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[Spartan]

Holy crap. And not in a good way.

[UnFrSaKn]

Flashback: “council is allowed to reject a name only if it is tied to an inappropriate business or identity”

Posted by slackmeyer on April 3, 2012M at 11:07 pm

Ballpark Gets Corporate Nameplate

By Bob Hersom, Steve Lackmeyer and Jack Money
Staff Writers

Oklahoma City’s new era of professional baseball will have a familiar ring to it.
That message rang clear on a windswept Tuesday at the new Bricktown ballpark, when the Oklahoma RedHawks officially introduced their home as Southwestern Bell Park.

[Spartan]

Not to pull a metro, but I just wanted to connect the urban dev-first folks like myself (I finally saw the other thread) to the thread with more responses already:

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.ph...425#post525425

[blangtang]

Newcastle Field at Bricktown

I hope they have Newcastle on tap

[Spartan]

Can you imagine how much that will cost at that ballpark though?

[onthestrip]

Newcastle Field at Bricktown...not the end of the world. Its way better than Newcastle Casino Field.

[BoulderSooner]

Newcastle Field at Bricktown...not the end of the world. Its way better than Newcastle Casino Field.

i agree

[catch22]

What a joke... our ballpark we paid for is named after a suburb. Incidentally I'm sure...but still. How about Moore Convention Center?

[G.Walker]

What a dumb name, credibility for the ballpark just went from a 8 to a 1. I will always refer to it as Bricktown Ballpark...

[catch22]

Unfortunately I already committed to the significant other that we were going to go to tomorrow night's game. I would rather not go now.

[metro]

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=29341&

[BoulderSooner]

Unfortunately I already committed to the significant other that we were going to go to tomorrow night's game. I would rather not go now.

you've got to be kidding ...

[catch22]

you've got to be kidding ...

The name is a complete joke, why should I support something with my money that is so short-sighted and poorly thought out?

[onthestrip]

The name is a complete joke, why should I support something with my money that is so short-sighted and poorly thought out?

Because you will be going to watch and support the Oklahoma Redhawks in the Bricktown district of OKC. None of your dollars you spend will be going to Newcastle, Newcastle Casino, or the Chickasaw Tribe. The Mandalay group sold the rights to the highest bidder and all they get is to name the feild/stadium. They dont get percentage of sales or anything. You are still supporting OKC and the Redhawks when you spend your money there. Dont go to Newcastle if this upsets you, thats pretty much the only way to punish them.

[Richard at Remax]

Holy crap. Who cares what it is named? No matter what it will be Bricktown Ballpark. And to not go cause of the name change is just childish.

[pickles]

This does not bother me in the least. I see Steve is doing his best to foment outrage on Twitter. I am still at a loss as to what I'm supposed to be outraged about. It's a minor league baseball park, not Dodger Stadium. Bricktown Ballpark is a perfectly good and sensible name, but I see no problem in them doing this if it provides them with another important stream of revenue.

[kevinpate]

I've never cheered a team or a performer or even heard a speaker where my presence was in any manner based on the name of the facility. On the bright side folks, at least it dinna get called Oklahoma City Field at the Oklahoma City Ballpark in Bricktown District of Oklahoma City. You'd need a monster truck just to fit that bumper sticker on your ride.

[BoulderSooner]

Because you will be going to watch and support the Oklahoma Redhawks in the Bricktown district of OKC. None of your dollars you spend will be going to Newcastle, Newcastle Casino, or the Chickasaw Tribe. The Mandalay group sold the rights to the highest bidder and all they get is to name the feild/stadium. They dont get percentage of sales or anything. You are still supporting OKC and the Redhawks when you spend your money there. Dont go to Newcastle if this upsets you, thats pretty much the only way to punish them.

this+1

[jn1780]

What a dumb name, credibility for the ballpark just went from a 8 to a 1. I will always refer to it as Bricktown Ballpark...

Credibility was already low. Thats why they could only get a local casino to sponsor the ballpark and it wasn't even one of the larger Casinos like Riverwind.

Its another "side effect" of the Thunder coming to town. People are just willing to fork out more money for NBA games. Especially for a team that is doing awesome right now.

[SoonerDave]

Holy crap. And not in a good way.

In this instance, Spartan, I agree with you 100%.

I may send out a press release.

[SoonerDave]

For all the good things going on in Bricktown, slapping a stinking casino sponsor name on our ballpark (or field or whatever) just reeks of, well, tacky. I think our Redhawks have been on shaky ground ever since Ryan pulled the switcheroo on the Red Rock/Rangers AAA team, and we got stuck with the Astros leftovers. Really, really sad.

[SoonerDave]

Now I'm even angrier:

The renaming also will result in the Oklahoma City ballpark being named after the town of Newcastle.

Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-citys-bri...#ixzz1r5Nt7vpr

I thought the naming rights were just for the field, but the whole PARK gets renamed to Newcastle?????????????

No. Stinking. Way.

Exactly zero Newcastle dollars paid for that facility. The taxpayers of Oklahoma City paid for it. Their right to name it? Zero.

I believe the City can, and should, override this.

I haven't started a letter writing campaign in a long time.

[BoulderSooner]

Credibility was already low. Thats why they could only get a local casino to sponsor the ballpark and it wasn't even one of the larger Casinos like Riverwind.

Its another "side effect" of the Thunder coming to town. People are just willing to fork out more money for NBA games. Especially for a team that is doing awesome right now.

the Chickasaws own newcastle and riverwind .. and winstar for that matter ... and they just rebranded and are expanding newcastle .. we don't know yet how much they are paying ..

[Just the facts]

Unfortunately I already committed to the significant other that we were going to go to tomorrow night's game. I would rather not go now.

The only recourse the average citizen has in most cases is to simply not spend their money on things they don't agree with. I 100% support your one-man protest. If other Bricktown business get hurt in the process of taking a stand then they need to get on the horn with Mandalay and express their concerns.