Los Angeles OKs outlines of downtown football stadium deal
Los Angeles OKs outlines of downtown football stadium deal
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Really? "Farmers Field" in the middle of downtown LA?
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For short, "The Farm" would sound pretty cool.
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Being that Farmers Insurance was founded in Los Angeles and is headquartered in Los Angeles, if an LA stadium has to have corporate sponsor naming rights, Farmers Field is perfect, unlike, say, Staples Center, where Staples is headquartered in Massachusetts.
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What's with California stadium names? Petco Park and maybe now Farmers Field?
At least Dodger Stadium won't be messed with. |
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Farmers Field doesn't sound any sillier than Lincoln Financial Field or nearly as stupid as that dump up north that has changed names one too many times. Eventually though, it rolls off the tongue rather easily. |
Safeco has always been a big company (and now subsidiary) in Seattle. I'm on the fence about corporate naming for the obvious reasons, but as they go this one wasn't controversial here.
I like "the Farm." Not as good as Denver's "The Can" but it's still memorable, easy to say, and easy to turn into pithy headlines. |
What are the chances both proposed NFL stadiums get built?
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Im ok with the "farm" name because farming actually is a big part of LA's history, as recently as 50 years ago. Now its mostly gone so it seems strange, but not a big deal. Farmer's Insurance was originally aimed at these farmers, and was started downtown.
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One of the tallest towers in lower Manhattan began life as the "City Bank-Farmers Trust Building", 1931.
It's landmarked and now known as "20 Exchange Place", but most NY'ers know it as the "Farmer's Tower". http://wirednewyork.com/images/nycbw/120.jpg Brooklyn Historic Society |
Anyone know how much they are paying for the naming rights ?
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And I actually like Farmers Field better. Don't make conclusions drawn by bias. Nothing is concrete about them HAVING to play in one stadium. |
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also, the Farmers naming rights deal was for 700 million! that jumps to 1 billion if two teams sign up to play. its by far the largest naming rights deal in history. |
I can see the arguments on both sides (which is why I posed the question) but personally I do feel (or atleast hope) that 2 stadiums could possibly be pulled off.
Yes it is correct that both developers are saying they want 2 teams and there can only be one stadium, but let's be honest, both of these developers don't want to share teams, they want both each for themselves. That doesn't necessarily mean it will play out that way. Personally, I think the Chargers and Raiders will be the two teams that will move. When the first team commits (which I think will be the Chargers), the other team will get a better offer to be the premier tenant at the other stadium versus being second fiddle to the first team. It would have worked in NY if the Jets would have pulled off their stadium in Manhattan and this is really no different that LA getting a team and Anaheim getting a team, just a slightly different location. There is also plenty of other events to go around as well. The fact that Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl seat over 50,000 is irrelevant as they are not NFL quality stadiums. Isn't USC wanting to demolish the LA Sports Center (bad idea) and building a soccer stadium? Why not move into Farmers Field? Both sides appear to have the private financing lined up and both appear to be on their way to getting all of the approvals, they just each need a team, which shouldn't be too hard in the near future. |
Another thing, I question why these stadiums are only going to hold 70,000-80,000. Before they are built, they are already way behind the Cowboys. Doesn't make sense.
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The last thing the NFL wants is to build a 100,000 seat stadium in LA (there are already 2) and run the risk of a TV blackout in the nation's #2 television market. This happened often when the Raiders were there before. |
Good for LA, as much as I fear the Chargers might bolt (no pun intended). So far the Spanos family has shown commitment to staying as long as a stadium deal progresses here. Mayor Sanders has generally been pro-development, but usually happier with keeping the status quo in regards to just about everything in the city. Either a terrible replacement for Sanders next election or the failure of the lawsuit against the state to reclaim redevelopment dollars wouldn't make the odds very good for San Diego.
As for the name, unless it has historical value (Lambeau Field, Fenway Park, etc.), then who cares what the name is? 90% of them sound cheesy. Farmers Field is catchy. Now EnergySolutions Arena -- that's bad. |
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The claimed stadium attendance numbers are for folks basically standing in the parking lot. |
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