Giant Problem: Next Stadium Name
The San Francisco Giants baseball stadium is changing names again. This is the 3rd change of names in the past 3 years. The name was changed from Pacific Bell Stadium to SBC Park. This really bothers me. I cant stand that fact that people would name a stadium after a major corporation. Pacific Bell paid $53 million to name the stadium in 2000. The artical says they werent told how much SBC is paying to change the name now, but I could imagin that its a lot more than $53 million and still a huge waste of money. Why cant stadiums be named after amazing athlets or have names that relate to its city? Thats the way it should be. Do you think that companys are going to far, or do you think that it doesnt matter what the name is? I believe this is just a waste of money, maybe spend the money on "SBC free ice cream day" and give the stadium a real name.
2 comments:
My only comment would be that the world today is money, money, money. A city usually forks over the most money to build a new stadium, leaving no money to pay for the rights to name it. Naming a stadium is a form of advertising and of gloating to a certain extent. By kicking out the Baby Bell, SBC is telling the industry how powerful it is, as well as advertising to the common folk.
I lived in Boston when they closed The Garden and opened the Fleet Center. While it was named after Fleet Bank, the running joke all around the city was the "other" company named Fleet - an enema maker!
This was a big issue then - and I agree that stadiums, etc. should retain historic names. It's something that you should earn, not get to buy the rights to.
New building and all we still called the Fleet Center "The Garden" and I'm sure many people will never use the new name. You just don't watch the Bruins play at the Fleet Center - ya know? It's unnatural.
Post a Comment