Air Canada Centre to be renamed Scotiabank Arena

Aug 29th, 2017 3:15 pm

#1

Feb30th [OP]: Deal Addict; Jan 14, 2006; 1596 posts; 1102 upvotes; Richmond Hill, ON

Aug 29th, 2017 3:15 pm

Air Canada Centre to be renamed Scotiabank Arena

https://www.thestar.com/sports/2017/08/ ... arena.html

I think this sound so stupid.... Ottawa Senators used to play in Scotiabank Place (now Canadian Tire Centre)... it would make the Leafs sound like they are playing in Ottawa

Aug 29th, 2017 3:30 pm

#2

sixteen12: Deal Addict; Aug 15, 2010; 2362 posts; 767 upvotes

Aug 29th, 2017 3:30 pm

Welcome to the world of sponsorships...

Calgary - Scotiabank Saddledome
Halifax - Scotiabank Centre

Edmonton - Rogers Place
Vancouver - Rogers Arena

How can an ant carry twenty times its body weight, but root beer floats are still delicious?

Aug 29th, 2017 3:39 pm

#3

booblehead: Deal Expert; Jul 30, 2007; 32079 posts; 19297 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 29th, 2017 3:39 pm

by then, the place would have been 40+ yrs old and perhaps a brand new stadium is in dire need.

Aug 29th, 2017 4:15 pm

#4

joeyjoejoe: Deal Guru; May 9, 2006; 12517 posts; 3227 upvotes

Aug 29th, 2017 4:15 pm

sixteen12 wrote: ↑ Welcome to the world of sponsorships...

Calgary - Scotiabank Saddledome
Halifax - Scotiabank Centre

Edmonton - Rogers Place
Vancouver - Rogers Arena

Don't forget Rogers Centre in Toronto.

New name sounds stupid, but sometimes sponsorships are funny.... like TD Gardens. Take that Boston!

Aug 29th, 2017 4:36 pm

#5

jenviea: Deal Expert; Jul 23, 2007; 15374 posts; 8284 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 29th, 2017 4:36 pm

After Scotia bailed on Buskerfest, Nuit Blanche, CHIN Picnic and Caribana in 2015, I guess the money had to go somewhere

Aug 29th, 2017 4:57 pm

#6

burnt69: Deal Addict; Oct 6, 2015; 2463 posts; 1396 upvotes

Aug 29th, 2017 4:57 pm

joeyjoejoe wrote: ↑ Don't forget Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Yeah but Rogers literally owns "Rogers Center" (aka the SkyDome), as well as the Toronto Blue Jays. While Air Canada, Scotiabank, TD do not own those venues, they just pay to have their name and promotional marketing on them.

Aug 29th, 2017 5:49 pm

#7

kenchau: Deal Guru; Apr 11, 2006; 11405 posts; 5766 upvotes; Vaughan

Aug 29th, 2017 5:49 pm

burnt69 wrote: ↑ Yeah but Rogers literally owns "Rogers Center" (aka the SkyDome), as well as the Toronto Blue Jays. While Air Canada, Scotiabank, TD do not own those venues, they just pay to have their name and promotional marketing on them.

Exactly this.

Futhermore, indirectly via MLSE, Rogers (and Bell) own the ACC (soon to be Scotiabank Arena), BioSteel Centre, Maple Leafs, Raptors, Marlies, FC, Leafs TV, NBA TV Canada, etc.

This is free money to them if a corporation wants their name to appear.

Aug 30th, 2017 4:54 am

#8

webshark: Deal Addict; May 22, 2016; 2390 posts; 621 upvotes; Ontario

Aug 30th, 2017 4:54 am

Lame

Aug 30th, 2017 11:27 am

#9

chadw01: Deal Fanatic; Mar 28, 2006; 5498 posts; 5145 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 30th, 2017 11:27 am

I will forever call it the ACC, just like I still use Skydome.

+2

Aug 30th, 2017 2:23 pm

#10

mcewen: Deal Addict; Aug 1, 2005; 1884 posts; 159 upvotes

Aug 30th, 2017 2:23 pm

Kingston: Roger's K-Rock Centre.

Aug 30th, 2017 2:53 pm

#11

10ksox: Newbie; Aug 29, 2017; 10 posts; 3 upvotes

Aug 30th, 2017 2:53 pm

Agree name is "meh".

