As I have maintained The List for the last 15 years or so, there are tendencies I have picked up with stadium names. My favorites tend to be the simple two worded ones like Tiger Stadium or Haas Pavilion. Naming a facility after a person can be a good thing (especially when just the last name is used), but when facilities use the middle initial, the name gets a little excessive (Joseph P. Riley, Jr Park is a bit much). I also appreciate when the sponsor has a name that doesn’t sound too corporate, like Philips Arena. Then there are some corporate-sponsered stadium names that are just so downright atrocious, its laughable. And here are some of the worst:
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- KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – Louisville Cardinals
a - Whataburger Field – Corpus Christi, TX – Corpus Christi Hooks
a - Big Sandy Superstore Arena – Huntington, WV – Huntington Hammers
a - University of Phoenix Stadium – Glendale, AZ – Arizona Cardinals
a - Cooley Law School Stadium – Lansing, MI – Lansing Lugnuts
(Just like the University of Phoenix, a school that doesn’t even play in the stadium…but at least it has a real physical campus)
a - Time Warner Cable Arena – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Bobcats
a - Northeast Delta Dental Stadium – Manchester, NH – New Hampshire Fisher Cats
a - O.co Coliseum – Oakland, CA – Oakland Raiders
a - Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre – Victoria, BC – Victoria Royals
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