Sanity restored in Arlington...

Dallas Morning News reporting Ameriquest Field will now be called Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, after Tom Hicks buys back naming rights.

Proof that the grass isn't always greener when you name a stadium.

Good job, Tom. Now if you could just sign Teixeira...

 

I thought this thread was going to be about Gannett (HQ'd in Arlington, Va.) but stupid me, I should have realized Gannett won't stop the insanity anytime soon.

 

Technically, it's in McLean (about 7 miles from Arlington), since we're splittin' hairs.

http://www.gannett.com/map/history.htm

When I worked for them, the bosses always referred to HQ as Arlington. But in reality, it's all one big traffic-congested suburb so it doesn't really matter.

Added: It's kind of like saying you live in OK City when you really live in Norman.

 

I remember the old Twin Towers in Rosslyn. The bar downstairs from USAT was, um, convenient.

 

An interesting development, since many locals have always referred to the Rangers' home park as "Rangers Stadium"...going back to the old Arlington Stadium days and continuing through the various manifestations of the "New Rangers Stadium."

 

i don't care enough to find the article on line but why would he buy it back? doesn't ameriquest pay him to have its name on there?

 

Well, with the hammer about to come down on the subprime lending market, Hicks perhaps didn't want his team emmeshed in that. Or maybe he wanted to build some goodwill be going retro.

 

I'd say leave the damn stadium names alone. Fickle corporate world changes its own identities more than Hollywood elitists change love partners...

 

Lindsay Lohan Stadium.

I like it.

 

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