For the first time, I can now say I'm glad Tony is retired, so he will never, EVER have to play in Petco Park.
--- SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Padres' new ballpark will be called PETCO Park after the pet supply company agreed Wednesday to a naming rights deal reportedly worth more than $60 million over 22 years.
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., is a nationwide retailer of pet supplies that was founded in San Diego in 1965.
The ballpark is scheduled to be completed by opening day 2004.
"PETCO is a very important and desirable new corporate partner for the Padres for a number of reasons," team owner John Moores said. "We share a commitment to the San Diego community and a focus on family values. If there is any pastime that is as American as baseball, it is caring for the family pets, so this is the perfect partnership for two San Diego institutions."
"No one's ever done a movie about flowers before. So there are no guidelines." "What about "Flowers for Algernon"?" "Well, that's not about flowers. And it's not a movie." "Ok, I'm sorry, I never saw it." -- Adaptation
You know I said the same thing when the closed the Boston Garden but now The Fleet Center is second nature to me. No matter how stupid a name is it will be pushed down on you so much that you will get use to it.
I don't know why, but I still call The Continental Airlines Arena "The Byrne Arena". I can't believe that some executive didn't just say, "Hey guys, the money is incredible, but PETCO PARK?" Why don't we hold out for 'Baskin-Robbins Field', 'SuperCuts Stadium', or even 'Jack-In-The-Box Ballpark'???"
"You know Monsoon, I am impressed, and I don't impress easy" -Jesse "The Body" Ventura
Originally posted by calvinh0560Well I think down in Providence where they have Dunkin Dounuts Arena wins for the worst name of a major sporting complex.
Considering I have season tickets for basketball there, the name is appropriate. Of course, instead of calling it the Dunk, I call it the Dump. But then again, I used to call it the Dump when it was still the Providence Civic Center. Now, the donut mascot that now is at the turnstiles is disturbing, especially since I enter the place through the bar.
Please help control the McMahon population. Have your Triple H's spayed or neutered.
And ironically, they dedicated a statue to Jack Murphy this week. This was apparently the only public appearance this week made by Al Davis.
"No one's ever done a movie about flowers before. So there are no guidelines." "What about "Flowers for Algernon"?" "Well, that's not about flowers. And it's not a movie." "Ok, I'm sorry, I never saw it." -- Adaptation
You know the Boston Garden time was up when they closed it down. A lot of people up here will miss the memories but the place was falling apart. The problem was the they replaced it with the no-frill Fleet Center. Now if they could only build a new Fenway Park. (and I am sure that if/when they do it will still have "Fenway" somewhere in the title).
But it's not a player of the year award(don't we have this discussion Every year?) Tejada makes the Orioles go. This team would be thirty games under .500 without him the way he plays. That's why he beat out everyone else to win the MVP in '02...