Saturday, August 30, 2014

It just rolls of the tongue.

One of the clues in today's crossword puzzle reminded me of a trend I really hate. That is naming arenas and stadiums after companies. It seems to me the height of commercialism is that there is actually a Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. How much civic pride can you feel when your sports venue is named for a money lender? And how much civic pride did Quicken feel when they slapped their name on an arena they could have given a more exalted name? This is especially offensive in those many, many cases where the bulk of financing sports stadiums falls on the shoulders of tax payers, including people like me who have no interest in sports. So really most stadiums, based on who supports them, should have names like Taxpayer Stadium, The Workingman's Coliseum, and Ripoff Arena.

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