[News] "Scotia Place" ground breaking and design release on July 22 1pm MT

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I am going to miss the uniqueness of the "Saddledome" name. Everything these days is a forum, place, arena, or center it seems. Coliseum used to be popular but seems to be falling out of favour. Too bad Cow Palace is taken.

I would think most hockey fans know what city the Saddledome is in.

How many could correctly locate Rogers Place vs Rogers Arena or Canadian Tire Centre vs Canada Life Centre?

I've been to both of the Rogers buildings, and I still can't

[Chingas]

The big Scotia S on the roof should be a flaming C. Also it's still the roundup center.

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I would think most hockey fans know what city the Saddledome is in.

How many could correctly locate Rogers Place vs Rogers Arena or Canadian Tire Centre vs Canada Life Centre?

I've been to both of the Rogers buildings, and I still can't

Canada Life still confuses me, still think of it as MTS Place.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands

Serious question: Will the Ed Whelan Broadcast Booth make the move?

I sure hope so, as should Peter Maher's

Both are legion's.

[scotty2hotty]

The ubiquitous nature of all of the new arenas (Place, Center, Field, etc.) is kind of the point.

The corporations pay big bucks for the naming rights. They don’t want people calling the Scotiabank Saddledome ‘the dome’. They want people to say the name of their company.

No one will say ‘we’re going down to the Place to watch game’. They’ll say ‘we’re going down to Scotiabank to catch a game’. And that’s what they want.

That’s why we likely won’t see any more building names with character anytime soon.

I don’t like it. But that’s where we are.