Say Hello to the AT&T Center

[TheWriter]

USA Today is reporting SBC will change its name to AT&T.

[ALVAREZ6]

SBC is so much better, it flows better.

[usckk]

Boo..

[Solid D]

Full circle...or have I been in a dream since 1984?

[Horry For 3!]

AT&T Center sounds lame

[TheWriter]

AT&T Arena sounds a tad better.

[angel_luv]

I like the name SBC Center but whatever.


AT&T Arena sounds a tad better.

I agree.

[Solid D]

http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/images/bell_anim.gif http://www.att.com/library/media/logo/att.383x80.header.gif

[TheWriter]

Hopefully SBC will give the AT&T logo a new modern update.

It's pretty damn cool now that the first phone company ever created is based out of San Antonio.

[spurs=bling]

AT&T Arena sounds a tad better.
it does sound better. i kinda like it.

[Marklar MM]

Yo. AT&T sounds like a sweet ass Star-Wars vehicle. You know, they got the AT-AT and some other AT.

[Kori Ellis]

USA Today is reporting SBC will change its name to AT&T.

Did they report that SBC Center will change their name? (or are we just assuming it will)

Because I thought that it had been announced that SBC was changing its name to AT&T weeks ago.

[boutons]

BW says SBC is gone, replaced by ATT

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050831_0330_tc119.htm?campaign_id=topStories_s si_5

[TheWriter]

Did they report that SBC Center will change their name? (or are we just assuming it will)

Because I thought that it had been announced that SBC was changing its name to AT&T weeks ago.

It would only make sense that SBC Center would be changed if SBC is fazing out the SBC brand and going with AT&T.

[dknights411]

What gets lost here is that SBC Park in San Francisco might be getting a THIRD name!!! (Pac Bell, SBC, AT&T). But then again, stadiums in San Francisco seem to have identity crisises anyway (Monster Park?)

I just wonder how muc it's gonna cost to replace all the SBC Center logos with AT&T logos.

[T Park]

few hundred grand, but AT&T will pay for it Im sure, the Spurs and the Rodeo would prob say, we could care less, but you are paying for the new signs.

[Phenomanul]

few hundred grand, but AT&T will pay for it Im sure, the Spurs and the Rodeo would prob say, we could care less, but you are paying for the new signs.


As in street signs... or including street signs...

[Marcus Bryant]

Back to the future.

[Man In Black]

All I know is that the ATT logo looks like the frickin Death Star:
http://www.att.com/library/media/logo/att.383x80.header.gif
http://www.larottadikessel.it/images/morte_nera/t_small.jpg

[Old School Chic]

Did they report that SBC Center will change their name? (or are we just assuming it will)

Because I thought that it had been announced that SBC was changing its name to AT&T weeks ago.

Yes, the SBC Center will be AT&T In the next 6 months.

[hussker]

AT&T...It fits...
Argentina, Tim & Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Horry For 3!]

Yes, the SBC Center will be AT&T In the next 6 months.
Are you going to change your screen name to, AT&Tgirl? :p

[MiNuS]

AT&T...It fits...
Argentina, Tim & Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Team Triumph

[scott]

Anyone know the term of SBC/AT&T's naming rights (when do they expire and thereby open up for another corporation to purchase)?

[TheWriter]

Yes, the SBC Center will be AT&T In the next 6 months.


Do you know whether it'll be AT&T Center or AT&T Arena?

[gospursgojas]

I want to see a link confirming that the SBC Center specifically will change its name...

[ShoogarBear]

It would be unheard of for them NOT to change the name. I can't think of another instance where a stadium name didn't change with the company.

[Rubberducky]

Are you going to change your screen name to, AT&Tgirl? :p
Oh, god! That would really suck.
AT&TGirl
:vomit

[boutons]

"confirming that the SBC Center specifically will change its name"

The BW article makes it pretty clear than SBC, unknown esp internationally, is replacing SBC with well-known, once-revered, once-dominant ATT. Why would they buy the SBC Center name not but not align it with their corporate acronym switch?

[TDMVPDPOY]

Who actually owns the stadium btw?? AT&t, HOLTE OR the council? or state government??

[Samr]

Who actually owns the stadium btw??

Tim Duncan.

[Spurbanana]

Am I the only one who gets weirdly angry at the thought of them changing the name of the SBC Center??

[boutons]

"angry"

It's not like it's been under that name for decades, a sacred tradition being broken. It's only been used 3 seasons as SBC. This is the Sun Belt, everything's new, ephemeral, no traditions.

