[kbob]

But those are just tracking the merger and acquisition status of one company.

My father-in-law worked at Bell Labs. He received AT&T stock as part of his compensation, from before the 1984 breakup. When we settled his estate, that AT&T stock had turned into over 30 different companies.

[AlbertCory]

You're right. We still had to keep changing what we called it, though.

[dylan604]

You could just say let's go see the Giants play. It's not a question of which stadium they are going to be playing. For American sports, I rarely refer to a stadium by sponsor name. In fact, I prefer to know the irreverant names for them. In Dallas, the cowboys play at Jerry World. When Barry Switzer was coaching, the stadium was referred to as Switzer-land. I also refer to stadiums by their Stadium Formerly Known As like I always used Candlestick instead of whatever corp name stamped on it.

[AlbertCory]

re Candlestick: at 3Com, we used to refer to that as Building 11 (that was when 3Com had a corporate sponsorship).

Even if you don't use the name, you still have to hear the announcers say "The Angels are playing the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate." Yuck.

[dylan604]

Ah, I see your assumption. I don't listen to announcers ;P

Also, I tend to watch very very little American sports. I'm pretty much a die hard English Football fan, and their stadiums have much more interesting names as well as some fun nicknames. The stadiums with corp names tend to be new money/onwers to the clubs. ManCity's Etihad (Emptyhad) comes to mind. Otherwise, "Stampford" Bridge, Old Trafford, Anfield, Goodison Park, St James' Park, Loftus Road, Stadium of Light, any and all much better than Corp$$OfTheSeason.

I am very conveniently ignoring the corp$$ on the jerseys. It doesn't fit my narrative here =)

[AlbertCory]

The only UK stadium I could name is Old Trafford. And Wembley.

[dylan604]

Also known as Old Toilet in some circles. Like I said, much more interesting names