Lansdowne naming rights on offer soon

Jackz

http://www.irishrugby.ie/283_8852.php

o2?

remus808

02 Park wouldn't be such a bad name IMO..

Snickers Man

Jackz wrote:

http://www.irishrugby.ie/283_8852.php

o2?

Yeah. Call it something disposable and temporary. This year the O2 bowl. Next year, the Carphone Warehouse Shed, then the Barry's Tea Chest.

Only it won't be anything so parochial as either of the latter. it will be some global faceless corporate entity wanting to cash in on international exposure.

Feck it, what's in a name. I;m going to change my wonderful instantly recognisable as Irish name to something bland and identity-less like the Chinese do.

From now on I want you all to call me Brad. Or Wayne. Or Fred.

So you'll never be able to guess at my identity, preferences, religious persuasion, age, country of origin or background.

Feck it, go the whole hog and just give me a number.

Yours sincerely

9541732

tHE vAGGABOND

Boards.ie Stadium

mikedragon32

Snickers Man wrote:

Only it won't be anything so parochial as either of the latter. it will be some global faceless corporate entity wanting to cash in on international exposure.

Feck it, what's in a name. I;m going to change my wonderful instantly recognisable as Irish name to something bland and identity-less like the Chinese do.

From now on I want you all to call me Brad. Or Wayne. Or Fred.

So you'll never be able to guess at my identity, preferences, religious persuasion, age, country of origin or background.

Feck it, go the whole hog and just give me a number.

Yours sincerely

9541732

.......

Said Snickers man

Snickers Man

Snickers Man wrote:

This year the O2 bowl. Next year, the Carphone Warehouse Shed, then the Barry's Tea Chest.

Those are great names, nice one Wayne/Brad/Fred!

dan719

It's still a disgrace, no matter what they name it. Surely the government could cough up some more tax and help them avoid such a situation- considering money made in VAT on match days through alcohol sales etc.

EdgarAllenPoo

Curly Wurly Park has a nice ring to it. More seriously my guess is it will be powerade.

daveirl

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ALH-06

I didnt even smile at any of the above joke suggestions. Not because they're not funny. Because this whole business makes me sick to the pit of my stomach. I know this has been on the cards for a while, but I'm just gutted. Absolutely gutted.

Its bad enough for a private club to build a completely new stadium at a new location and call it 'Emirates' or 'Reebok' or some crap like that. But to take the redevelopment of the oldest rugby stadium in the world - a stadium built and financed by two national sporting unions (that exist not for making profit but to promote their respective sports) - and surrender it's name and history to some faceless corporation intent solely on profit and taking advantage of the common sports fan.... Its so disappointing.

People will say 'Lookit, thats professional sport'... 'Its for the good of the game'.... I know this sounds so preachy etc, but some things must remain sacred. And the heritage of Lansdowne Road has to be one of those things. This is not the way to go. There are other ways of making sport financially feasible - there has to be. I don't mind paying ridiculous prices for tickets / jerseys / dvds etc if thats what needs to be done to keep the sport viable. We're being ripped off everywhere but that doesnt seem to bother me as much. This is completely different. Its disgusting...

During the recent cricket world cup, water bottles were confiscated off local kids attending the matches as they were drinking what was apparently the wrong brand of water. I read that in the rugby supplement of the Irish Times only today.... Who's the winner here? Its certainly not the sport or its followers...

Blisterman

In fairness, regardless of what they rename it, everyone will know it as Lansdowne Road.

smemon

surely Guinness is the only option that would keep everyone happy?

Guinness Park, Guinness Bowl etc..

We wouldn't complain much because it's kept Irish and kept sort of traditional..

We were going to have 'Eircom Park' so it's not really a big deal.. changing the name..

For an existing stadium it's a bad move, but for a new stadium, it's a new start so why not raise a few bob..

daveirl

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dan719

daveirl wrote:

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Sorry that was a typo, I meant more cash. We seem to have enough of it at the moment, although it's spent so inefficently you would not think it.

Super Sidious

Leprechaun Park

besty

Guinness is the logical sponsor.

EdgarAllenPoo

Someone made a logical point on the radio this morning. Lansdowne Road is named after and English aristocrat.

It doesn't matter what it's called and the same goes for Thomond Park. Everyone outside of the media and tv sports people (who have to call it by whatever new name it gets) will still call it Lansdowne Road.

I heard a joke on the radio that it could e sponsored by Durex and nicknamed the Impregnable Fortress.

The same thing happened in Canada, when the Skydome was officially renamed the Rogers Centre. Everyone still calls it the Skydome, so I reckon the same will happen here

EdgarAllenPoo

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The same thing happened in Canada, when the Skydome was officially renamed the Rogers Centre. Everyone still calls it the Skydome, so I reckon the same will happen here

There's my point. I actually had no idea they had changed the name, I've never heard it called the Rogers Centre.

That sounds like something from a Carry On film:D

mikedragon32

So, if OmniCorp Stadium is still called Lansdowne Road by everyone anyway, why should it matter that the naming rights are being sold?

On the front of Herald AM, Mr Angry of Dublin 4 (Ruari Quinn), claimed the sale of naming rights was stripping it of it's heritage. Yes, it was the oldest intl rugby venue in the history of mankind blah blah blah, but it's gone now. What's being built there is a new stadium.

Jigsaw

Cillit Bang Stadium

Mushy

Harvey Norman ftw. Imagine that add, with the included line of something about Landsdowne :O

EdgarAllenPoo

Name it after a board game, Buckaroo Park anyone?

If they can have the cake-tin in Wellington I think we could have Pat the Baker sponsor Lansdowne. I can see it now MegaBite Stadium or Pat's Pan Park.