Field? Those were the days…oh wait, both companies went bankrupt! At least the University of Phoenix will only be intellectually bankrupt.
Matt Leinert gets to play in a stadium named after a University that’s almost as academically bankrupt as the one he played for?
Sounds good to me.
The University of Southern California provided OJ Simpson with a fine education. Too bad he didn’t double major in Assault and Battery.
Well, at least maybe the University will be able to play their home games there.
Oh, wait…University of Phoenix doesn’t have a team.
Dumb move!
So, no Pink Taco Stadium, huh?
Damn.
Why do you all hate The Stadium for Working Adults[sup]TM][/sup]?
Did you know that in **as little as six months, YOU ** can be on your way to an exciting game in the lucrative sport of football? You can also choose from: Major League Soccer, Medical Billing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or get your High School Diploma!
And the stadium isn’t even in Phoenix, it’s in Glendale.
I’m sick of everything having to be named after a corporation these days. Is there any chance of this trend ever reversing? I’m a big fan of the UFC and recently they’ve started whoring out their clock. Their fucking clock!
“Hi, I’m Joe Rogan, welcome to UFC 63: Hughes Vs. Penn. Tonight’s timeclock is brought to you by Subway®. Eat Fresh™!”
It just seems so wrong.
You know that was a joke, right?
Sooner or later, some corporation is going to realize how much more mileage they’ll get out of buying the rights to rename a stadium, and then keeping the name it already had. Sports stadiums are cultural touchstones, and plastering your name all over it does not endear you to the public. I don’t know who 3Com was or what they did, but I’ve harbored an intense dislike for them for years because they bought the rights to stick their idiot dot.com name on Candlestick Park. And I don’t even like professional sports!
Although, I must admit, renaming it Monster Park, after the cable manufacturing company, was pretty cool. It sounds like you could cruise by there and catch a couple innings of Godzilla versus King Ghidra.
/hijack
Wow, how hilarious, as I sit here studying for midterms tomorrow. Nice to know that some people out there think I should have gone to University of Phoenix instead of USC. Well, since I am going to get my degree anyway, I hope that when I am out there designing water treatment plants (As a Civil/Environmental Engineer) that I am smart enough to figure out how to make the pipes flow into the plant, instead of backing up into certain peoples households. Who knows, I went to USC, and obviously can’t be learning anything!
Say what you will about our possibly morally bankrupt football team, I don’t really care about them. But USC gives a more rigorous education than all but a few dozen schools in the country.
/hijack
In fact, the University of Pheonix stadium is in Glendale and Phoenix – and in over 190 locations in 36 states, Puerto Rico, Alberta, British Columbia, Mexico and the Netherlands.
Of course, not all of those locations have full stadiums. Sometimes it’s just a field with no seats. Sometimes it’s just a few rows of seats. Sometimes it’s one goalpost. In some, the concession stands are complete but the rest of ther stadium hasn’t been built yet. However, you can attend many of the games online.
That was sort of a cheap shot. From my understanding most of the California Major Universities are considered pretty darn good academically. I don’t know about the assertion of being in the top 36, but it probably is in the top 100.
No one with half your brains is capable of working their way up the corporate ladder high enough to make that decision.
I always forgive engineering and grad students their choice. You should, however, try the decaf.
Two words: Wrigley Field.
Wrigley bought the team, re-built and expanded the park a few years later, and then renamed it in honor of their founder when it reopened. That’s quite different than simply paying to have their name plastered all over it like they do today.
Interesting tidbit: I know a guy who is partial heir to the Wrigley fortune.
FWIW, I don’t have any personal history with the University of Phoenix, but I don’t think even they should be confused with the sort of outfit that Sally Struthers used to shill for. They are a college, and depending on the program a student chooses and how much they’re willing to work, they can likely get a very decent education. They may not be very selective, but I don’t think they’re a diploma mill.