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Telstra Dome renamed Etihad Stadium

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See below.

http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/ ... wsId=69189

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Post: # 666787Post Animal Enclosure »

HAHA Marketing gone mad.

"Just heading down to Etihad to watch the footy"

"I thought you hated soccer"


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Post: # 666788Post johnpeterbudgefanclub »

Bit of a tongue twister, should have just called it Jihad Stadium. :roll: :shock: :roll:


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Post: # 666789Post bigcarl »

i'm going to call it docklands. can't be bothered keeping up with the name changes.


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Post: # 666790Post esaint66 »

WTF has this world come to ??? :x :x

Finally when they come up with a good corporate name for a stadium they sell out to an international business.


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Who said xenophobia was dead in Australia? :roll:


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Post: # 666794Post Enrico_Misso »

All these names are transitory.
Colonial /Telstradome /Sandsucker Airlines
Here today gone tomorrow.

That is why we should always refer to stadiums by their generic names.

Docklands, Princes Park, Kardinia Park etc.

What sense will people make of historical records referring to a game at Colonial Stadium, Optus Oval etc.?


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Post: # 666796Post esaint66 »

Enrico_Misso wrote:All these names are transitory.
Colonial /Telstradome /Sandsucker Airlines
Here today gone tomorrow.

That is why we should always refer to stadiums by their generic names.

Docklands, Princes Park, Kardinia Park etc.

What sense will people make of historical records referring to a game at Colonial Stadium, Optus Oval etc.?

Exactly i'm with you, but i still liked the name 'Telstra Dome'.


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Enrico_Misso wrote:All these names are transitory.
Colonial /Telstradome /Sandsucker Airlines
Here today gone tomorrow.

That is why we should always refer to stadiums by their generic names.

Docklands, Princes Park, Kardinia Park etc.

What sense will people make of historical records referring to a game at Colonial Stadium, Optus Oval etc.?
Amen! I don't see a cent of their advertising dollar, so why should I b e referring to it by its corporate name and giving the company a whole lot of free advertising? No way!


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Post: # 666798Post johnpeterbudgefanclub »

Unfortunately it's the way of the world nowadays and a way to stay abreast in the corporate world. I'm sure that some people have sold their a55e5 to make a few extra quid. Not sure for naming rights though.

But then again....


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johnpeterbudgefanclub wrote:Unfortunately it's the way of the world nowadays and a way to stay abreast in the corporate world. I'm sure that some people have sold their a55e5 to make a few extra quid. Not sure for naming rights though.

But then again....
True, they can call it what they like. But so can I.


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Got a feeling it will be called Docklands or the 'Dome' more than ever now.


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It will still be The Dome to me, always will.

Just like I go to the Tennis Centre and not Hisence Arena

BANG BANG


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Post: # 666802Post Raven »

This sucks. How the hell do you even say it? Etee - Had?


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Post: # 666803Post BelfastSaint »

I will just be referring to it as "The Dome" ...


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Post: # 666804Post Bernard Shakey »

Hurricane wrote:It will still be The Dome to me, always will.

Just like I go to the Tennis Centre and not Hisence Arena

BANG BANG
It's not a dome and never has been, it's got a flat roof.


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Post: # 666806Post st_nick »

Could be worse, in the US they've got stadiums with names like Pizza Hut Park, Dick's Sporting Goods Park and Red Bull Arena.

Never been a fan of naming rights for stadiums for the very reason that they change like the weather.


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Bernard Shakey wrote:
Hurricane wrote:It will still be The Dome to me, always will.

Just like I go to the Tennis Centre and not Hisence Arena

BANG BANG
It's not a dome and never has been, it's got a flat roof.
I think you'll find it actually is (fractionally) dome-shaped, even if the retractable parts seem quite flat.


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Post: # 666808Post SENsei »

Bloody ridiculous.

Linen House Oval or Moorabbin?
MC Labour Park or Princes Park?
Ausdoc Oval or Glenferrie Oval?
Skilled Stadium or Kardinia Park?

This is getting stupid.

Imagine if they renamed the MCG? Fair dinkum.


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Post: # 666813Post Hurricane »

Bernard Shakey wrote:
Hurricane wrote:It will still be The Dome to me, always will.

Just like I go to the Tennis Centre and not Hisence Arena

BANG BANG
It's not a dome and never has been, it's got a flat roof.
I dont care if its got a triangle shaped roof it was called the Dome when I saw us beat Brisbane in 03, it was called the Dome in 04 when we won the Pre Season Cup and it was the Dome when we pumped Essendon to secure 4th so it will always be the Dome for me

BANG BANG


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Post: # 666816Post johnpeterbudgefanclub »

Imagine if the Minister for Environment (or whatever it is called) has his way, Peter Garrett. They could then call it "crome dome".
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Post: # 666817Post saintDal »

So does that mean we were the last team to win at the Telstra Dome?


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Post: # 666825Post evertonfc »

SENsaintsational wrote:Bloody ridiculous.

Linen House Oval or Moorabbin?
MC Labour Park or Princes Park?
Ausdoc Oval or Glenferrie Oval?
Skilled Stadium or Kardinia Park?

This is getting stupid.

Imagine if they renamed the MCG? Fair dinkum.
You idiot - McDonalds brought the naming rights to the 'G in 1858.


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Post: # 666826Post n1ck »

evertonfc wrote:
SENsaintsational wrote:Bloody ridiculous.

Linen House Oval or Moorabbin?
MC Labour Park or Princes Park?
Ausdoc Oval or Glenferrie Oval?
Skilled Stadium or Kardinia Park?

This is getting stupid.

Imagine if they renamed the MCG? Fair dinkum.
You idiot - McDonalds brought the naming rights to the 'G in 1858.

I like it :D


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Post: # 666827Post matrix »

to me its the Dome...
always will be


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