Pepsi Center renamed to Ball Arena

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Goes hand in hand with the quirkiness of the airport

I don't know what you mean

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Lot of low hanging fruit jokes here

 

[iamjs]

quite a jarring change that none of us expected to see today.

 

[Paperbagofglory]

Lot of low hanging fruit jokes here

I see what you did there.

Is the low hanging fruit twig and berries?

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Named after the late Harry Baals?

Harry Baals - Wikipedia

 

[tshack]

"Down 4-0 going into the third, the Avs find themselves in a bit of a pickle."

 

[Cas]

Never heard of the Ball Corporation, but now I do.

Apparently they manufacture glass jars and aerospace equipment.

Interesting combination.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

That's a shame, luv me some Pepsi

 

[CallMeShaft]

In conjunction with the new name, all future Colorado Avalanche home games will feature a beach ball instead of a puck.

 

[Viqsi]

Stupid corporate names make me appreciate Madison Square Garden and Fenway Park.

Makes me appreciate just how much we lucked out with Nationwide Arena.

 

[895]

Gaylord Entertainment Center is still unbeaten in my books

 

[objectiveposter]

Apparently they manufacture glass jars and aerospace equipment.

Interesting combination.

why would an aerospace manufacturer spends millions advertising to sports fans? I dont get.

 

[S E P H]

Dick's Sporting Goods Park and Ball Arena

This city.... smh

We just need Avs to re-sign Jeff Finger and trade for one of the Foote sons and soon we'll be forming a beastly human anatomy team.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

RIP Bepis Center

 

[gstommylee]

Stupid corporate names make me appreciate Madison Square Garden and Fenway Park.

You rather have it be like what Seattle arena name is Aka Climate pledge arena?

 

[OmazingGrace]

The balls, Enter.

 

[Mickey Marner]

You rather have it be like what Seattle arena name is Aka Climate pledge arena?

No, that name is also stupid.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

You rather have it be like what Seattle arena name is Aka Climate pledge arena?

It's called the Krak House.

 

[gstommylee]

No, that name is also stupid.

The team/oVG wanted to be so anti-cooperate arena name and this is what they went with. They bragged about being anti-cooperate arena name when it got announced. So yea be careful of what you wish for when wanting non cooperate names.

 

[Sol]

The company should merge. Dick Ball goods.

Dick and Ball's Goods. "The biggest discounts that you'd have to see to believe"

 

[barabas21]

Named after the late Harry Baals?

Harry Baals - Wikipedia

I clicked the link with the hopes his name was Harry Richard Baals. Slightly disappointed.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Makes me appreciate just how much we lucked out with Nationwide Arena.

Never thought I'd be so happy to have an arena named after a paint brand, but this is the world we live in now. Oi.

The mason jar company? I mean, they're a good product but they're kinda meant to be the thing you buy four of once and then use for decades unless you're, like, pickling peppers or something...in which case I swear I've only ever seen Ball's mason jars on store shelves so I'm not sure it's a brand that even needs advertised. Their aerospace stuff is irrelevant here...there's a reason it's PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh and not simply PPG Arena...that reason being that hockey fans are infinitely more likely to buy paint than industrial-strength glass products. I have mason jars in my cupboard (Ball's distinct logo imprinted onto their sides), but avionics isn't going to be on any shopping list for anyone here anytime soon. This is just a weird one in general, though it wouldn't feel out of place amidst the NBA's long list of utterly random naming rights of the past couple decades.


The fact Denver now has Ball Arena and Dick's Sporting Goods Park is just too good, though. At least Ball is locally based.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Joking aside, why did the Avs get new name? Pepsi not interested in sponsoring them anymore? Does it impact possible relocation of the team?

 

[Mickey Marner]

The team/oVG wanted to be so anti-cooperate arena name and this is what they went with. They bragged about being anti-cooperate arena name when it got announced. So yea be careful of what you wish for when wanting non cooperate names.

Amazon felt that a virtuous slogan was better for business than smearing their logo feces across the front of a building. I don't think that's anti-corporate at all, they just wanted to make it appear as though it is.

MSG, Fenway, Old Trafford and Lambeau field are the sort of names I like, not masturbatory nonsense like Climate Change Pledge.

 

[Cas]

why would an aerospace manufacturer spends millions advertising to sports fans? I dont get.

Spend money on advertising and reduce your annual net income and thus tax burden? Vanity? I don't know.