I'm connected with someone who was involved in the negotiations, and I guess a big thing with the name was making it something where you have to say the sponsor's name as well. With the Saddledome, even though it's the Scotiabank Saddledome, everyone always just called it "the Dome" whereas in Edmonton, it's either the full name or "Rogers".
No one's going to be saying "down at the Place" but might say "down at Scotia"
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