NAME THE NEW RINK

by Hans Landa on Feb 22, 2012 10:42 AM CST

With the very premature talk about a new ice rink for the Detroit Red Wings, what would you name the new stadium? I believe Joe Louis Arena is the only NHL rink not named for a corporation of some sort. [I'm not sure about Jo Bing arena in the desert, is that Dave Bing's brother?] Obviously, Little Caesar's would be the front runner, and possibly the only option. In keeping with the non corporate moniker, I would propose Olympia Stadium at Ilitch Place. Street address of 9 Howe Avenue. Your turn.

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Smith Stadium

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by JeffHancock41 on Feb 22, 2012 11:39 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

They should call the new one the Joe Louis Arena

In all honesty, while it wouldn’t shock me to see a corporate name on it (because it makes business sense), I would be surprised to see Little Caesar’s. Ilitch would essentially be paying himself to use his arena’s naming rights (assuming the city or whomever the hell pays for the arena doesn’t retain those for their own ability to sell).

by J.J. from Kansas on Feb 22, 2012 11:50 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

This

The whole reasoning behind naming rights is to offset arena costs

by Apocalyptic0n3 on Feb 22, 2012 12:28 PM CST up reply actions

Lidstrom Arena at the Yzerman Center Presented by Little Caesars.

In all seriousness, I would bet it ends up with a corporate name.

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by AppState on Feb 22, 2012 12:27 PM CST reply actions

probably Amway arena

or bell tire

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by Joe Bagazinski on Feb 22, 2012 12:44 PM CST via Android app reply actions

There is already an Amway Center in Orlando which replaced Amway Arena

by Apocalyptic0n3 on Feb 22, 2012 2:59 PM CST up reply actions

There's also the Rogers Centre in Toronto and Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

by eight_legged_freaks on Feb 22, 2012 3:03 PM CST up reply actions

That is true, but naming two arenas the same thing seems odd unless there is another suffix they can use, even if Amway Arena is being demolished next year. Amway Stadium? Amway View? I honestly like that last one. We could call it The View instead of anything Amway related.

by Apocalyptic0n3 on Feb 22, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

The Miami Heat play in the American Airlines Arena

The Dallas Mavericks play in the American Airlines Center.

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by JeffHancock41 on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions

Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary

Scotiabank Place in Ottawa

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by Elfuego51 on Feb 22, 2012 5:21 PM CST up reply actions

I get that. But having two stadiums named EXACTLY the same thing — ie Amway Arena — makes zero sense

by Apocalyptic0n3 on Feb 22, 2012 6:44 PM CST up reply actions

Considering that Amway Arena in Orlando

is no longer used by any professional teams at any level and is expected to be demolished. By the time the Wings got a new rink, this naming issue wouldn’t matter. Also, who cares if there was two Amway Arenas. The one with the Wings is going to get WAY more mention than an old arena in Orlando that no one uses. Would still be worth Amway’s money.

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by JeffHancock41 on Feb 23, 2012 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

I know all of that, I just find it weird that there would be two arenas with the same name, even if they don’t exist simultaneously or anywhere near each other

Granted, the biggest issue here is that I want nothing to do with Amway

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by Apocalyptic0n3 on Feb 23, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions

haha i hear ya

Let’s just hope we don’t ever get “Joe Louis Arena Presented by Amway”

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by JeffHancock41 on Feb 23, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions

This will get me killed but

Ericsson Globe West? After all, there was a Fillmore West and the Swedish Nation team plays at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm.

Bingo! How fun! But, I digress. Where were we? HL

by Hans Landa on Feb 22, 2012 12:59 PM CST reply actions

The Hudlerdrome

With some seriousness, I certainly hope it doesn’t get a corporate name because it is one of the few that currently doesn’t have one…JLA, MSG, and NVMC are it.

by Nim ~ on Feb 22, 2012 1:33 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

what's nvmc

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by Joe Bagazinski on Feb 22, 2012 1:40 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Think Islanders play there

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by DetroitSports on Feb 22, 2012 1:45 PM CST up reply actions

Was running through stadium names in my head...

Guess “nvmc” is forgettable.
is rexall place named after a company?

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by Joe Bagazinski on Feb 22, 2012 1:47 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

Yes

According to Wikipedia, Rexall is a medicine company that bought the rights…

by DetroitSports on Feb 22, 2012 1:49 PM CST up reply actions

Yes, very forgettable

In the since that there was a recent game there where most of us drank to forget.

by Nim ~ on Feb 22, 2012 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

I guess Chase has some rights to the MSG now

if you’ve looked at their floor during Knicks games recently

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by MuleRules on Feb 22, 2012 9:08 PM CST up reply actions

But haven't you heard?!?!?!?!

Jeremy Lin is the only one that owns that floor nowadays.

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by Elfuego51 on Feb 22, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions

Pasha Stadium

Brought to you by the mad hatter magic shop presented by Amway

by Birddog17 on Feb 22, 2012 2:09 PM CST reply actions

FYI

Phoenix’s stadium is named for Jobing.com

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by Scott Kenny on Feb 22, 2012 2:15 PM CST reply actions

Whatever we do

Don’t make it a websites name and put .com at the end.

by DetroitSports on Feb 22, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

Are you sure

it wasn’t named after Dave Bing’s brother? I was fairly certain he added the .com to his name like Meta Whirled Peas!

Bingo! How fun! But, I digress. Where were we? HL

by Hans Landa on Feb 23, 2012 8:33 AM CST up reply actions

Amway Arena at Olympia Stadium

You partner a nouveau-riche company with an old money name. Perfect.

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by Dubie on Feb 22, 2012 4:11 PM CST reply actions

It would have to be Amway Rink at Olympia Stadium.

The best part is none of us would call it Amway Rink. And to say we are going to Olympia to see the Wings would be awesome and make up for it not being The Joe.

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by EuroCap on Feb 22, 2012 5:09 PM CST up reply actions

WhereRoadWinningStreaksGoToDie.com Arena

I’ll come up with something better.

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by Elfuego51 on Feb 22, 2012 5:26 PM CST reply actions

Please not a corporate name

I love that the Wings don’t play in a corporate named arena. As much as we wouldn’t use it…the tv commentators would be forced to. I’d be happy with many of the above suggestions: Olympia Stadium, Joe Lewis Arena, Howe Arena.

We could even call it Hockeytown Arena.

by Dave Kahn on Feb 22, 2012 5:38 PM CST reply actions