What are you going to call the new stadium?

silverharp · 14-04-2010 01:53PM #1

Are you going to try stick with Lansdowne Road for as long as you can? The O2 caught on very quickly but it is a catchy name. Aviva on the other hand is a very bland corporate name.

genericguy · 14-04-2010 01:53PM

John. John's a nice name.

stovelid · 14-04-2010 01:55PM

Eggball cunt-dome has a nice ring to it.

Prof.Badass · 14-04-2010 01:56PM

smelly slimey poo poo face!!!

wait.... what?

Bonkers_xOx · 14-04-2010 01:57PM

Kevin.

Stephen Gately · 14-04-2010 01:57PM

I've started an online petition to have the stadium named after me.

damoz · 14-04-2010 01:57PM

The new stadium.

entropi · 14-04-2010 01:58PM

Well it didn't just go and change location, think I'll keep calling it Lansdowne Road:p

stovelid · 14-04-2010 01:58PM

Stephen Gately wrote: »

I've started an online petition to have the stadium named after me.

Dead duck tbh.

My name is URL · 14-04-2010 01:58PM

Armitage Bowl.. coz it looks like a giant toilet

TheZohanS · 14-04-2010 01:58PM

Lansdowne Road will always be Lansdowne Road.

Feck Aviva.

SV · 14-04-2010 01:58PM

It shall be called Stephen.

Dunjohn · 14-04-2010 01:59PM

We'll see what happens when it actually gets up and running and the Aviva media blast begins its attempt to change our minds through sheer exposure. Right now, I still think "Lansdowne Road" but Aviva aren't just going to sit back and hope for the best. That's the whole point, right?

Geddit?

Point?

wicklowwonder · 14-04-2010 02:00PM

Stephen Gately wrote: »

I've started an online petition to have the stadium named after me.

thats queer funny

s_carnage · 14-04-2010 02:00PM

Silverharp2 wrote: »

Are you going to try stick with Lansdowne Road for as long as you can? The O2 caught on very quickly but it is a catchy name. Aviva on the other hand is a very bland corporate name.

I think Aviva is a much more catchier name than O2. I've already started calling it that.

PCPhoto · 14-04-2010 02:00PM

why not call it ... "the old lansdowne"

Dunjohn · 14-04-2010 02:02PM

s_carnage wrote: »

I think Aviva is a much more catchier name than O2. I've already started calling it that.

Wait... You're calling the O2 that?

Good idea, actually. Me too, now.

Bonito · 14-04-2010 02:31PM

Lansdowne. I don't care how much money some bollox multi national company put in to it. They didn't do me any favours when I was renewing insurance so I wont be doing them any favours when tourists ask; "Ver khan ve finz ze Abiba stazium?"

rossie1977 · 14-04-2010 03:07PM

as much as people say they loath corporate named stadiums, they tend to catch on fast

emirates, allianz arena, reebok, o2, walkers stadium, Britannia

this time next year everyone will be calling the place the aviva

Cookie_Monster · 14-04-2010 03:08PM

The stadium on Lansdowne road named after that multinational Insurance company.

whadabouchasir · 14-04-2010 03:14PM

Bonito wrote: »

Lansdowne. I don't care how much money some bollox multi national company put in to it.

I don't get why exactly they pspent €50 million on naming a stadium after them.Are people really going to take out a policy with them just because they have a stadium named after them.I'd be more tempted to take out a policy with them if they decided to give €50 off to the next 1 million policies they sell.

bonerm · 14-04-2010 03:19PM

It'd be one of the best things I see all year if the Irish public soundly reject the "Aviva" slave-name and instead persist on calling it"Lansdowne Road" for the duration of their sponsorship. Can't see it happening tho. Plus it's going to be tough because once the the final lick of paint is put on the place the media are going to be bombarding us with "Aviva Stadium this and Aviva Stadium that".

If you don't want to call it Lansdowne then I'd be equally happy if you chose to call it the "ToiletBowl". It looks like one after all.

NothingMan · 14-04-2010 03:31PM

I for one welcome this new wave of corporate naming conventions and hope to see more in the near future. Such as Tampax Theatre and Senekot Stadium. Really appeal to what people want.

Pherekydes · 14-04-2010 03:36PM

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Well it didn't just go and change location, think I'll keep calling it Lansdowne Road:p

Yeah, I drove past it the other day. I'll continue to call it by its location. I also call the Point the Point and Sellafield is still Windscale.

Sometimes I'll refer to it as 'the Cathedral of Southside Sport', depending on who I want to irk.

yuloni · 14-04-2010 03:44PM

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robinph · 14-04-2010 03:47PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

as much as people say they loath corporate named stadiums, they tend to catch on fast

emirates, allianz arena, reebok, o2, walkers stadium, Britannia

this time next year everyone will be calling the place the aviva

No idea where any of them are despite occasionally hearing the names, although I'd assume that the Walkers one is in Leicester.

massdebater · 14-04-2010 03:48PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Yeah, I drove past it the other day. I'll continue to call it by its location. I also call the Point the Point and Sellafield is still Windscale.

Do you still pay for things with shillings and listen to the wireless? (me too!

)

So what if they're paying €50 million for the rights for it? I couldn't care less, it's not my money.

The Aviva's definately gonna catch on. I'm calling it the Aviva already.

dvpower · 14-04-2010 03:49PM

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Well it didn't just go and change location, think I'll keep calling it Lansdowne Road:p

Too right. It'll be a cold day in hell before I refer to the Jones Road Sportsground as Croke Park.

knird evol · 14-04-2010 03:49PM

Everyone should call it the Quinn stadium.
Bit of reverse psychology for the marketeers.
Your move boys.

The_Kew_Tour · 14-04-2010 03:50PM

Lansdowne Road......If I hear anybody call it anything else I shoot them

IvySlayer · 14-04-2010 03:50PM

I walked by it only last week, it's looking well!

Aviva is quite a nice name. I call it both.

What are you going to call the new stadium?

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