The new Twins stadium will be named Target Field, in honor of the Minnesota-based Target Corporation. Carl Pohlad cites Target as one of many Minnesota-based companies that vied for the naming rights.
This got me wondering. What are the Iron Range-based businesses that might be able to afford naming rights for a stadium? We have lots of big business on the Range, but historically much of that has been controlled Out East; and lately Way Out East. I guess we should count ourselves lucky we don’t have a sports franchise up here because our stadium would probably be named after an assisted living facility (for active seniors). I’m thinking something like GeriGo Field or Sunny Oaks Stadium and Rehabilitation Center.
We’ve got to work on this. Until then, by all means contribute some corporate names for our hypothetical stadium.
I think the most appropriate name for the baseball stadium would be “Hennepin County Taxpayers Memorial Stadium”.
Um, no. I will not be referring to it as Target Stadium. I will call it “Al Newman Field”.
Well, I like Totino’s Pizza Rolls Stadium. *sigh*
Remember when stadiums were named for people? And not sold out to major corporations?