4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
That's terrible and dull, it's Bramley Moore and always will be
Yeah, I think that's exactly what's going to happen if we don't find a catchy sponsor.
No one is going to say "are you going to Everton Stadium at the weekend?"
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Even if they get a sponsor its still Bramley Moore, for example I never once called St James Park the Sports Direct arena, it was St James, this ground will only ever be Bramley Moore Dock.
JJK
Player Valuation: £5m
Have the disabled sections always been at the front of both ends?
Azza
Player Valuation: £80m
Imagine if we got sponsored by Maersk or another freight shipping company. Dave would implode.
I think it's all about how easy it is to say.
"The Emirates" is easier to say than "Ashburton Grove," for example.
St James Park is a different matter because they cynically tried to rename an historic ground.
I see the latest club missive says something like a fitting stadium to “grace” the waterfront
Stephen Gibson
Player Valuation: £15m
Plus "The Emirates" is a decent name & sponsor so it's probably been easier for the fans to accept. "The o2" is another great piece of naming. I hope we get something along those lines of these who also want to pay up for it.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
You call St James Park rather than the Sports Direct arena because it was always St James Park. The ground was built on St James Place - that's it's location. And just as no one calls St James Park 'St James Place', no one would have reason for calling the Everton Stadium 'Bramley Moore'. It's just it's location. It'd be like calling Goodison Park 'Goodison Road'. The two are distinct: stadium / location of stadium.
It's abundantly clear now that the club are reinforcing the name 'Everton Stadium'. That's in preparation for the naming rights deal.
The o3?
TonyT65
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Who, ever says "are ya going to Goodison Park at the weekend" ??
Are ya going the game / match ....name matters not apart from world wide sponsorship.
Dock will be dropped but that’s all by the majority of locals
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
If anything we should call Goodison ‘Mere Green Field’ if we’re going off location as that was the land we built on.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I think Mere Green was the field over the other side on Walton Lane opposite the park.
