Stadium Name

[cannon_fodder]

FWIW, the fabled reputation as a hitters park has now been tracked to the lack of humidity.  The balls dried out such that they were essentially leather covered cork and had much more "bounce" than at other locations.  Compared to Arizona, Denver is a very dry place.

The altitude had less effect that one would think.  The balls are not kept in a humidor and the effect of the "hitters stadium" is much lessened.

[Breadburner]

Clam Nibbler Park...Had a nice ring to it....

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by Floyd

Uh, Candlestick Park was a municipal venture by San Francisco.  Not a private venture.  (It was built on Candlestick Point.)

Wrigley Field was a private venture by the Wrigley family (yes, of the gum) who owned the field.

I guess I just don't understand this "should" stuff.  If you want the stadium to be named something, pay for it.  That's all.  Greenwood is getting plenty out of this deal--a ballpark name would be nice, but the ballpark won't exist without funding, and so better to have one with a corporate name than not have one at all and thus forgo the Greenwood memorial, park and community center.

Well, I didn't ask anyone to name the stadium OneOk so I don't know what you mean. Its partly my stadiumm since tax dollars and public lands are being used isn't it?

Floyd, CF, I don't understand why you guys get so sensitive about this. There is obviously no choice now but to allow naming rights to be sold to the highest bidder on this stadium. That was OneOK. But it didn't and doesn't have to be that way. Candlestick park is a good example. Taxpayers paid for it so selling its name would be pretty crass. Think they would have any trouble finding a donor to buy naming rights there? No. Neither would Memorial stadium in Norman, also taxpayer funded. But they chose to retain their independence and that is just fine. They have plenty of other promotional and advertising opportunities to exploit.

Some communities and colleges opt to sell out some of their brand for money. I don't remember voting on the stadium name here. I agree with HT that it says alot about those organizations.

If its a private enterprise call it anything...call it Wrigley Stadium, call it Bologna Ball Park if you want, but when you jump in bed with the taxpayer it isn't right to sell naming rights to a quasi public building. Once you start that unholy alliance between advertising and government lots of opportunities arise that are unseemly.

Hey, its just my opinion but it is a defensible position. Perhaps when you start to see green and white exit signs on the expressways being sponsored by corporate entities using the same rationale, it will become clear what I'm saying..."Memorial Exit-Brought to you by Riverside Chevrolet...Dad Will Do It!" In a tasteful LED of course.