360 Main was always "the Scotiabank Building" to me growing up, and has now been 360 Main to the majority of people for a while. Never heard anyone outside of this forum ever call it Commodity Exchange or even Trizec.
As for the arena, even pre-name change, most people just referred to it as "MTS" – and still do because MTS is still in the name. If you're referring to a large indoor sporting event or concert, there's very few possible locations so saying "MTS" made/makes it very clear. |
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When they start calling MTS “the Barn”, local taxpayers can start to worry.
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I think we're losing something in Winnipeg with buildings being named after an address (i.e 201 Portage, 300 Assiniboine, 360 Main, etc). A lot of people do not associate a building with a specific address, therefore, it loses its significance. How many people would associate 1225 St. Mary's Rd as being St. Vital Centre? I prefer a name for a building even if the name changes every so often. If I mention the Richardson Building to anyone, they generally know which building and area I'm referring to but if I were to say One Lombard Place most of them would have no idea it's the same area of the city. |
That's true but then there's issues when the naming rights change. Richardson is a bit different because they're the main tenant and owner. In bigger cities it's opposite – there's so many buildings no one is able to keep track of all the names, or even realizes half the buildings exist, they'll just look up an address.
Here, it's not hard to keep track of the 5 tall office buildings. |
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The Richardson Building has always been the Richardson Building. The St. Vital Centre has always been the St. Vital Centre. |
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If you tell someone the name of a building, and it's an address, and they can't find it – they're f*cking idiots. If you're directing someone to a building by name, they might get it confused with another (especially when the naming rights move), where an address is pretty damn clear where the building is. Doesn't get more exact than that. And if you don't need to go there, why does it even matter?
This is especially important here when half our buildings have either Asper, Buhler, or Richardson in the name. In downtown alone we have: Buhler Welcome Centre Buhler Research Centre Buhler Centre Buhler Learning Commons Also, the "RBC Building" is at 220 Portage Ave – but it's not hard to think some people might think 201 Portage is actually the RBC Building because there's RBC logos on it. Or how 201 used to be TD Building, but now TD logos are on 360 Main. |
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Isn't this a complete non-issue?
If I were Richardson, I'd have sold my naming rights to the highest bidder long time ago... doesn't CIBC hav space there (not just concourse retail space)? |
You should do what Thunder Bay does and name it after something located a mile away.
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I think the new TD sign looks awesome. I saw it in person for the first time this morning, and was surprised at the improvement it made on the building. Just that extra bit of colour does a lot, and I won't lie, the big name is a part of it too.
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MTSCentre rolls off the tongue well, in a way BellMTS Place doesnt. I still hear MTS Centre more than BellMTS Place. Even on TSN actually. Dont think Bell will be dropping "MTS" any time soon. |
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Girl directions girl directions just give me the f*cking adress I'll plug it into my gps!! |
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And then there's the old Simpsons stand-by:
Now entering Winnipeg We were born here, what's your excuse? |
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On TV I mostly hear BellMTS Centre. Because it's not as clunky – even Sara Orlesky says Centre sometimes still. It's the same reason everyone says "IGF" or called CanadInns Stadium "CanadInns" – it has to sound good. |
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