jonovate Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 This supposedly happened on the 16th or so: With the New Year came a new ballpark moniker -- SBC Park -- and workers continue to unscrew old signs in a massive project. By March, all Pacific Bell signs will be gone, to be replaced by bright new ones with the SBC name. We're talking everything, even the large trash cans. http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/...ws_sf&fext=.jsp http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/...ark_history.jsp http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor..._jim&id=1718810 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 yeah corporate stadium names suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazgul Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 :angry: That's messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 i hate corporate names on stadiums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Don't see a problem... the company no longer exists, SBC bought the naming rights. You wouldn't just buy the rights and leave everything branded to a non-existant entity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Don't see a problem... the company no longer exists, SBC bought the naming rights. You wouldn't just buy the rights and leave everything branded to a non-existant entity. but its not that easy. stadiums are identified with their teams and if they are changing names every couple of years, its really just not the same. i'm proud to be a fan of a team that has never had a corporate named stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosive23 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 uhh dont the braves play at turner field? so they are a corporate team. As for the giants, i long for the days when they used to play at candlestick park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firen Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Pac Bell Park has more of a ring to it...but SBC park? :/ sounds b00ring (N) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted February 6, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 6, 2004 wasnt pac bell still a corp name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstein Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 wasnt pac bell still a corp name? I agree....isn't Pacific Bell a regional telecommunications company on the west coast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statikk Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 They most definitely were until bought out/merged/name changed to SBC. Not sure what happend really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 uhh dont the braves play at turner field? so they are a corporate team. the field was named after ted turner, not his corporation. the stadium was built for the olympics and converted into a baseball stadium and the naming rights were never sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniPi Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I remember when 'The Cell' use to be Comiskey. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I remember when 'The Cell' use to be Comiskey. :cry: it still is and always will be as far as im concerned, along with joe robbie stadium, candlestick park, and the now dead riverfront and jack murphy stadiums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirholio Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 it still is and always will be as far as im concerned, along with joe robbie stadium, candlestick park, and the now dead riverfront and jack murphy stadiums You would be correct on that one... I am a big niners and giants fan though i live in new york... They'll always be candlestick and pac bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autodefe Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Old news, especially for me... I drive by the stadium almost weekly ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 it still is and always will be as far as im concerned, along with joe robbie stadium, candlestick park, and the now dead riverfront and jack murphy stadiums As for me. I refuse to brand the stadiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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