# What Would YOU Name Your Favorite Ballpark/Stadium? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953 "2010-01-29T21:20:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/21 "2010-01-30T05:53:58Z")
Ruth’s impact on the Yankees was enormous but I prefer Yankee Stadium. It’s the home for the team, after all. “The House That Ruth Built” was a great nickname, but, you know, luxury boxes. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/22 "2010-01-30T06:28:39Z")
Yankee Stadium would be Taxpayer Field. Or ‘The House That People Who Can No Longer Afford Tickets Built’ ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/23 "2010-01-30T06:37:43Z")
Vin Scully Stadium. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/24 "2010-01-30T15:02:58Z")
Change just one letter change: City Field. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/25 "2010-01-30T15:19:32Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > The new Penguins Stadium? Either Lemieux Arena or just The Igloo, the nickname of Mellon Arena. Along the same lines, it seems to me an injustice that the Edmonton Oilers do not play in the Gretzky Centre. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/26 "2010-01-30T16:49:04Z")
Montreal Forum works fine for me. Or the Jean Beliveau Forum. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/27 "2010-01-31T03:22:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. You CAN’T sell the naming rights for your local stadium. No matter how much money you’re offered, no “Coca-Cola Stadium” or “Home Depot Field.” I’m claiming the exception of having two teams, so I dub the new Giants and Jets joint stadium after either JetBlue or Apple, depending on who ponies up the most cash. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/28 "2010-01-31T03:33:50Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Vin Scully Stadium. Seriously. I could _almost_ get behind this. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/29 "2010-01-31T03:51:48Z")
I really like the Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium. That said, I would be okay with renaming it Lamar Hunt Stadium. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/30 "2010-01-31T04:04:56Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Wait, what would you change about the uniforms? The Dodgers are already using their uniforms. The charm of the orange and blue is that we took one color from the Giants and one from the Dodgers. > > And, if those old Dodger fans haven’t already decided on a new team to support, then they have a serious case of indecisiveness. I wouldn’t change the colors, the whole Blue/Orange thing makes perfect sense. But the look of the uni is extremely dated and ugly. The pinstripes don’t work. The script Mets doesn’t work. The NY logo on the hat needs a white border ala the [Cubs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NLC-CHC-Insignia.png). All in all, the Mets have one of the worst unis in all of baseball. It’s not that many Dodgers/Giants fans haven’t made up their mind, it’s that many have either simply quit on baseball or their enthusiasm for the Mets never really gained any steam. The Mets have always catered to them somewhat but haven’t really gone full bore. Jackie Robinson Field leaves zero ambiguity, and I think a lot of jaded NY National league fans would come out to soak it in if they went all out with the nostalgia gimmick. Generally speaking I just think the Mets need a shot in the arm. Uniforms and stadium names are the obvious places to start. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/31 "2010-01-31T06:36:24Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > If nothing else, it’s a shame so few New Yorkers remember who Bill Shea was, or why the stadium was named for him in the first place. > > Just so as not to leave anyone hanging, lawyer Bill Shea was more instrumental than anyone in getting a National League expansion team for New York, after the Dodgers and Giants left. Wasn’t Shea the same guy who forced the Dodgers out of Brooklyn by refusing to build a new stadium in Brooklyn? For some reason, I remember him being the guy who was in charge of city planning or something. And even though Brooklyn had a great new location for a stadium, Shea nixed the idea. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/32 "2010-01-31T06:42:51Z")
The Lions Ford Field should be renamed " taxpayer sinkhole park’. They had a very good stadium in Pontiac with a capacity of over 80,000 that worked fine. ’ ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/33 "2010-01-31T06:43:19Z")
The guy I was thinking of is Robert Moses, not Bill Shea. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![fc1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@fc1114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fc1114)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/34 "2010-02-01T04:47:01Z")
I only like stadiums with corporate names. All sports stadiums should have corporate names. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/35 "2010-02-01T04:50:52Z")
Fire Minaya Field? If it has to be a more permanent name I’d name it for Bob Murphy and have a bar inside named The Happy Recap. ---
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/36 "2010-02-01T06:41:44Z")
Maybe I’m dating myself but renaming the FleetCenter (now TD Garden) in Boston to UFIA Arena, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![UTejas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UTejas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UTejas)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/37 "2010-02-01T07:26:38Z")
PNC Park should be Roberto Clemente Field. ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/38 "2010-02-01T07:35:56Z")
I actually like the name Turner Field for the Atlanta Braves, it has grown on me. Ted Turner was an important person who partly made the Braves the team they are today so I have no problems with it being named after him. The road the stadium is on is named Hank Aaron Drive which is also fitting. If I had to change something originally, I probably would have voted for Aaron Field and Turner Drive, but it isn’t that big a deal. Much better then the selling of stadium names now, which names changing every 10 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/39 "2010-02-01T07:43:48Z")
Fenway Park gets to keep its name. Or maybe rename it Green Monster Stadium… 😃 The Celtics, OTOH, should definitely play in the Red Auerbach Garden. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953/40 "2010-02-01T09:49:27Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Jackie Robinson Stadium would be the best choice. They’d be able to get as close as humanly possible to officially adopting the old Dodger fans and they’d get all kinds of cred for embracing the whole integration movement and would probably capture some new older black fans. I’m usually not a fan of uniform changes but if any team needs an update it’s the Mets, and this would be a hell of a excuse. Aren’t Mets fans already a bit annoyed at how many Dodger logos are plastered all over their front door? I mean, yes, it’s Jackie Robinson, but Jackie Robinson played for the Dodgers, who are not the Mets, and who still play in the National League. I’d understand a city wholly embracing a contracted/defunct team’s history, but not so much one that you still have to host, if only once a year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-your-favorite-ballpark-stadium/526953.md?page=3)