What's the deal with the arena/stadium names in America?

[fuzzyroes]

You look at some of the most well-known, noteworthy venues around America and the names are utterly hilarious.

You look at the prized world-champion Cleveland Cavilers and their home at the Quicken Loans Arena or how about where the NCAA basketball team the San Diego Toreos play? THE JENNY CRAIG PAVILION

That's not to mention the White Sox playing at Guaranteed Rate Field
or the Smoothie King! Center for the New Orleans Pelicans

I mean dear god. Do you yankees have no shame!?

just kidding. But some of these names, good grief.

Oh man I forgot The Jobing.com Arena where the NHL team Arizona Coyotes played.

[fuzzyroes]

Out where I live in BC Canada the biggest venue for concert acts and our football team is called BC place and our hockey team plays at Rogers arena (Rogers is the big cable conglomerate in Canada but it does have a more dignified ring to it than the Smoothie King arena)

[fuzzyroes]

The other big BC arena: The Pne forum- meaning the Pacific National Exhibition... Our yearly fair.

[fuzzyroes]

I love America to death but it seems like they'll corporatize and make a buck off of anything regardless of it being in awful taste or not

[fuzzyroes]

Taco Bell Arena for the Boise State basketball team

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

I love America to death but it seems like they'll corporatize and make a buck off of anything regardless of it being in awful taste or not

Like contributing to climate change or poisoning water and air with heavy metals.

[duovamp]

Rather than put huge Chevrolet or Qatar Airways logos on jerseys, stadia sell names. It works out okay I guess.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

what's the deal with posting five times in a row

[myosis]

WHAT IS THE DEAL

[freshfacedyouth]

said in a comical jerry seinfeld like tone

[FoolofaTook]

Hey fuzzy i didn't know we are neighbors.

I'm sorry I called you a mongoloidal lout. If anything thaf should apply to me instead.

Victoria Island is sooo cool. Have you ever seen a Spirit bear (white brown bears)? BC is hella cool. Anorthen rainforest! Hella!

[Run To Me]

I member seeing concerts at a place called Sandstone Arena as a lad

It was named after the local sandstone

Then, one day, it became Verizon Wireless Ampitheater. I member feeling aghast. What the F does a cell phone whores have to do with our arena? Why would I want to visit a place named after a stupid cell phone whores? It made me sad

Funnily enough I have never been there since

And it has since changed names like two more times, to other cell phone whores

[yo soy el mejor]

Originally Posted by freshfacedyouth

said in a comical jerry seinfeld like tone

i heard cameron from ferris bueller's day off

[Elphenor]

*fuzzy holding mic meme*

[ohnoitsbonnie]

If Amway is a scam, then why do they have their own arena?

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

Hey fuzzy i didn't know we are neighbors.

I'm sorry I called you a mongoloidal lout. If anything thaf should apply to me instead.

Victoria Island is sooo cool. Have you ever seen a Spirit bear (white brown bears)? BC is hella cool. Anorthen rainforest! Hella!

No dude. I haven't even been to the island in almost a decade. Now that I've got my passport I might go party down in the Seattle area sometime in the new year though. We should meet up or something dude. I'll buy the brews

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

If Amway is a scam, then why do they have their own arena?

Exactly. There's no concern for a sense of class. They'll sell it out to the highest bidder regardless of the quality or reputation of the company.

[reprise85]

and...?

Of all the things to be outraged about, this is pretty low on the list

[fuzzyroes]

Not really outraged. It's just a rather new phenomenon.

I mean back in the day there was always big stadiums that would license their names out to major players like the Pepsi Center and Ford Field but now there's no standars.

Only 20 years or so ago you had famous ballparks and stadiums called The Sky-Dome, Candle-Stick park, Olympic stadium etc etc but now almost every name is 100% corporate. They do enough advertising around the stadium and with commercials and everything. I think it just ruins the mystic with this Quicken Loans arena nonsense

[fuzzyroes]

*petition for Netphoria to automatically change standards to standars*

[fuzzyroes]

in honor of the great late Monty

[Anthony_Kiedis]

Stranger things have happened
Both before and after noon
Well I'm forming and I'm warning
Pushin' myself
And no I don't mind asking

[ohnoitsbonnie]

It was standers. Monte's got standers

[reprise85]

[redbreegull]

lol

[yo soy el mejor]

the coca starplex in dallas has gone through so many name changes i don't know what it's called anymore. last time i went it was the smirnoff music center.

[yo soy el mejor]

haha monte

[FlamingGlobes]

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

It was standers. Monte's got standers

YES! Standers! that's 120% funnier.

We should really have a netphoria code were common phrases get changed to Monteisms in respect of his legacy.

Standards= standers

Self esteem = self of steam

have = of

non story= none story

ETC ETC

feel free to add to the Monte library.

We should AT LEAST have a monte appreciation month in which 1 month all of the following "correct" to Monteisms

[buzzard]

Some of the other examples are pretty bad, but Exceptional Ron Garden really takes the cake.