Although of all the big banks I like the service at Scotiabank best, so there's that :-)

Aug 30th, 2017 4:13 pm

#12

TheRealVinsanity: Deal Fanatic; Nov 16, 2011; 7661 posts; 723 upvotes

Aug 30th, 2017 4:13 pm

Money talks. Long live the Skydome !!!!!!

+1

Aug 30th, 2017 4:14 pm

#13

ShadowVlican: Deal Expert; Jun 12, 2003; 15120 posts; 1518 upvotes; Markham

Aug 30th, 2017 4:14 pm

It'll always be the Skydome to me

ShadowVlican

+2

Aug 30th, 2017 4:23 pm

#14

coriolis: Deal Expert; May 22, 2005; 20785 posts; 6259 upvotes; GTA

Aug 30th, 2017 4:23 pm

Using Forbe's evaluation here: https://www.forbes.com/nhl-valuations/list/#tab:overall

Scotiabank paid $800 Million, though over 20 years. They could of bought a team. I suppose they're banking on the Leafs and Raptors to do well.

Aug 30th, 2017 5:39 pm

#15

makaturing: Deal Addict; Jul 23, 2013; 3038 posts; 1050 upvotes; A small town north o…

Aug 30th, 2017 5:39 pm

coriolis wrote: ↑Scotiabank paid $800 Million, though over 20 years. They could of have bought a team.

Yeah, they should have bought the Clippers and moved them to Winnipeg.

Aug 31st, 2017 6:05 pm

#16

10ksox: Newbie; Aug 29, 2017; 10 posts; 3 upvotes

Aug 31st, 2017 6:05 pm

makaturing wrote: ↑ Yeah, they should have bought the Clippers and moved them to Winnipeg.

More like "should have bought a southern US based hockey team and moved them to Quebec City."

I need to see Quebec City vs. Montreal hockey again and would commit to Scotiabank forever if they helped make it happen!

+1

Sep 1st, 2017 9:52 pm

#17

Biff88: Deal Addict; Mar 10, 2011; 2513 posts; 698 upvotes; Toronto

Sep 1st, 2017 9:52 pm

Not that it matters much, but there will be less exposure of our country's name on American NBA or NHL telecasts.
No more "Tonight live from the Air "Canada" Centre in Toronto...blah, blah, blah".

Sep 5th, 2017 9:28 pm

#18

CrazyJo82: Deal Addict; Oct 18, 2007; 3974 posts; 1269 upvotes

Sep 5th, 2017 9:28 pm

Wish they were more creative... at least it's Scotiabank Saddledome... they kept some of the original name...

No one will refer it as Scotiabank Centre... It'll be ACC...

Would people have accepted Scotiabank Maple Leafs Garden?

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Sep 15th, 2017 5:53 pm

#19

moulamou: Deal Addict; Oct 30, 2008; 2792 posts; 2232 upvotes; GTA

Sep 15th, 2017 5:53 pm

What a waste of 800 million. I'll never get naming a sports arena for these arm sums of money.

It never made me want to fly with Air Canada and certainly not banking with Scotiabank!

Please don’t confuse my kindness for weakness.

+1

Sep 23rd, 2017 10:54 am

#20

UrbanPoet: Deal Expert; Jan 27, 2004; 50529 posts; 14883 upvotes; ONTARIO

Sep 23rd, 2017 10:54 am

CrazyJo82 wrote: ↑ Wish they were more creative... at least it's Scotiabank Saddledome... they kept some of the original name...

No one will refer it as Scotiabank Centre... It'll be ACC...

Would people have accepted Scotiabank Maple Leafs Garden?

It works. Paramount has dissapeared from our conciousness. Growing up in the heart of toronto whenever someone said "paramount", it would refer to the huge cinema downtown.

Now i don't hear anyone calling it that anymore.. just scotia theatre.

Skydome vs rogers center.
Im going to try to keep that one alive.

Weird thing... toronto raptors is sponsored by bmo , a competitor to scotia.

All my threads are upvote parties! All positive vibe post get upvotes.

Air Canada Centre to be renamed Scotiabank Arena

Air Canada Centre to be renamed Scotiabank Arena

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