Seattle arena to be called Climate Pledge Arena (Amazon)

[Your Boy Troy]

Should have gone full Mao and collaborate with BLM. People in Seattle would jump on that like their favourite soy beverage from Starbucks.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Also, all water is recycled rain water lmao. That's literally how the hydrologic cycle works, 3rd grade science. What a way to virtue signal about nothing

 

[jetsforever]

Interesting idea but the name's a bit silly

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Should have gone full Mao and collaborate with BLM. People in Seattle would jump on that like their favourite soy beverage from Starbucks.

Asking police to not murder black citizens is Maoist Communism now.

 

[Foppberg]

Shocking that posters are somehow outraged by this

 

[BertCorbeau]

 

[dalewood12]

Still not as bad as Jobing.com Arena.

 

[Hank Plank]

Also, all water is recycled rain water lmao. That's literally how the hydrologic cycle works, 3rd grade science. What a way to virtue signal about nothing

Instantly had the same thought when I read the "rain water" thing. Collecting rain water from the roof doesn't mean there is more water.

 

[Tawnos]

Still not as bad as Jobing.com Arena.

Or PPG Paints Arena
Or Bell MTS Place
Or Canadian Tire Centre (seriously just sounds like a place I'd go to get my tire patched)
Or Little Caesars Arena

Honestly, I was really hoping Bill Gates would have acquired the naming rights of the Seattle one and called it the Microsoft Office

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

Reminds me of my college days, when I would make the freshmen scale the dilapidated and crumbling side of an old building for no personal gain other than to watch them suffer.

CLIMB IT, PLEDGE

Jeff Haze-os

 

[Barclay Donaldson]

Or PPG Paints Arena
Or Bell MTS Place
Or Canadian Tire Centre (seriously just sounds like a place I'd go to get my tire patched)
Or Little Caesars Arena

Honestly, I was really hoping Bill Gates would have acquired the naming rights of the Seattle one and called it the Microsoft Office

PPG Paints Arena is most commonly referred to as PPG. That isn't bad at all.
Bell MTS Place really doesn't sound worse than Climate Pledge Arena. It's about the same thing as Bell Centre which is one of the coolest names, not just for French language reasons.

 

[DoyleG]

Should have gone full Mao and collaborate with BLM. People in Seattle would jump on that like their favourite soy beverage from Café Allegro.

Fixed.

 

[royals119]

Instantly had the same thought when I read the "rain water" thing. Collecting rain water from the roof doesn't mean there is more water.

Although I don't know the specifics, I assume this means they are using rain water collected on site instead of taking water from the municipal water system. That means less energy is expended purifying and pumping that water, since the water for ice doesn't need to be potable and it can likely be gravity fed for the most part. Also there are places in the world where clean drinking water isn't readily available. Thinking globally it probably is wasteful to use it to make ice - even if you can't easily take that saved water and send it to people who need it - more symbolic than actually beneficial.

OTOH it probably also saves them money in the long run. I know friends who have back yard pools complain about the water bill to fill the pool. I imagine making and melting remaking ice adds to the overall cost of the water bill for the building. Getting free rainwater that requires minimal processing and maybe a filter change periodically would likely pay for itself over time. Not much PR benefit in that though.

 

[Spartachat]

Well that would have been awkward if the Edmonton Oilers moved to Seattle a couple of years ago. The Seattle Oilers playing in the Climate Pledge Arena.

 

[RalphKing]

Or PPG Paints Arena
Or Bell MTS Place
Or Canadian Tire Centre (seriously just sounds like a place I'd go to get my tire patched)
Or Little Caesars Arena

Honestly, I was really hoping Bill Gates would have acquired the naming rights of the Seattle one and called it the Microsoft Office

What about the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. I fondly recall Jim Hughson blaring that name out in NHL 04

 

[IslesNorway]

At least it forces the commentators to use the term "climate pledge" and reminding the viewers of the climate issue about 20 times each game night, as well as forcing all media to use the term every write up they do or every news bulletin they make. Quite smart actually.

And of course, Amazon gets to portray itself as a climate friendly company (which they are probably not) - win win.

 

[powerstuck]

Or PPG Paints Arena
Or Bell MTS Place
Or Canadian Tire Centre (seriously just sounds like a place I'd go to get my tire patched)
Or Little Caesars Arena

Honestly, I was really hoping Bill Gates would have acquired the naming rights of the Seattle one and called it the Microsoft Office

Major difference being those are all brands that if you remove the ''Arena'' or ''Centre'' you can easily recognize.

Climate Pledge, without the arena is just that, a climate pledge. It isn't a brand (that I know of).

Still, I guess Amazon will find fiscal loopholes to make this work for them.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

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How anyone can see this as anything but a good thing is beyond me.

 

[GindyDraws]

Shocking that posters are somehow outraged by this

And for the wrong reasons. Instead of it being a massive corporation that's responsible for pollution and evading environmental laws deciding to advertise that they're not even doing the bare minimum (which is akin to McDonald's putting their logo on a series of gyms or Philip Morris sponsoring tobacco addiction programs) in the most lame-ass way possible, it's people going "ThEy'Re ViRtUe SiGnAlLiNg Us!!!1!" It's not like Amazon gives a shit about environmentalism anyway; that $2 billion they are investing is a drop in the hat to their overall value, and most of it is going to be tax breaks to earn them more money. "The Climate Pledge" is just corporate bullshit to make simple-minded folk feel like the omnipresent conglomerate that has taken over their lives has a heart... or like it's part of a liberal conspiracy to make mention of something that is a problem but we prefer ignoring because something something God.

 

[hanshin44]

I mean is anyone in Seattle actually going to call it that? I get the feeling it's going to be KeyArena or the Key regardless of Amazon's agenda.

 

[Tawnos]

I mean is anyone in Seattle actually going to call it that? I get the feeling it's going to be KeyArena or the Key regardless of Amazon's agenda.

CPA.

 

[TheLegend]

I mean is anyone in Seattle actually going to call it that? I get the feeling it's going to be KeyArena or the Key regardless of Amazon's agenda.

CPA.

Given it's cost "The Money Pit" seems more appropriate.

 

[fasterthanlight]

I'm down with lowering carbon emissions, even if it means that there's another terribly named arena lol who cares.

I could see some PR rivalry developing between the oilers and the kraken.

 

[hanshin44]

CPA.

Certified Public Accountant?
I guess Amazon does love their crafty accountants..

 

[Tawnos]

Certified Public Accountant?
I guess Amazon does love their crafty accountants..

About as apt as the arena called Monosodium Glutamate in NYC.