What do we call the Stadium?..

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Freebie stadium :lol:
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frankiemac wrote:its the olympic stadium isnt it, until the sponsor comes in

arsenal was ashburton grove prior to being called the emirates
man city was eastlands, city of manchester stadium and is now the etihad...
boltons reebok is now the macron!
In my head, it is always the first sponsor, especially if it is named after the sponsor at the opening. I still, accidentally, refer to Bolton's stadium as the Reebok. I also never called Newcastle or Orient's stadium by the then sponsored name.

Because of the history of the Olympic Stadium, I think I will always refer to it as the OS, in the printed medium, and Stratford in the spoken word. I already say things like; "When we move to Stratford, or "I wonder what it will be like going over Stratford next year". I don't think I will ever use any sponsor's name.
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How about the " Stratford community arena" anyone can use it as whufc do for twenty five days a year.
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If we get into Europe then for any such matches it will have to be known by its formal name: "The Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park", as sponsor named stadium are not allowed. Even the Emirates has to be referred to as Ashburton Grove!
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If we're not allowed to use "The Olympic Stadium" due to copyright then why not simply "The Olympic Park Stadium"??

Once there's a sponsor it can slot right in:
  • "The [SPONSOR] Olympic Park Stadium"


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The stadium in Rome which held the 1960 Olympics is still called the Stadio Olimpico ;)
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We can call it whatever we like, lots of people call The Boleyn Ground, Upton Park
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Heysel76 wrote:We can call it whatever we like, lots of people call The Boleyn Ground, Upton Park
I reckon most people call it upton park
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It's a good pub quiz question: "what is the name of West Ham's stadium"
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Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote:The stadium in Rome which held the 1960 Olympics is still called the Stadio Olimpico ;)

As is Hertha Berlin stadium
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Alfiehammer wrote:It's a good pub quiz question: "what is the name of West Ham's stadium"
Theres still many who get the name of our current home wrong & we've been there 112 years
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