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Metrolinx or whoever can name a new station under it Skydome as the original DRL proposal would have done.
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Metrolinx or whoever can name a new station under it Skydome as the original DRL proposal would have done.
As much as I hate to say it, it's not going to happen. The quick and dirty renaming of SkyDome was done purposely, to eliminate all reference to the Dome, which as a descriptor would have entered common useage ("the Dome").
And the apologists for Rogers (like Marko above) - as I hate to say that too - are correct. They bought it, they can name it what they want. Still the way it went down, with that [unprintable] Godfrey mixed up in it at both ends, still angers me.
Ballparks are by tradition never called Centres. They're usually called fields (Turner Field, Progressive Field, Wrigley Field), parks (Fenway Park, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Comerica Park) or stadiums (Yankee Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Busch Stadium). Even other completely enclosed stadiums are not called "centres" - that is reserved as an alternate name for arenas, especially multi-purpose arenas (hockey, basketball, concerts).
Should it have been called Rogers SkyDome, or even Rogers Dome? Yes, I think so. It would have been respectful, but it wouldn't force their corporate identity down our throats. It's not even easily shortened, like the ACC, which is how most people call that facility. But even 'Rogers Field' would have been at least a nod to the tradition of naming baseball/football venues. "Rogers Centre" is crass (and still so, like the silly addition of a statue in front in honour of Ted), so it's still SkyDome for me.
You know, I was thinking that a petition to change the name to put Dome back in it would be a waste of time - Rogers is like the honey badger as thetigermaster said. But if enough people petitioned them to change it to something like Rogers Park or Rogers Field, there might actually be a chance of them being receptive.
But I think people have to accept that the name SkyDome, and any reference to Dome in the name, is D-E-D dead. In an official sense anyway.
I happen to be in the "they can call it whatever they want" camp...but your post has me wondering...why would anyone ask them to change the name to anything other than SkyDome? What is the value in asking them to change it to Rogers Field or Rogers Park?....don't they have the same issue?
There's other examples. The Home Depot Center in LA (which seems to have been renamed the StubHub Center or something like that).Not too many other Centres in Canada.
Are we considering foreign stadiums now?* The Americans can do what they want.There's other examples. The Home Depot Center in LA (which seems to have been renamed the StubHub Center or something like that).
Why not. Most stadiums are foreign.Are we considering foreign stadiums now?* The Americans can do what they want.