Blasphemy!! Newcastle rename St James' Park

[Jimbuna]

Newcastle rename St James' Park the Sports Direct Arena

Absolutely disgraceful....Why can't Mike Ashley simply sell up and go back to the area his beloved Tottenham Hotspur play?

Cockney (unprintable word)!!

Newcastle United have renamed St James' Park the Sports Direct Arena after owner Mike Ashley's company.
The club say the change is a temporary measure to "showcase" the sponsorship opportunity to "interested parties".
However the St James' Park title has been dropped as the club does not think it is "commercially attractive".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15668207.stm

[Alex]

[Herr-Berbunch]

@Neal - can you change Jim's name to SportsDirect, although thinking about it maybe JJB would be better!

If Sports Direct is more commercially attractive than St. James' Park then I feel for you. Sports Direct, in my mind, is associated with cheap tee-shirts, cheap trainers, and huge advertising in the windows for 24/7 sales -

[papa_smurf]

Poor Newcastle...... You get a name change, and Fergie (Alex Ferguson) gets a stand named after him for 25yrs in charge.

Although I do agree that Ashley should bugger off, he is a bit of a twonk.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

@Neal - can you change Jim's name to SportsDirect, although thinking about it maybe JJB would be better!

If Sports Direct is more commercially attractive than St. James' Park then I feel for you. Sports Direct, in my mind, is associated with cheap tee-shirts, cheap trainers, and huge advertising in the windows for 24/7 sales -

We've wited years for a billionaire to come along and put the club to the heights it's supporters deserve.

So along comes said billionaire who promptly starts stripping the clubs assets and uses it to promote his other business ventures

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Poor Newcastle...... You get a name change, and Fergie (Alex Ferguson) gets a stand named after him for 25yrs in charge.

Although I do agree that Ashley should bugger off, he is a bit of a twonk.

Oh I can think of far more descriptive names for the anchor

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

@Neal - can you change Jim's name to SportsDirect,

I dunno, Herr-Berr, that's a lot of letters to type?

Well, look at the bright side, It could be called:" Heinz Spotted dick field."

[TarJak]

Commercial naming of stadia gives me the Tom Tits. We've had one stadium with 5 names in the last 10 years FFS.

I'm supporting the name change proposed for Jimbuna though

[Gerald]

Additionally, someone who is tight with money and can make up for any renovations,

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Commercial naming of stadia gives me the Tom Tits. We've had one stadium with 5 names in the last 10 years FFS.

The are many "iconic" venues here in the States that I don't even know are being discussed any more when big events happen there because they are now called "Product X Stadium" or "Product Y Arena" and I can't keep track of what places those names refer to year in and year out.

I don't know how many times they've changed the name of the Riverfront Coliseum downtown, and I don't care. Nobody's paying ME a million dollars a year to call it something else.