Rose Garden to be renamed
It was just a matter of time.
You wish it would be something like Nike or McMenamin's. But you know it's going to be something like Comcast or Bank of America. Oh well.
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Comments (15)
I'm certainly disappointed about this news. Hopefully, any name will keep the Rose Garden part -- something like "The ______ Rose Garden".
Posted by Nick | December 12, 2007 11:59 PM
Neil Goldshmidt Rose Garden
Posted by Anthony | December 13, 2007 12:02 AM
Nah. How about the Bankruptcy Bowl?
Posted by Jack Bog | December 13, 2007 12:59 AM
The Go By Streetcar Center
Posted by Chuck | December 13, 2007 1:28 AM
Here's Your chance, pay attention CoP, Latino community. "Cesar Chavez Memorial Arena"
Posted by phil | December 13, 2007 3:27 AM
Second the Rose Garden confusion. Sam Adams (the beer) Arena.
Posted by Unit | December 13, 2007 3:53 PM
Dignity Village
Posted by cc | December 13, 2007 4:39 PM
Red Square
Posted by John Fairplay | December 13, 2007 6:20 PM
On the name change, see blog "Time to pay attention" directly above.
Posted by Jerry | December 13, 2007 8:02 PM
The SoWhat Garden.
Posted by Monochromo | December 13, 2007 8:05 PM
The won't name it after a bank -- too much subprime debt. Or maybe they could call it the Subprime Arena and get WaMu to bid for naming rights.
Posted by mrfearless47 | December 13, 2007 8:43 PM
McMenamin's would have been great. They could have decorated the concession areas with creepy pictures ala Kennedy School and installed springs under the floor.
B-ball...PDX Style.
Posted by Jay | December 14, 2007 7:21 AM
How about "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden"
Posted by mrfearless47 | December 14, 2007 8:19 AM
The very day before this news came out, I was thinking that for all his failings, at least Paul Allen hadn't screwed up the name of the arena where his team plays basketball. This after hearing sportscasters in Utah talk about Energy Solutions Arena, which is just a very silly name.
When I was growing up, the names of sports stadiums had a hallowed authority: Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden, Fenway, Wrigley Field (named for the family more than for the company), Forbes Field, and even our own little Civic Stadium.
Posted by Gil Johnson | December 14, 2007 12:12 PM
Couldn't help but notice that Oregonian sports columnist John Canzano has accused the Blazers of...well, horrible things really. "What have the Blazers done wrong, now?" you ask.
Well according to Canzano it is terrible that the Blazers team is going to sell the rights to re-name the Rose Garden to corporations.
Corporations, ladies and gentlemen...
Let me make sure I understand this.
Canzano gets a paycheck from The Oregonian (reportedly no less than six figures) AND from KXL Radio (reportedly high 5-figures) because corporations buy ad space in the paper and on the radio but yet he thinks it is terrible for the Blazers to.............
No, quite frankly I DON'T understand this.
Posted by paul | December 16, 2007 12:41 PM