New Arena for Downtown Edmonton - Page 294

thefew32 · #**5861** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 5:28 AM**

That's a brutal name! Rogers Colosseum would have been better but still not right. It seems gone are the days of community or culturally themed names. I bet if you asked most Oiler fans they would pick Colosseum over Rogers whatever.

Jasper and one o nin · #**5862** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 5:32 AM**

Who cares?

Black Star · #**5863** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 5:41 AM**

Its all about the cash......

thefew32 · #**5864** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:36 AM**

too bad

Xelebes · #**5865** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by ScottieA

You mean the Rogers Dropped Call?

Wouldn't know.

Coldrsx · #**5866** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 3:32 PM**

'That's a brutal name!'

I suspect we will give it a colloquial name on top of it, but it is fine as is...

oiler-dude · #**5867** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 5:04 PM**

People the first few years after the Coliseum was named Skyreach Centre: "What a dumb name...I'm gonna keep calling it the Coliseum anyway!"

People the first few years after Skyreach became Rexall Place: "What a dumb name, I'll probably still call it Skyreach it's easier"

Now everyone calls it "Rexall" anyway. It's complaining for the sake of complaining over something that won't change. Naming rights are huge, and they're always going to sound dumb. Rogers Coliseum is no different from Rogers Place, Dome, Centre, Building, etc.

Cage · #**5868** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 5:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by oiler-dude

Rogers Coliseum is no different from Rogers Place, Dome, Centre, Building, etc.

In the branding world, there is a huge difference for Edmonton between Rogers Place and Rogers Coliseum. If naming went with the later, the news media and citizens will simply refer to the arena as the Coliseum and drop the branded part of the name. Consequently arena owners that require a hybrid name for their building (Scotiabank Saddledome is a prime example) get far less in naming rights than arenas than comparable arenas without such requirement.

So what will be the nickname for new Edmonton arena?

kcantor · #**5869** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by oiler-dude

People the first few years after the Coliseum was named Skyreach Centre: "What a dumb name...I'm gonna keep calling it the Coliseum anyway!"

People the first few years after Skyreach became Rexall Place: "What a dumb name, I'll probably still call it Skyreach it's easier"

Now everyone calls it "Rexall" anyway. It's complaining for the sake of complaining over something that won't change. Naming rights are huge, and they're always going to sound dumb. Rogers Coliseum is no different from Rogers Place, Dome, Centre, Building, etc.

maybe i hang around in the wrong circles but i don't know anyone that calls it "rexall". it's still "at the coliseum" or "at northlands" when it comes up on conversation.

i would predict that - other than in the media or the press where it may be mandated - the new downtown arena when it comes up in conversation will still be "at the arena" or "at the rink" more often that it will be "at rogers place".

that isn't to say it still won't have great value for rogers to have prominent signage on and in the building in addition to having their name and logo on every ticket for every event and in every event advertisement regardless of medium and on every program etc.

this is a good news story for rogers, for the oilers, for the arena, for downtown and for edmonton.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**5870** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 5:49 PM**

I call it "Rexall".
As an aside, I wish they would rename the LRT station from "Coliseum" to "Northlands".

christopherj · #**5871** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by cdnklc

maybe i hang around in the wrong circles but i don't know anyone that calls it "rexall". it's still "at the coliseum" or "at northlands" when it comes up on conversation.

yep - you hang around in the wrong circles.

Everyone I know calls it Rexall.

240glt · #**5872** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by cdnklc

maybe i hang around in the wrong circles but i don't know anyone that calls it "rexall". it's still "at the coliseum" or "at northlands" when it comes up on conversation.

Lots of people call it Rexall. I'd say more call it that than the Coliseum

SHOFEAR · #**5873** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:07 PM**

Rexall

240glt · #**5874** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

I call it "Rexall".
As an aside, I wish they would rename the LRT station from "Coliseum" to "Northlands".

Alberta Avenue- Northlands

Just in keeping with our new penchant for hyphenating LRT station names

ScottieA · #**5875** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Alberta Avenue- Northlands

Just in keeping with our new penchant for hyphenating LRT station names

I still find the Ft. Edmonton addition to South Campus ridiculous. The dam thing is 3.5 km away...

hilman · #**5876** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:26 PM**

Must be an age thing Ken, nobody I know calls it the Coliseum (it's always Rexall).

Xelebes · #**5877** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by ScottieA

I still find the Ft. Edmonton addition to South Campus ridiculous. The dam thing is 3.5 km away...

And you can't even walk there or else it is much more than a 3.5 km walk.

kcantor · #**5878** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by hilman

Must be an age thing Ken, nobody I know calls it the Coliseum (it's always Rexall).

go ahead, rub it in...

just wait until you start collecting articles on the oldest people in the world so you can convince yourself you've barely entered middle age.

on the other hand, despite all the research i've put in, getting old still beats the — out of the only alternative i've managed to identify...

TimB09 · #**5879** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 6:58 PM**

The Place Where the Oilers Lose is what I call it...

Coldrsx · #**5880** Posted **Dec 5, 2013, 7:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

And you can't even walk there or else it is much more than a 3.5 km walk.

They have a shuttle bus.

Anyways, I call it 'Rexall', but at the moment feel as though I will be heading to 'the rink' when I talk about the new place.