A Humble Request - - Please Call it "Mile High Stadium"?

[DarthDem]

I don't mean to be shrill, but please, let's not glorify a halfass "financial services" organization that will probably be out of business or sold within the next year or two (that's consistent with the general track record of companies that engage in corporate shillnaming of stadiums).

Let's call it Mile High Stadium, as people who live in Denver do. :-) Thanks.

[Nederland]

1. As a fellow Coloradan...

...ditto.

[DarthDem]

5. Thanks!

I would rather have seen a post from someone from Denver than from me, in Philly, but the disgusting practice of corporate shillnaming of sports stadiums is close to my heart. :-) Thanks for the much more important local perspective!

[Pab Sungenis]

38. Well, here in Philly, we know how to get around those names.

I haven't heard any Eagles fans refer to "Lincoln Financial Field" ("The Link") or Phillies Fans say "Citizen's Bank Park" ("The Park"). If the folks in Denver call it "Mile High," that's what I'll call it, too.

[DarthDem]

40. I'm In Philly . . .

. . . and I use

Lincoln Field
Phillies Park
Spectrum Two


Easy! :-)

[Pab Sungenis]

42. I'd forgotten "Spectrum Two."

Of course, now a court order bars me from calling it by its real name. :)

[BrklynLiberal]

2. and as Obama did last night....

[niyad]

3. I don't care about sports, but when I first heard "invesco field", I was trying to figure out what

the hell we were doing with another stadium.

[navarth]

4. I heard Obama call it Mile High Stadium last night

that's reason ENOUGH to vote for him.

A POX on all plastic corporate stadiums.

[DarthDem]

9. KO

Consistently called it Mile High Stadium last night as well, and did so in a mocking way. He obviously hates shillnaming too (and he's a sports guy).

[justiceischeap]

12. FU Center Philadelphia PA--Nuff said. (nt)

[DarthDem]

15. I've Always Called It

. . . Spectrum Two. That was its original name. It has been named after four companies of some nature, gee, can't quite recall what they do or who they are, since then. It's Spectrum Two. :-)

[justiceischeap]

16. My friends and I always like that we could call it the FU Center. (nt)

[JuniperLea]

6. Indeed!

Here in So Cal, all us die hard concert fans eschew the Verizon Wireless moniker for the good old fashioned Irvine Meadows!

And so it shall be!

[gateley]

7. Will do --

but it brings back bad memories of The Three Amigos, Rich Karlis and John Elway kicking Seattle's butt. :grr:

But since you asked, Mile High it is!

[City Lights]

8. Mile High Stadium it is!

:hi:

[LisaM]

10. I agree completely

and will comply with your request.

[underpants]

11. The FIELD is named after (sold to)Invesco

the stadium is still Mile High

UVa has a name for the field, the stadium, the locker rooms.... lots of big donors

Univ. of Florida does too (everything is named) either the field or the stadium is named after Katherine Harris's grandfather. $$$$$$

[DarthDem]

13. I Know

You're right. But when CBS/Faux/NBC/ESPN broadcast an NFL (Broncos) game from there, the commentators and the graphics people use the shillname. And they have to, because the shills who run those networks clearly dictate it. Can't offend the advertisers!

However, Barack Obama doesn't have that issue, and neither do we. 'Sall I'm saying. :-)

[Kajsa]

14. Absolutely!

I don't like all the damn corporate names for venues, nowadays.

The former names were better,

i.e.

Irvine Meadows- now- Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

The Pond -now- The Honda Center
( where the Ducks play)

Jack Murphy Stadium (in SD.)----now---Qualcomm Stadium,

the list goes on and on!

:(

[DarthDem]

17. Some Great Examples!

One of the rules of my Anti-Shillname Statute is that if the place once had a non-shillname, then it stays. The Pond (which actually was part of a shillname, but people shortened it) and Jack Murphy are two great examples.

There's been a bit of a reversal of this despicable trend in recent years, too - - Paul Brown Stadium (NFL, Cincinnati); Cleveland Browns Stadium (NFL, Cleveland); Nationals Park (MLB, Washington). I'm hoping it's a sign.

[Kajsa]

26. Thanks! I hope so too,DarthDem.

The original names are much better.

:hi:

[DarthDem]

18. Shameless Request

One more rec? Please please? Thanks. :-)

[crimsonblue]

19. That's not its name...

sorry. It's name is Invesco Field at Mile High.

[DarthDem]

21. Are You Being Dense?

I think the point of my request whooshed over your head a little. Sorry.

[crimsonblue]

28. no I got the whole point of your post

but it's name is Invesco Field.

[DarthDem]

29. Then You're Just Being an Idiot.

Thanks for clarifying.

[NashVegas]

24. That's a Bad Name. People Have Every Right To Reject Attempts To "Brand" Our Civic Heritage

You want to put you name on a building? Donate a hospital or a library wing. Or school building supplies.