Anybody know how much SBC pays annually to put their name on the bldg?

[TheWriter]

I want to see a link confirming that the SBC Center specifically will change its name...

Why wouldn't they? A company isn't going to change its name but leave traces of their former moniker behind.

[Spurbanana]

I know it's not a tradition...and I don't know why I'm mad...I'll get over it unless we start losing every year now.

[TheWriter]

Am I the only one who gets weirdly angry at the thought of them changing the name of the SBC Center??

Yes.

[Spurbanana]

:lol

thanks for honesty!

[exstatic]

I don't understand why a wildly successful company buys a failing one and takes their name. AT&T hasn't been a respected brand in a LONG time. To me, that would be like Starbucks buying Maxwell House and rebranding themsleves to that. Yeah it's an old name, an inferior old name. :rolleyes

[TheWriter]

I don't understand why a wildly successful company buys a failing one and takes their name. AT&T hasn't been a respected brand in a LONG time. To me, that would be like Starbucks buying Maxwell House and rebranding themsleves to that. Yeah it's an old name, an inferior old name. :rolleyes

Because AT@T is more marketable. SBC isn't recognizable nationwide nor worldwide, while AT&T is.

[MI21]

SBC Center flows out well, but so does saying, "It's the Spurs vs Mavs at the A-T-T, coming up!"

In other words, I don't really care, as long as the Spurs play there it's going to be a hard building to win in.

[Solid D]

I don't think all the name change will be taking its full effect until well into '06.

[TheWriter]

I don't think all the name change will be taking its full effect until well into '06.

Well, SBCGirl who works for the SBC Center said it would happen within the next 6 months.

[gameFACE]

If they change their name I wonder if they're going to reroof that big old SBC they have on the top roof.

[T Park]

I don't understand why a wildly successful company buys a failing one and takes their name. AT&T hasn't been a respected brand in a LONG time

its more recognizable.

Take a poll

AT&T will win as most recognizable,

marketing = money

Duh.

[scott]

I don't think all the name change will be taking its full effect until well into '06.

Well, SBCGirl who works for the SBC Center said it would happen within the next 6 months.

6 months from now would be...

[TheWriter]

6 months from now would be...

True. But who says it doesn't happen in late December?

[TheWriter]

its more recognizable.

Take a poll

AT&T will win as most recognizable,

marketing = money

Duh.

Exactly. It's not like its MCI going back to being Worldcom or someone buying the Enron name.

It's AT&T, all the name has done is stay quiet. Once SBC/AT&T starts up all the ads with the AT&T name, people will instantly recognize it and buy into it. As opposed to SBC entering a new market and having to “establish” their selves, the AT&T name doesn’t have to do that.

[tsb2000]

I know how you feel about names changing with mergers. In Arizona, we just had Bank One Ballpark renamed to Chase field, and we're about to get America West Arena renamed to US Airways arena. We've also got hockey and football stadiums here without names, so that will happen soon, I'd guess. :)

[Tek_XX]

ARe there any arenas not named for a corporation out there?

[CosmicCowboy]

Who actually owns the stadium btw?? AT&t, HOLTE OR the council? or state government??

Bexar County owns the arena.


Anybody know how much SBC pays annually to put their name on the bldg?

SBC paid 40 million for the naming rights.

[spurster]

It's ok with me as long as the Spurs get the Death Star.

http://www.whitworth.edu/whitworthian/spring2003/0304/features/logo_att.jpg

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

One thing is certain, Manu doesn't care-he uses Time Warner Digital Phone Service.

[ShoogarBear]

ARe there any arenas not named for a corporation out there?

Madison Square Garden
The Palace

Fenway Park
Wrigley Field (okay, you can argue it was named after a family who owned a company)
Lambeau Field
Soldier Field
Texas Stadium
Alamodome

[scott]

The best stadium name must be Monster Park in San Fran. What makes it great is that there are two major corporations named Monter, and I have no clue which one the stadium is actually named for. One of the two companies is getting from free publicity!

[dknights411]

Madison Square Garden
The Palace

Fenway Park
Wrigley Field (okay, you can argue it was named after a family who owned a company)
Lambeau Field
Soldier Field
Texas Stadium
Alamodome

Add to that...
Jacob's Field
Kauffman Stadium
The Rose Garden
Joe Louis Arena
and my personal favorite...

Charlotte Bobcats Arena!!!
:spin

[Horry For 3!]

Add to that...
Jacob's Field
Kauffman Stadium
The Rose Garden
Joe Louis Arena
and my personal favorite...

