Although it has been official for about a week, the new stadium that is being built for the Indianapolis Colts (NFL) will be known as Lucas Oil Stadium. This has to be the worst name for a new stadium in any sport. While naming rights bring in a lot of money for teams they give stadiums bad names. Looking into the past, although they may have been multipurpose the names Riverfront, Three Rivers, and Atlanta Fulton County Stadium were great names. Luckily there are still several ballparks in baseball that are not named after corporations. We will not see Dodger Stadium renamed Staples Field or Yankee Stadium renamed Trump Ballpark anytime soon. Both teams have committed to not selling the naming rights as have the Cubs, Red Sox, and Royals.
If there was not such a thing as selling naming rights, what would today's ballparks be called? Before Minute Maid Park opened it was known as The Ballpark at Union Station. That would have been a great ballpark name. The Giants home has now had three different names since it opened in 2000. Now known as AT&T Park, you have to wonder how many more times it will be renamed. It would be great to see it named something like Willie Mays Park. The same goes with McAfee Coliseum in Oakland. Since the mid 1990s it has had four or five different names. Just give it is oriniginal name Oakland Coliseum.
Perhaps the best name slapped onto a stadium is in Cincinnati on Great American Ball Park. Atleast it sounds decent and isn't something like Safeco, Ameriquest, or Comerica.
That is all for now. No stadium updates this time.
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