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California/Nevada Welcome to Palisades Tahoe The Name is New. The Legend Continues.

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It changed this year (or maybe last year) now it's Lake Michigan Credit Union ballpark - LMCU for short. Even klunkier.
Can’t we stay away from corporate names on stadia? What if they were to change Wrigley Field to something commercial?
 
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At least Fresno was smart enough to go with FAX (Fresno Area Express) vs following other areas like BART (Bay Area Rapit Transit) for their public transportation system.
 

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At least Fresno was smart enough to go with FAX (Fresno Area Express) vs following other areas like BART (Bay Area Rapit Transit) for their public transportation system.
Yeah but these guys weren't


Of course there could be some meta self awareness gag going on here.....
 

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Can’t we stay away from corporate names on stadia? What if they were to change Wrigley Field to something commercial?
Well, your beloved Wrigley is totally commercial.
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In 1927, the name became Wrigley Field to promote the chewing gum company, Wrigley.
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But no, doesn’t look like we can stop it.
 

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I went to a high school named after our town, Aldershot. For some reason they were quite insistent that is was a high school, not a secondary school.
When the family moved, I transferred to Westdale Secondary School. There weren't any asses their either.
 

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Well, your beloved Wrigley is totally commercial.
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In 1927, the name became Wrigley Field to promote the chewing gum company, Wrigley.
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But no, doesn’t look like we can stop it.
Yeah...that was my point.
 

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Yeah...that was my point.
Now, what about Fenway? (Fenway Realty)
If we eliminate those two, were left with six I think-
Angel Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City), Nationals Park, Camden Yards (Baltimore), Yankee Stadium.

Which begs the question, should Squaw have sold the naming rights?
 

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"At least Fresno was smart enough to go with FAX (Fresno Area Express) vs following other areas like BART (Bay Area Rapit Transit) for their public transportation system".

hold my beer....:beercheer:

what about TART (Tahoe Area Regional Transport) for the Tahoe bus system....means it is perfectly acceptable here to go out and wait for a TART...ogsmile
 
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Gee…I don’t know how to break this to you but the feeling was KT was disrespectful to Kate Hudson (some of her friends call her Katie). So they’re planning a name change. Right now the leading candidate is No Offense Intended.
Personally, since KT stands for Kick Turn, and I can't do one, I'm offended!!!

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Personally, since KT stands for Kick Turn, and I can't do one, I'm offended!!!

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Let alone 22! Just thinking about a kick turn hurts my knees.
 

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Now, what about Fenway? (Fenway Realty)
If we eliminate those two, were left with six I think-
Angel Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City), Nationals Park, Camden Yards (Baltimore), Yankee Stadium.

Which begs the question, should Squaw have sold the naming rights?
I remember watching the Astros play at Enron Field. Somehow the sign stealing scandal has to be related. As far as I know, the name Fenway derives from what was once swampland in the area. But of all the names of stadia I would hope Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park would be the last to change. It would be like Nabisco Stonehenge. Or Progressive Insurance Louvre.
 

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It’s a good solution, palisades is iconic, but can’t just call it palisades because there is a much bigger badder mountain further south in the high sierra that already has that name. So Palisades Tahoe. Now ski :)
 

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As far as I know, the name Fenway derives from what was once swampland in the area.
Not that simple. It’s kind of the first, 1912.
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In naming the Red Sox’ new home Fenway Park, Taylor gave his Fenway Realty Company free name recognition. Still, when asked if he was shamelessly plugging his own company in the naming of a baseball team’s new stadium, the outgoing owner had a readymade response.

He declared it was named Fenway, “because [the park’s] in the Fenway, isn’t it?”
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Not that simple. It’s kind of the first, 1912.
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In naming the Red Sox’ new home Fenway Park, Taylor gave his Fenway Realty Company free name recognition. Still, when asked if he was shamelessly plugging his own company in the naming of a baseball team’s new stadium, the outgoing owner had a readymade response.

He declared it was named Fenway, “because [the park’s] in the Fenway, isn’t it?”
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Well doesn’t that establish the original source as the Fenway swamp? What developer doesn’t want to sell a swamp as something else?
 

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OpenSnow has updated for the new name... sort of. Here's what I see in my Favorites list now:

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Though I really think they both should be Palisades Tahoe.... maybe "Palisades Tahoe - Olympic Valley", and "Palisades Tahoe - Alpine Meadows".
 

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Though I really think they both should be Palisades Tahoe.... maybe "Palisades Tahoe - Olympic Valley", and "Palisades Tahoe - Alpine Meadows".
How about Alpine Meadows at Palisades Tahoe?
 

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