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Originally Posted by esquire

Until I actually read up on University of Phoenix Stadium I thought the Cardinals just happened to play in some university's venue, as they did at Sun Devils Stadium.

I didn't realize that University of Phoenix was some sort of US-wide distance-education company.

Back when Winnipeg's minor league ballpark was set to open, they were going to call it "Mind Field" (geddit?) after a local computer company. But as legend has it, local political heavyweight Lloyd Axworthy, who had just spearheaded an international treaty against landmines, stepped in. In the end the naming rights went to Canwest Global instead.

I am pretty sure Mind went tits up before just before the ballpark opened.