The namium of Dynamo Stadium, some context, history and suggestions
by Martek on Dec 1, 2011 3:11 PM CST
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@OrtizKicks @ChrisCanetti told Sports Authority the Dynamo is close to announcing 10-year naming rights deal for new stadium.
Is it just me or is anyone else a tiny bit trepidacious about the impending naming rights deal? I know this is reality and that it was always going to happen. I know the economics. I know all of that. I just don't want to see something ridiculous. I despise naming rights deals that have nothing to do with the community/city in question ala Home Depot Center, Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center, etc. These stadia could be anywhere and their names say nothing about their community or the team/sport within.
Names I adore: Great American Ballpark in Cincy, Rio Tinto in Salt Lake, Empire Field in Vancouver.
Names I don't adore, hate or just have no opinion about: Almost all of the other naming rights deals.
So I sincerely hope Dynamo Park, where I will be spending largish amounts of time over the next many years no matter who's moniker is affixed, has a name I like.
Constructive suggestions: Houston companies whose names are synonymous with the city (though this happened with Enron Field once before too, which admittedly did not end well), whose names trip off the tongue (No Dick's Sporting Goods Stadium please) and are not just a giant billboard. So please, no more than three to five syllables total (which includes "Park" or "Stadium" or "Field" or whatever). Nothing completely nonsynonymous with the sport ala Minute Maid.
Gulf Oil isn't around here anymore so Gulf Stadium won't work, though it would be nice. Other Houston-centric ideas:
Texaco Park would work. "You can trust your park to the man who wears the star..." Their original HQ is about seven blocks from the stadium.
St. Arnold's Field If they do this, I will be the happiest man in America.
Fiesta Park Local grocery chain gets high profile.
Exxon Stadium They are spending a kajillion dollars for their new home in The Woodlands.
Greenstar Park They already have the shirt deal. Plus, it's a recycling company. Give Houston a nice national pro-environment rep. Now wouldn't that be a nice change?
Anadarko Park Weird name is kinda catchy.
Of course, whatever it's called, it's going to be fabulous and the latest in a long line of Houston pro stadium opening days going back to this one about a 20-minute walk from where Dynamo Park is being built. (My dad used to claim he was there, but he would have been four years old at the time).
And while we're on the subject, here are a few other opening day stadia images from around the Houston area:
Colt Stadium, April 10, 1962:
The original and still the best, the Harris County Domed Stadium, opening day April 12, 1965. (Note the real grass in the outfield.) (aka the original home of the NASL Houston Hurricane):
Still wondering about the Dome hosting soccer. Wonder no more. I just found this great video of a Hurricane win over the Philadelphia Fury in 1979. A game I actually attended (I kid you not).
For opening day images of The Summit, Toyota Park, Reliant Stadium and Enron Field, I direct you to Google. As for me, I'm so amazed I found this video I can no longer go on writing this post! :>
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Orange Crush Field
I will never EVER stop wanting this one. It just makes too much damn sense!
-- "...I was sick, napping, and then woke up and came to the computer to read a note from the Gingered Angel of Doom..." Martek - Dynamo Theory Blog
St. Arnold would be a dream come true for me just because it would ensure good beer selection
I doubt it happens. St. Arnold’s is just too regional despite their growth. Even if St. Arnold was willing to fork up some cash, one of, or both of the mega-beer corporations would likely pressure the league or out bid them. If they’ll pay bounties for having bars remove local brewers from their taps why would they let them get that much publicity.
Personally, I don’t care who gets the naming rights I just hope we get some good revenue from it. If I had to make a guess, I would go with Academy. A Teixas company with a national enough reach who’s headquarters are nearby in Katy. Its a perfect tie in for a sporting goods company.
"If my hips had pockets, I wouldn't wear pants at all." @NotBurtReynolds
by papabear on Dec 1, 2011 3:39 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I like Academy. That’s a good one, but I doubt Academy is willing to spend that a chunk of change on a 10-year naming rights deal. They think smaller, I believe. Still. Great idea!
