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One thing is certain, Manu doesn't care-he uses Time Warner Digital Phone Service.
It's ok with me as long as the Spurs get the Death Star.
One thing is certain, Manu doesn't care-he uses Time Warner Digital Phone Service.
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
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!
Add to that...
Jacob's Field
Kauffman Stadium
The Rose Garden
Joe Louis Arena
and my personal favorite...
Charlotte Bobcats Arena!!!
Add to that...
Jacob's Field
Kauffman Stadium
The Rose Garden
Joe Louis Arena
and my personal favorite...
Charlotte Bobcats Arena!!!
what a creative name
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
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
I like "The Larry O'Brien" Center better
AT & T
All Those Trophies
Bell Labs under AT&T also invented the world's first transister.
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.
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.
You're going to have to change your name to AT&Tgirl!
"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 en ies that have their addresses as "xxx SBC Center Parkway" will not be pleased.
Clever.
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."
lol.
All those street signs that have "SBC Center" on them.
All that memorabilia.
Classic.
now alot of losers can blame the name change if we don't win the the le
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.
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