Corporate Sponsorship

[Black Dog]

Gripe of the day:

I'm not a sports fan so I shouldn't say anything, but does it bother anyone else that all of these races and playing fields have been taken over by the corporate sponsors? I know they've always been there and these events probably couldn't exist without them but I used to go to concerts at places like the Spectrum and the Capitol Centre. Now I'd have to go the Nissan Pavillion. Stadiums used to be named for people, like RFK, JFK and geographic locations like Three River Stadium. Now it's FedEx Field, Qwest Field, Bank of America Stadium. And the races. Is there still an Indianapolis 500 or a Daytona 500 or are they all the USG Sheetrock 400 and the Dodge/SaveMart 350? I mean, come on. The Sheetrock 400?

Forgive me for being a cranky old man but I liked the good old days when things had real names.
OK. I'm done now.

 

[derek]

Things had real names? When was that? Oh wait, maybe I'm to young to remeber a non-corprate america.

It seems like you can not survive with out the support of these corporate companies. Not sure if that is good or bad.....but we know what happened to the little guy.

 

[Wasch_24]

I agree with the stadiums Brian but races have been sponsored like that for at least the past 20 years.


And yes, they are still called the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500.

 

[Black Dog]

I know the corporate sponsors have always been there. The paint jobs on the cars have been that way for as long as I can remember. But were they they naming the events after companies 20 years ago?

 

[Wasch_24]

Yes...as far back as I can remember the races have been sponsored. The entire series has been corporately sponsored for like 40 years.

 

[cvm4]

I'm okay with it in races, but in stadiums I'm not.

 

[derek]

We had two of our local concert halls renamed / bought out this year. One is now the Chevrolet Thaeter (was Oakdale Theater) and Dodge Music Theater (was Meadows Music Theater)..

 

[Black Dog]

Sorry. I have never followed Nascar and didn't know they've been naming races like that for a long time. I knew The Winston Cup was named for the cigarette folks and lately Nextel but I guess I never heard the race names.

 

[Wasch_24]

Yep...NASCAR is all about sponsorship...more so than ticket sales even.


Most of the ticket sales go to the tracks.

 

[Black Dog]

But I still don't like it with the stadiums and playing fields!:hysterica

I'm going to go out and sit on the porch now. Maybe whittle and yell at passing cars to slow down.

 

[Wasch_24]

There you go.

:rofl:


Don't forget a cigar.

 

[CWS]

But I still don't like it with the stadiums and playing fields!:hysterica

I'm going to go out and sit on the porch now. Maybe whittle and yell at passing cars to slow down.

When they tried to corrupt the Rosebowl we all howled and basically won. I understand corporate sponsership, hell I helped finance Rusty Wallaces car when Miller was a part of Philip Morris. I agree that the bowl games have gone to the dogs.

 

[caudio51]

I remember when they had real names but its been corporate for most of my life. It doesn't bother me much.