Good news, bad news.
The good news is that I'm not the only one who hates the corporate sponsor names for stadiums, and in fact, one such stadium is getting its real name back:
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Candlestick Park finally got its good name back Friday.
After two much-criticized naming rights agreements with corporate sponsors over the past 12 years, the San Francisco 49ers formally announced their aging stadium will be known as Candlestick Park for the rest of its days.
Shortly after the Bay Area maker of electronic cables bought naming rights in 2004 for an estimated $1.5 million annually, San Francisco voters passed a proposition severely restricting the team's ability to resell the naming rights when the deal with Monster Cable expired.
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The bad news is that the people who agree with me are San Francisco voters!!
But that won't keep me from calling the Hoosier Dome, Jacobs Field and SkyDome by their real names. Next, we have to come up with "real" names for all the new ballparks that were given corporate names from their beginnings.
First up, DJ's Mariners. Got a non-corporate suggestion, DJ?