Be a part of the community that's responsible for your success.

Invesco has nothing to do with the civic or cultural heritage in Denver, it's just a company looking to get its logo on a building. No one who is not specifically paid to speak the name, "Invesco" has to. If the greater public rejects it, that's their prerogative.

[crimsonblue]

27. Hmm

Invesco is investing in the city and helping to pay for the stadium. The naming rights helps pay for player and personnel salary and other things.

[NashVegas]

35. Fine

They get to hang their name on the building. They can't force anyone they aren't paying to use their corporate brand name.

[crimsonblue]

37. Nobody is forcing anyone to use the name

as a matter of fact, The Denver Post refused to call it "Invesco Field" for a while, before capitulating, plus Woody Paige has said that Invesco Officials call it "The Diaphram."

[NashVegas]

41. Then I'm Not Sure What Your Purpose of Posting Is

later

[DarthDem]

44. Great, Congrats, Thanks

. . . for your outstanding contributions to the thread. :hi:

[crimsonblue]

45. sorry... im bored

and feeling ornery. :evilgrin:

[Bozita]

20. Phil Gramm's wife, Wendy, sat on the board of directors of Invesco for quite some time

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wendy_Lee_Gr...

Wendy Lee Gramm is chairman of the "regulatory studies program" at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, generally calling for deregulation of the energy industry. She was on Enron's board of directors before its collapse. Enron had been a financial backer of the Mercatus Center.

Previously, Wendy Gramm held several positions in the Reagan Administration, including heading the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, when it exempted from regulation Enron trading in energy derivatives.

She has also previously been head of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 'Information and Regulatory Affairs'. During 2002, the OMB drew up a "hit list" of existing federal environmental regulations it believes should be changed or rescinded. Of these, 44 had been suggested by the Mercatus Center.

Wendy Gramm is married to Senator Phil Gramm.

Gramm also serves as chair of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a director of the Independent Women's Forum, a conservative women's group. She has sat on the boards of Enron Corporation, Iowa Beef Processors, Invesco Funds, Longitude, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and State Farm Insurance Companies.


http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/336192

-snip-

After all, things are fine in Phil Gramm's America.

He's got a great pension as a former member of the House and Senate and, because the federal government manages the money, his income's secure from raiding by corporate swindlers. In addition, Gramm has found plenty of work since leaving the Senate as a lobbyist for the firms he once aided as a legislator.

Plus, his wife's bringing in plenty of money.

Wendy Lee Gramm's also a former government employee. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was Ronald Reagan and George Bush the Dad's appointed head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Under her "leadership", the commission exempted Enron from regulation of trading in energy derivatives. Remarkably, after leaving that post, Wendy Lee Gramm took a seat on the Enron Board of Directors.

Enron also supported the Regulatory Studies Program at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, which Wendy Lee Gramm chairs, when she isn't running to the bank to cash the checks she receives as a board member of various investment funds and insurance companies.

So things are working out pretty well for the Gramm family.

They're not whining.

-snip-

[DinahMoeHum]

22. I've always called it Mile High Stadium. . .

old habits die hard, doncha know?

:evilgrin:

[NYC_SKP]

23. It IS Mile High, still, officially...

The decision was made to call it "INVESCO Field at Mile High".

But I dig what you're saying...and giving you all the back-up.

Just say "Mile High".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INVESCO_Field_at_Mile_High

:patriot:

[DarthDem]

30. Thanks!

Psst, can you give me the fifth rec too? :-) :shill:

[NYC_SKP]

33. Done!

But somebody beat me, so I'm number seven.

Now I need you to go think of something clever to add to this funny McCain POW cartoon link, if you can.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6770839&mesg_id=6770839

:hi:

[DarthDem]

43. I Tried! :)

Someone unsurprisingly beat me to the "full deck" theme, though. :hi: :rofl:

[Lucinda]

25. Perhaps it would have been better not to give it any press by not selecting it in the first place...

It is forever associated with an historic event now.

[wvbygod]

31. As a fan of Lew Alcindor and Cassius Clay I agree

Enough of this changing names in the middle of nowhere.

[RobertSeattle]

32. If Rove were still at the White House he'd be calling DOJ about now...

"Hey can we file some charges against Invesco tomorrow so it can become a dirty word?"

[IndyOp]

34. I love that Olbermann loved that Obama calls is "Mile High" instead of Invesco...

I hope Obama does it due to his sharing with me a hatred of corporate-named civic centers.

:hi:

[unblock]

36. what's wrong with being a corporate sellout? (this post sponsored by mal-wart)

my mother always says she never wears name-brand jeans becuase, while she's fine with wearing someone else's name on her butt, they have to pay her for use of the space.

[GardeningGal]

39. Agreed - that's what I've continued to call it. n/t