National Grid

[Willets Point]

Keyspan Energy is now National Grid. Does this mean a renaming of the Cyclones' home?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I liked when it was LiLCo.

[soupcan]

]Keyspan Energy is now National Grid. Does this mean a renaming of the Cyclones' home?

Most assuredly.

[Guest AG/DC]

Natoinal Grid sounds really Big Brother-ish.

[Willets Point]

AG/DC wrote: National Grid sounds really Big Brother-ish.

Yes its an ominous name, and National Grid connected to a cheerful word like Park will make an odd name.

[metirish]

National Grid Park........horrible , not that Keyspan was a winner either , but this is what happens with utility company's and banks , Capital One has bought North Fork bank and maybe one day they will buy Citi.

[Guest AG/DC]

Do they still own Shoreham?

[Benjamin Grimm]

This is one of the things about corporate naming that bugs me, beyond the hideousness of some of the names. (3Com Park? Yeesh.) There's no stability in the park's name. (I keep forgetting, for example, that Bank One Ballpark is now Chase Field. Nor do I remember the current name of Pacific Bell Park.)

I know old-style ballpark names have changed in the past. (Tiger Stadium had at least two previous names, and Shibe Park and Sportsman's Park were both renamed.) But at least those name changes were a lot less frequent. Now stadium names are too transient. I think it has to affect the way they're thought of and how they'll be remembered.

[Benjamin Grimm]

AG/DC wrote: Do they still own Shoreham?

Keyspan isn't the old LILCO. LILCO was replaced by the Long Island Power Authority. (LIPA.)


I recently read the Wiki article about the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant prompted by the recent anniversary of Three Mile Island.

[Guest Mr. Zero]

It's so prosaic that I like it. Like Standard Oil or Consolidated Lint. Was hoping it was a reference to one of my favorite bands. alas not.

[Guest Triple Dee]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: But at least those name changes were a lot less frequent. Now stadium names are too transient. I think it has to affect the way they're thought of and how they'll be remembered.

My thinking is that the onus is on fans to come up with generic or nick names for their new stadiums and hope they stick.

[Guest AG/DC]

Thunderbolt Park works for me.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've toyed with the idea of referring to these stadiums in the UMDB by their mailing addresses. For example, instead of calling it Pacific Bell Park or AT&T Park, I'd call the Giants' home stadium "24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco"

(I just looked that up; I doubt that all the stadiums have addresses that are that good!)

[Guest AG/DC]

Sure , if you're going to give the corporations adverstising, they should pay you.

Quick, everbody look up a stadium adress for Grimmy:

Union Station at Minute Maid Park
501 Crawford
Suite 400
Houston, Tx 77002

[metirish]

Long after Qualcomm bought the naming rights to the Padres old stadium people still call it Jack Murphy Stadium or " the murph" , of course he was long associated with that facility and it was named in his honor after the died.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Anaheim Angels - That's right, I typed Anaheim, because I'm not buying that LAA crap. The address says it clear as day. If it's good enough for the US Postal Service, then it's good enough for me.

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2000 Gene Autry Way
Anaheim, CA. 92806

[soupcan]

Petco - It's where the Mets go (when they're in San Dieg-o)!

100 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 795-5012

[metirish]

Seattle Mariners

Address

The street address is

Seattle Mariners, Safeco Field, 1250 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134.


The mailing address is

Seattle Mariners, P.O. Box 4100, Seattle, WA 98194.

The phone number is (206) 346-4000.


Known as " The Safe "......uggh.

[Gwreck]

The two easiest ones to memorize:
126-01 Roosevelt Avenue
Flushing, NY 11368

1060 West Addison Street
Chicago, IL 60613

One that I didn't know off the top of my head:

1 Brewers Way
Milwaukee, WI 53214

[DocTee]

McAfee Coliseum
7000 Coliseum Way
Oakland, CA 94621


AT&T Park
24 Willie Mays Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94107

[G-Fafif]

MFY Stadium
Ninth Circle, HL 10451

[Guest themetfairy]

G-Fafif wrote: MFY Stadium Ninth Circle, HL 10451

Well played

[stevejrogers]

G-Fafif wrote: MFY Stadium Ninth Circle, HL 10451

Shouldn't that be 10666?

[stevejrogers]

Does this mean the big ass sign next to DiamondVision will be changed? Hard to believe something at Shea will be changed so soon before its demise though.

Not sure if the radio promotion is still going on (IIRC it was the home town home run inning), but "If a Met player hits the National Grid sign caller wins X amount of dollars..." doesn't resonate the same way as "If a Met player hits the Key Span sign..."