Comments on: Bullshit Park http://drewmckinney.net/2005/11/21/bullshit-park/ a place for drew mckinney to dot net Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: drew http://drewmckinney.net/2005/11/21/bullshit-park/#comment-13 drew Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:43:59 +0000 http://drewmckinney.net/2005/11/21/bullshit-park/#comment-13 I understand that it's necessary to seek corporate sponsorship for something as large as a stadium but the fans end up paying anyway because the corporate investors need to show a profit, hence the $9.00 beers, etc. The park could have a more user-friendly name that wouldn't change no matter who owns the park and if the owners want to splash the name everywhere then they can inside the park. Webvan bought a year of advertising in our park and then they went out of business. The name was still on every cupholder until the contract expired though and I don't think there was a person that walked out of that park that hadn't heard of webvan. Too bad their business failed for other reasons, the advertising was certainly there... I understand that it’s necessary to seek corporate sponsorship for something as large as a stadium but the fans end up paying anyway because the corporate investors need to show a profit, hence the $9.00 beers, etc. The park could have a more user-friendly name that wouldn’t change no matter who owns the park and if the owners want to splash the name everywhere then they can inside the park. Webvan bought a year of advertising in our park and then they went out of business. The name was still on every cupholder until the contract expired though and I don’t think there was a person that walked out of that park that hadn’t heard of webvan. Too bad their business failed for other reasons, the advertising was certainly there…

]]> By: Harry Potter http://drewmckinney.net/2005/11/21/bullshit-park/#comment-12 Harry Potter Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:08:04 +0000 http://drewmckinney.net/2005/11/21/bullshit-park/#comment-12 Using a corporate name saves the city from using tax dollars. I'm a true sports fanatic as much as the next guy, but would much rather see corporate sponsors footing the bill on stadiums than education budgets and social programs. Corporate names already dominate every other branded facet of a professional sports team from concessions to uniforms so why not the name of the actual building as well. They pay huge dollars for the rights. Family names are still honored in some playing fields, practice facilities and other auxiliary grounds. Mergers are crazy these days. We seem to be approaching one single company that handles phones, fossil fuels and banking. Using a corporate name saves the city from using tax dollars. I’m a true sports fanatic as much as the next guy, but would much rather see corporate sponsors footing the bill on stadiums than education budgets and social programs. Corporate names already dominate every other branded facet of a professional sports team from concessions to uniforms so why not the name of the actual building as well. They pay huge dollars for the rights. Family names are still honored in some playing fields, practice facilities and other auxiliary grounds.

Mergers are crazy these days. We seem to be approaching one single company that handles phones, fossil fuels and banking.

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