... Wrigley Field isn't named after a corporation. It was named to honor William Wrigley Sr. after he died in 1932.

Yeah, I know, same name, but it was not named for the company, it was named to honor an individual.

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What a terrible comparison, a park that is the second oldest in baseball to one of newest..........the Chase/First Chicago/Midwest Bank /Tweeter Center Park in Arizona is the exact same as   Wrigley (yes, formerly Weeghman Park) Field....

just screams "Go out and buy a 300 million dollar 400 seat airplane right now!"

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Comiskey, and that is what it should be.

if they did, they would get angry letters from the bowl and sponsor and have their press credentials (or even broadcast rights) revoked. Plus, most of those sponsors are advertisers, and they don't want to upset them.

Besides, what do they care if it's the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl rather than just the Poinsettia Bowl?  

tried that when the new Mile High Stadium was named "Invesco Field at Mile High".  They vowed in print to continue using the name "Mile High Stadium".  I think they finally had to bow to pressure from advertisers, but some of their columnists still use the old name.

bother me 'cause after I'm in the ball park, it's not plastered all over the place.

I think it goes back to comfort level. Like Wayne and Garth said, "we fear change, we hate change".

If ribbon boards go up but are not constantly flashing (for those who have been to that AZ PoS you know what I mean), it won't be bad.

But my guess is the landmark status of certain aspects of the ballpark may prohibit some changes (e.g. the scoreboard, ivy, marquee etc).

What I care most about is NOT having the incessant blather of musical notes & percussion instruments blaring in my ears. Not just between innings and batters but BETWEEN pitches. Ever notice US Commiscular? Spare the decibels, save my sanity. 'course I go there only 3 times a season (guess which 3 times).

.. since I live in Long Beach, about 20 miles from both L.A. and Anaheim, I'll give it a go. The prevailing opinion is that Moreno is fooling no one, but just the same, he can name his team whatever he wants. Anaheim is about 25 miles south of the L.A. border. His stated goal was to generate more revenue by being able to get higher dollars for ads and broadcasting rights because L.A. is in the name, but not much has been said if this plan actually worked. The fact they're a successful team and arguably more popular than the Dodgers the last few years likely helps much more than any name change ever could. He's been advertising more heavily on billboards and the ike in the L.A. area, but what that's done is prompt McCourt and the Dodgers to do the same in Orange County. Long story short, the LAA name still does draw snickers from many quarters.

Oakland A's fans have made fun of the LAA name ever since it began. But now that they're on track to move to a new stadium in Fremont, they're going to be the Oakland Athletics of Fremont, or OAFs.

that's sort of the Anti-Arte argument, yeah.

As someone who lived in Southern California for eight years before moving to Northern California a few months ago, I have a different outlook on it than some of the locals.

Yeah, it's 25 miles from downtown LA to "downtown" Anaheim.  In contrast, it's 32 miles from downtown Chicago to Naperville.  A quick check of the online phone book  in Naperville shows the Hampton Inn, Chicago/Naperville, Courtyard Inn--Chicago/Naperville, Planned Parenthood of Chicago, etc., etc.  Who are they trying to fool?  (Yes, we both know who.)

To me, it's all one big market that revolves around the city of Los Angeles. When Anaheim gets their own TV market, I'll start considering them separate.  (And no, KDOC doesn't count.  Not as long as they continue to insist upon "must carry" in Los Angeles county, they don't.  Besides, it's nothing but old reruns anyway.)

It's one media market. It's one giant mega-opolis.  

As far as "anyone who lives in the SoCal area pretty much knows that LA has nothing to do with Anaheim"--again, that's what the Anaheim civic boosters claim and want you to believe.  But the truth of the matter is that our traditional ideas of "the suburbs" no longer holds.  Is Anaheim a suburb of Los Angeles in the sense of being a bedroom community like Fairview on Desperate Housewives?  No, of course not.  But it's a city that owes its very existence to being in the orbit of Los Angeles.  What do we call that?

Anaheim seems to have no problems telling tourists that Disneyland is in the "Los Angeles area."

And to be honest, before I moved out there, all of Southern California north of San Diego was just "Los Angeles" to me.  So I think Arte knows what he's talking about.

(Irony of ironies, the Angels only moved to Anaheim because Long Beach insisted they be called the "Long Beach Angels" if they moved there.  Anaheim told Autry he could call them whatever he liked.  Autry always refused to call name them Anaheim.)

Look, the complexities of Southern California and the relationship between Los Angeles and the other cities is way too complex to go into here.    But let's just say I have no problems with him calling the team the Los Angeles Angels.  And what Anaheim has managed to do is get Arte to move the team to Whittier in 2016 when his lease runs out.