Charlotte Bobcats Arena!!!
:spin
:lmao what a creative name

[ShoogarBear]

Also:

Silverdome
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
JFK Stadium
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Shea Stadium
Yankee Stadium (HTF did I forget this?)
Giants Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium

[boutons]

October 27, 2005

AT&T Brand Lives On as Buyer Adopts Name
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

SBC Communications, which is awaiting regulatory approval to buy AT&T, announced today that it will adopt the AT&T name once the acquisition is approved.

The announcement means that AT&T, formed in 1885 - just nine years after the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell - will live on, at least in name.

When SBC announced its intent to purchase AT&T for $16 billion this year, many analysts believed the purchase would spell the end of the brand, which has long become synonymous with telecommunications.

AT&T began as a subsidiary of The Bell Telephone Company, founded by Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. AT&T's innovations include the first transcontinental phone call in 1915, the first demonstration of television in the United States in 1927, and the invention of cellular telephony and the solid state amplifier, both in 1947.

"The decision is a milestone in the history of telecommunications, extending the reign of an American and global icon," SBC announced on its web site today. "AT&T is inextricably linked to the birth and growth of the communications industry - delivering ground-breaking innovations that enabled modern computers and electronic devices, wireless phones and Voice over Internet Protocol."

SBC said that it will unveil a new logo, a new stock ticker symbol and heavily advertise the new brand; the merger is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Though AT&T's stature has withered under pressure from local phone companies and cable providers, it remains the biggest seller of telecommunications services to corporations. SBC pursued AT&T to break into that market and expand beyond its primary business serving residential customers.

* Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company

[sanman53]

I like "The Larry O'Brien" Center better

[MiNuS]

AT & T

All Those Trophies

[Hook Dem]

Bell Labs under AT&T also invented the world's first transister.

[Old School Chic]

So far we are going for AT&T Arena. AT&T Center sounds lame.

Our address Is 1 SBC Center Parkway... I wonder If It's going to be 1 AT&T Arena Way. :lol

[Shelly]

So far we are going for AT&T Arena. AT&T Center sounds lame.

Our address Is 1 SBC Center Parkway... I wonder If It's going to be 1 AT&T Arena Way. :lol


You're going to have to change your name to AT&Tgirl!

[LilMissSPURfect]

AT & T

All Those Trophies


:fro

http://resources.bravenet.com/audio_clips/movies_tv/austin_powers_-_yeah_baby__yeah/download/

[boutons]

"1 SBC Center Parkway"

I suppose SBC paid for that naming, also, so I suppose they can pay to have it changed (or dropped), although other entities that have their addresses as "xxx SBC Center Parkway" will not be pleased.

[ShoogarBear]

AT & T

All Those Trophies

:tu Clever.

[Kori Ellis]

Associated Press

SBC Park, formerly PacBell Park, is likely to receive its third name since the home stadium of baseball's San Francisco Giants opened five years ago.

SBC Communications Inc. plans to rename itself after federal regulators appear ready to approve the company's $16 billion merger with AT&T. Executives at San Antonio-based SBC said the company will take on the much better-known and 120-year-old AT&T brand.

According to spokesman John Britton, SBC will begin the transition to the AT&T brand once the merger is completed.

"There is no timetable to changing the name of the ballpark," Britton said Thursday. "No decisions have been made about what the name will be."

Two years ago, SBC acquired Pacific Bell, which paid $53 million in 1996 for the naming rights to the stadium until 2019. Sports fans have long complained about stadium name changes and the encroachment of corporations into sports.

Indeed, many Giants fans have continued to refer to the Giant's home stadium as PacBell Park.

Britton said that SBC plans to work closely with the Giants and other sports franchises that partner with the company, which includes the SBC Center, home of the San Antonio Spurs, and SBC Classic golf tournament in Los Angeles, to come up with a new name and discuss when to make the change.

"Sometimes teams have printed tickets in advance or have other concerns," Britton said. "We're very sensitive to the great partnerships we have."

[T Park]

lol.

All those street signs that have "SBC Center" on them.

All that memorabilia.


Classic.

[SPURS IN 06]

Yes, the SBC Center will be AT&T In the next 6 months.

now alot of losers can blame the name change if we don't win the the title :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[TheWriter]

So far we are going for AT&T Arena. AT&T Center sounds lame.

By we do you mean us here at SpursTalk.com or you guys at the SBC Center.

If you mean the latter, please do so. AT&T Arena sounds 10 times better than AT&T Center.