Canucks Central

[Pinion]

Just think of it as Roger's Arena, as in Roger Neilson's.


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[KPELLY]

For some reason I think BC Place will end up being the Telus Center/Place. haha I never thought about Roger Neilson.

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by KPELLY

For some reason I think BC Place will end up being the Telus Center/Place. haha I never thought about Roger Neilson.

Well, it depends on if someone offers Pavco a bigger pot of cash.


Rogers obviously paid more for the naming rights to GM Place, beating Telus. For the 2010 Olympics telecommunications sponsorship contract, Bell offered close to $200-million to VANOC....Telus on the other hand came more than $100-million short.


How's this for a nickname? MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBOURHOOD.

[Spikester]

Saw someone on a cherry-picker removing the logo from the east end of the arena as I drove home over the Dunsmuir viaduct this afternoon. Wasting no time.

[Distill3d]

According to 24 Hours Twitter, the new nickname is the "Call Center".

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Sports/hockey/2010/07/06/14624911.html

[Yume-sama]

Originally Posted by Distill3d

According to 24 Hours Twitter, the new nickname is the "Call Center".

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Sports/hockey/2010/07/06/14624911.html

That's fitting. Because the Canucks will be waiting for a Stanley Cup for as long as it takes to speak to a Rogers representative when you call.

[SpongeG]

they were talking about it on the radio - since they can't call it "the garage" anymore most said they should call it "the neighbourhood" after mr rogers...

[hollywoodnorth]

no lie but at 2:15 PM.......there was a crew up on the EAST Side taking down the GM Place logo.........and it is totally gone now! I snapped a few pics. I may post em up........

[jlousa]

I can see tomorrow's announcement, thanks to new corporate sponsorship the Canucks will be able to drop ticket prices by 5% effective immediately.
The following new ticket categories are now in effect
A Pay as you Go plan for single tickets to Canuck Games, because of increased flexibility these tickets come at a 25% premium over regular tickets to suit those who value flexibility in their lives.
New season tickets require a min 3yr contract, comes with free canuck t-shirt, new canuck t-shirt available every year with a contract extension (white t-shirts available with additional surcharge). There will be a $6.95/ticket Arena access fee added to the price of all tickets, we do not wish to charge you this fee but are obligated to by corporate policy.

[SpikePhanta]

Originally Posted by mr.x

Dreadful. I don't really care for naming rights on privately owned facilities, but Rogers? From the Garage to the Phone Booth.

As much as I hate Telus for their crappy services, I would have preferred them over Rogers. It's local, it's headquartered here.

Rogers already has naming rights over SkyDome, and their red branding would clash against those of the Canucks. On the other hand, the Telus green works with the Canucks and naming it "Telus Centre" has a pretty good ring to it like "GM Place".


One can only wonder what BC Place will be called in a year's time.

Agreed, as much as I hate Telus' service, I like their marketing and that theyre local.
They missed out on the olympics, the Whitecaps Fc and now this.
I'm calling it now, BC place shall be named BC Telus Centre, or whatever to put in place of centre, Place,Dome,Arena, ect.

[GeeCee]

How about the Fido Dog House instead?

[WarrenC12]

I rather liked the GM logo on the side of the building. I'm sure we're going to get the lame Rogers red logo instead, nothing as creative.

The nickname will evolve over time... give some of the sports talking heads some time (Don Taylor in particular), I'm sure they'll come up with some good lines for it.

[mr.x]

Yikes.


http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/american/toronto.html

[Yume-sama]

I wonder how much they'll pay for www.rogersarena.com which someone has been squatting on for 5 years. Payday!

[jsbertram]

Theres a rumour that if you leave your seat during a game, you're charged a roaming fee.

(the laughs & puns are just starting)

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

GM paid $20 million for the length of the contract. Being that that was quite a long time ago, I'd imagine it would be substantially more now.

With GM having to go through bankruptcy last year, I wonder if they decided to end the naming rights early.
It doesn't look good after begging for gov't bailouts to then continue dropping a few million each year to keep your name on a building in Vancouver.
Apparently GM is still an indoor sponsor, so you'll still be seeing their car showcases when you're walking to your seat.

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

I wonder how much they'll pay for www.rogersarena.com which someone has been squatting on for 5 years. Payday!

nope.
just use rogersarena.ca instead.

[Yume-sama]

I don't like .ca, they should pony up for .com

[BCPhil]

Originally Posted by jsbertram

With GM having to go through bankruptcy last year, I wonder if they decided to end the naming rights early.
It doesn't look good after begging for gov't bailouts to then continue dropping a few million each year to keep your name on a building in Vancouver.
Apparently GM is still an indoor sponsor, so you'll still be seeing their car showcases when you're walking to your seat.

It wasn't a few million a year, GM was paying about $900K/year. That's it, it was quite the deal for them, and sort of bad management to let such a deal slip. It's the Canucks that probably wanted out so they could get more. But they are probably not getting a lot for just the naming rights. The big city arenas get in the neighborhood of $5 million/year but that's mostly because of their basketball teams, NHL arenas in smaller markets seem to make around $2million average.

But this Rogers deal will probably include all kinds of promotional activities where you have to be a Rogers Wireless customers to be able to enjoy the Canucks, which will drive up the price.

Which reminds me, I'm so not looking forward to hearing "Rogers Wireless Customers can download Canuck highlights to their phones" every single commercial break. It's going to feel more like extortion than advertising; you're going to have to be a Rogers subscriber to fully enjoy our Canucks. This is going to suck.

[Zassk]

GM management didn't "let the deal slip". They requested to get out of the 20-year deal 5 years early.