I think they (The Chickasaw's) have a plan and are only playing the game to get what they want. Let time move about and this will only be the beginning.
I think they (The Chickasaw's) have a plan and are only playing the game to get what they want. Let time move about and this will only be the beginning.
Had a really good time at the game last night
This was probably their plan all along. If they would have said Chickasaw from the start, people would have griped to no end about a city owned building being named after a tribe. But now it doesn't seem so bad since it's not named after a casino. lol
That implies an awful lot of rather disingenuous strategic planning just to get a tribal name on the ballpark. Sure seems to me this was just a serious misjudgment on the part of Mandalay in their naming negotiations. They failed to learn from the SBC naming fiasco of several years ago. Bottom line: Stop screwing with the name of the ballpark. Huge mistake for the city to have relinquished naming rights control. A more stubborn team owner would have told the city to shove off.
Hands up of all the people that will still call it "The Brick" or the "Bricktown Ballpark" regardless of whatever paid-for name slaps a new sign on it...
Me....
Makes me think they are trying to win over the public opinion to support the issue on water rights.
Need to change the thread now that this is the 7th name (#6 lasted a day?)...LOL
The only thing I remember for sure that they did was close off parts of the upper deck if anyone considers that to be an improvement. I believe there have been some changes to the concessions but I don't know if they control that.
http://okgazette.com/oklahoma/articl...slam-grub.html
New signage to be installed reflecting the recent sponsorship / name change:
Will new signage be approved for each entrance where they currently have the banner signs hanging or is it just for this main entrance?
Just from an eye-appeal standpoint, that signage isn't nearly as attractive as the "bulb-lit" arched sign that used to be there. Just looks kinda dinky to me.
Here's a couple of older ones:
Not only does that Chickasaw photo look like it was taken with a toaster, it also looks to be "rendered" in MS Paint.
So is it just metal stencile letters? No lighting to the actual sign?
The new signs will all have individually-lit letters.
Most of it will be LED, which is probably why the letters aren't as thick.
In my observation, it seems somewhat unreasonable to expect something tasteful when your sponsor is an Indian casino.
It's a pretty observable fact that nearly every casino in Oklahoma (all of which are owned by various tribes) is over-the-top ugly, gaudy, and lacking even the most basic taste. I merely made an observation of an obvious fact with no intent to put down any particular group of people (except maybe the designers of these crimes of architecture). Put away the race card, it is not needed here.
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