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
Academy was bought out by an investment group recently
They have made some changes from the “old-fashioned” Academy. They even let you shop online now (how modern). That’s why I think It’s plausible.
"If my hips had pockets, I wouldn't wear pants at all." @NotBurtReynolds
by papabear on Dec 1, 2011 5:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Totally Agree
I miss the great names of the past, Highbury/Candlestick/Astrodome and am incredibly jealous of the Old Trafford/Stadium of Light/Madison Square Gardens of the world. Reliant fits the mold you mention but I don’t think that’s any different from the more generic stadia names. I’d prefer a more happy medium, not unlike TD Garden in Boston. Something that combines both the necessary evil of sponsership and the character of a local name along the lines of “Exxon’s Dynamo Park” or “Dowling St. Stadium by Academy.”
Nice thoughts
it’d be a great touch for a sponsor to do that, incorporating their name with a local touchstone. It would take the right sponsor to pull that off…I’m quite curious to see who it is
Other possibles
Frost Bank Park, StatOil Stadium, Shell Stadium (I’d prefer RDS Stadium so we could call it El Royal, but whatevs)
Entirely possibly but with shades of Enron: BP Park. Love ‘em or hate ’em, they’ve got cash (but dwindling reserves cough cough)
I suppose it also matters how much scratch we’re looking to get from a 10-year deal. Personally, I’d love Petrobras Park (or PBR Park) but that’s got a snowball’s chance.
I realize this has a slant towards energy/oil-gas companies but hey, they’re here and for the long haul and they’re loaded. What do you do? Papa needs a couple of DPs
Black gold...Texas tea
I also think it’s likely to be named after an oil company, which would be kinda fitting. PBR Park is great, but you and I are probably just about the only ones who’ll think of Petrobras instead of Pabst Blue Ribbon!
The more I think about it, the more I like Parco de Anadarko. First idea for movie night at the new place? What else could it be but “Donnie Darko!” If they do this and Dynamo Diesel changes species to be a Giant Rabbit (Dynamo Donnie Darko!!), I don;t think I will ever stop smiling. Ever.
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
You're killing me
I’m working late and won’t eat until later, and now I’m dribbling all over my keyboard.
/mmmmm
//chicken bbq, chophouse burger or chicken finger basket sounds mighty fine to me
Nice idea, but it’s the name of the Corpus Christi Hooks’ (Double A baseball) stadium.
Still, it’s an orange-colored company, so big plusses
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
Hey, on that Houston Hurricane video
They kept the halftime NASL Goal of the Week feature on there, a wicked cross from none other than Ray Hudson of the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers to “Der Bomber” Gerd Mueller.
Also, how about them orange unis the Cane had? I will always have a soft pot in my heart for the Hurricane.
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
Everything
about this says win. All its missing is the feathered haircuts, high shorts and long striped tube socks.
Actually, this would make a pretty nifty scarf to sport next year….
I’m sure I was at that Hurricane game, I don’t think I missed any. The funny thing to notice in the video, besides the short shorts, is the lack of signboards around the touch lines. There are players and others just sitting on the AstroTurf a the edge of the field, and you can see the players running to get the balls that go out of bounds. Funny.
Names I'd Like to See
I like these ones that you said:
Texaco Park
Fiesta Park
Greenstar Stadium (I like this better than Park)
Names I would not want to see:
Bimbo Stadium/Field/Park – I don’t care how you pronounce it, it still spells BIMBO and I would never be happy with the name.
United (Airlines) Stadium/Field/Park – It would just sound too much like a DC United stadium
Got me thinking
it likely wouldn’t happen, but what if Southwest Airlines sponsored them? It wouldn’t be Southwest Stadium/Park, would it?
Southwest is a Dallas based company is it not?
That would have the added benefit of pissing off FC Dallas. In theory at least.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
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