Here's another one for you. Initially, the "new" arena in Philadelphia year ago was the CoreStates Center, named after a big bank in the region. Well, CoreStates was up for grabs, and its suitors including Bank of Boston. Imagine what Philadelphians would have thought if their home teams were playing in the Bank of Boston Center -- in Philadelphia! As it turned out, First Union took over CoreStates, and the arena (for a while) became known as the First Union Center. Which, according to some Philadelphians' way of thinking, was very amusing, as the Flyers and Sixers were playing in the F.U. Center. Now, of course, it's the Wachovia Center, but the choices here -- both real and imagined -- were the source of great amusement and (with respect to Bank of Boston) some fear.
Well, for all of yesterday (Feb 28) the FleetCentre was called "Boston Garden", thanks to the owner of this website. It wasn't his original suggestion (UFIA Centre and Abe Vigoda Memorial Centre were supposedly turned down), but a compromise to which the Fleet Centre people agreed.
Who the hell's calling it the "Fleet Centre" anyway?
Jesus, is there any sense on bidding on this at all? Everything suggested that has at least one iota of humor gets rejected by the committee! Here's hoping someone suggests my personal fave -- the Mary Jo Kopechne Centre.
