Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: Stadium Naming Rights

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:38:28 +0000

i’m from cleveland and when i heard about the Jake, i cried a bit. no way i’m calling it the Prog. it’ll always be the Jake to me.

By: K (the other)

K (the other) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:07:52 +0000

Amy, you’re right, it is the Rogers Centre, but no one calls it that. It’ll always be the Sky Dome.

Corporate sponsors are also taking over our theatres; the Hummingbird Centre (Toronto) has been renamed the Sony Centre. I don’t even recognize it anymore.

By: kiki

kiki — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:03:21 +0000

Why is the writer saddened by this? “Jacobs field” was due to Dick Jacobs, a Cleveland businessman who took as much money from Cleveland as he could- Progressive at least employees thousands of Clevelanders! I’m all for it :)

By: K

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:10:34 +0000

woo 9 out of 10. Didn’t know Allstate had gotten into the naming rights. So sad that there can’t be Kingdomes, Fenways, Yankee Stadium, Candlestick, etc any more. Has to be about the dollar to help pay for the cost of the facility.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:03:21 +0000

Mavis — Please see comments #3 and #6.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:01:54 +0000

Once again, failure to read directions has resulted in an abysmal score for me on a mentalfloss quiz. I guess I should go back and read when I ask myself why they would be tricky and put the old name of some of the stadiums on there.

By: Mavis

Mavis — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:56:45 +0000

Um, I live in Philly and the Sixers don’t play in Colonial Center (never even heard of it!) they play at the Wachovia Center, which was previously the FU Center (at least you got the fun fact correct!)

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:36:06 +0000

Steve, the Blue Jays DID play in the SkyDome, however, when Rogers Communications bought the building in 2005, they changed the name to the Rogers Centre.

By: hifidigitalboy

hifidigitalboy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:06:24 +0000

Darn it! I really need to read the directions carefully. I was wondering why I didn’t get anything right.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:08:49 +0000

One more time…

“The ten teams below have all played in stadiums named after corporations. Identify the stadium the team hasn’t played in.”