If corporate naming rights went away...........what should our ballpark be called?

[Tigeraholic1]

Tigers Stadium Sponsored by_________ (subject to change whom ever is paying) 

[RedRamage]

  On 4/17/2023 at 7:20 PM, bobrob2004 said:

Comerica used to be very Detroit.  It started out as the Detroit Savings Fund Institute and then The Detroit Savings Bank, The Detroit Bank, and then The Detroit Bank & Trust Company.  They didn't change to Comerica until the 1980s.  In 2007 they decided to move their headquarters out of Detroit and to Dallas.  

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Okay... I do seem to remember something about when they moved HQ. Being a westsider I'm wasn't familiar at all with them being a Detroit thing.

[lordstanley]

  On 4/17/2023 at 5:13 PM, Tiger337 said:

Al Kaline Field

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Pitch that to Duracell. 

[Tenacious D]

speaking of naming rights, I was involved with U.S. Cellular, a Chicago-based wireless company, when the Chicago White Sox decided to sell them for Comiskey.   At that time, Chicago native, Joan Cusack (Sixteen Candles, School of Rock) was the spokesperson in our advertising campaign.  The local sports radio jocks refused to call it U.S. Cellular Field, and instead referred to it as "The Joan."  Needless to say, the U.S. Cellular team were not happy.  Guaranteed Rate has subsequently purchased the rights.

[CMRivdogs]

I don't remember The Joan days for the Sox. It was always "The Cell". Seemed appropriate. 

[oblong]

  On 4/17/2023 at 8:22 PM, Tenacious D said:

speaking of naming rights, I was involved with U.S. Cellular, a Chicago-based wireless company, when the Chicago White Sox decided to sell them for Comiskey.   At that time, Chicago native, Joan Cusack (Sixteen Candles, School of Rock) was the spokesperson in our advertising campaign.  The local sports radio jocks refused to call it U.S. Cellular Field, and instead referred to it as "The Joan."  Needless to say, the U.S. Cellular team were not happy.  Guaranteed Rate has subsequently purchased the rights.

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I still call it US cellular or the cell.  And Jacobs Field. Honestly I bet if you gave me a list of all the stadium names I would miss 1/3 of them if I had to match to the team. 

[RandyMarsh]

T-Mobile Park in Seattle(Safeco Field), American Family Field in Milwaukee(Miller Park) and Oracle Park in San Fran(Att Park) are three more that I still call by their former names. 

Edited April 17, 2023 by RandyMarsh

[casimir]

  On 4/17/2023 at 10:14 PM, oblong said:

I still call it US cellular or the cell.  And Jacobs Field. Honestly I bet if you gave me a list of all the stadium names I would miss 1/3 of them if I had to match to the team. 

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1/3 is probably pretty good.  I actually thought after Texas moved into their grill.  I think I would struggle to get to half.

[Biff Mayhem]

  On 4/17/2023 at 8:27 PM, CMRivdogs said:

I don't remember The Joan days for the Sox. It was always "The Cell". Seemed appropriate. 

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William Ligue approves.

[digitalpigsmuggler]

Little Caesars arena Sr.

Edited April 18, 2023 by digitalpigsmuggler

[jz68]

I'd be happy if it just went to being called Meijer Park.  Much rather have it be named after a Michigan tradition than a bank.  If corporations weren't able to sponsor anymore, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be Tiger Stadium again.  

[Shinzaki]

Ty Cobb Was Not a Racist Stadium

[Dave Christian]

I want to bring it back to my childhood.

I would like it to be renamed "Briggs Stadium.😂

[chasfh]

  On 6/4/2023 at 12:16 PM, Shinzaki said:

Ty Cobb Was Not a Racist Stadium

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You forgot the lol

 

 

😉

[gehringer_2]

  On 6/4/2023 at 12:29 PM, Dave Christian said:

I want to bring it back to my childhood.

I would like it to be renamed "Briggs Stadium.😂

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Nope.  What they didn't tell us in our childhood was that Briggs was a terrible man. That's a place we don't need to go back to.

Edited June 4, 2023 by gehringer_2

[theroundsquare]

Honestly, in this hypothetical scenario, I don't see a reason that it shouldn't be "The Diamond at The Round Square"

[Tiger337]

  On 4/17/2023 at 8:14 PM, lordstanley said:

Pitch that to Duracell. 

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There was seriously a period of time where I thought those batteries were named after Al Kaline.  

[Dave Christian]

  On 6/4/2023 at 4:50 PM, gehringer_2 said:

Nope.  What they didn't tell us in our childhood was that Briggs was a terrible man. That's a place we don't need to go back to.

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Hmmm, that's the first that I heard that about Briggs.

My dad and my uncle took my brother and I to our first Tigers game when I was six years old.

That was 69 years ago at Briggs Stadium.

[chasfh]

  On 6/4/2023 at 4:50 PM, gehringer_2 said:

Nope.  What they didn't tell us in our childhood was that Briggs was a terrible man. That's a place we don't need to go back to.

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He sold the team before he had to allow negroes to play on his team.

[RandyMarsh]

Maybe we can sell the team to a group of investors led by Tiger Woods and he will decide to name the stadium after himself so we can get Tiger Stadium back. 

[gehringer_2]

  On 6/5/2023 at 4:09 PM, RandyMarsh said:

Maybe we can sell the team to a group of investors led by Tiger Woods and he will decide to name the stadium after himself so we can get Tiger Stadium back. 

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I like this idea. But go the next step and plant a row or two of trees all the way around the park and then you have the "Tiger Woods." Perfert.

We need to get our people on the phone to his people.

Edited June 5, 2023 by gehringer_2

[bobrob2004]

  On 6/5/2023 at 4:09 PM, RandyMarsh said:

Maybe we can sell the team to a group of investors led by Tiger Woods and he will decide to name the stadium after himself so we can get Tiger Stadium back. 

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Tiger's Tiger Stadium.  

[RedRamage]

  On 6/4/2023 at 12:29 PM, Dave Christian said:

I want to bring it back to my childhood.

I would like it to be renamed "Briggs Stadium.😂

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Navin Field?

[Dave Christian]

  On 6/7/2023 at 1:52 PM, RedRamage said:

Navin Field?

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I wasn't born yet, so, no🤔

[gehringer_2]

  On 6/7/2023 at 1:52 PM, RedRamage said:

Navin Field?

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Wiki says is was Navin only unti 1938.  I have no idea if it was just a joke with my dad or if there were other people that weren't big on calling it 'Briggs' but he mostly continued to call the ballpark 'Navin' field so I always knew that name.