One great reason I love Dodger Stadium

[Zomby Woof]

It doesn't have a CORPORATE ADVERTISING NAME like nearly every other park in baseball these days. Being named for the team seems quaint and outmoded, and I like it that way. Maveric's thread got me thinking... even parks with great food and good teams have LOUSY NAMES.

So for you fans with teams playing in Corporate Billboard Park, what would you rename your stadium? Or would you give it its old name back?

[sasquatch]

1. Does Wrigley Field have a corporate name?

Or did Wrigley gum build the damn stadium all those years ago?

[Zomby Woof]

3. P.K. Wrigley was the owner of the Cubs

AND the owner of the chewing gum company. It's the only acceptable loophole. Now that the Tribune Company owns the Cubs, at least they didn't commit sacrilege and rename it TribPark or whatever.

So Wrigley is corporate, but at least it was HIS name, and not some faceless corporate name like Comerica Park, or some such nonsense.

[democracyindanger]

2. I've only been to Dodger Stadium once

But it was great. Very '50s. The Dodger Dogs...well, they didn't live up to the legend. But the best part was Doogie Hauser was sitting two rows behind me, wasting away an afternoon like any other shmoe.

[Zomby Woof]

4. Now the 4th oldest stadium in baseball

Built in 1962. :-) So yes, it does come by that atmosphere honestly.

[democracyindanger]

7. That sounds right. Very Jet Age. nt

[wtmusic]

5. Wait just a second

you mean the park that has an 8-foot tall 180° electronic billboard between levels, with advertisements flashing NONSTOP throughout the game?

They can call it anything they want if they'd lose that, and $5 crappy hot dogs and $8 beer. Sheesh, for a second I thought you were talking about the one in LA...

[Zomby Woof]

6. Unfortunately...

The only ballpark free of excessive advertising features ivy-covered brick walls in the outfield, and we all know where that is.

Besides, beer and hot dogs cost that much everywhere, which is why I RARELY eat inside the park unless I bring my own.

[wtmusic]

9. Mmm

well that other park is where I grew up, so I guess I'm just a spoiled brat

[Zomby Woof]

10. I love Wrigley and the Cubs

They are my other favorite NL team.

[sasquatch]

8. Paul Brown Stadium is named after the former Bengals owner Paul Brown

:P

[Zomby Woof]

11. This thread is about good teams in badly named parks

Not the other way around. :P

[sasquatch]

12. To hell with you and that Murdoch owned tragedy

:P

[Carla in Ca]

13. Dodger Stadium is still one of my

favorite places to go. I have gone to games since day one and, IMO, there is no other ballpark that can match it's beauty. The San Gabriel Mountains on one side and downtown on the other. Set on a 300-acre hill surrounded by thousands of trees and sunsets that turn the mountains purple...must be seen to be believed.
And it has one other gem that cannot be matched, Vin Scully. I finally had the chance to meet him in 1989 and get an autograph which I cherish to this day. I also have the album Dodgers '59 ("We go to Chicago!") that was passed to me by my parents.