City Lad Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 theres been some talk now about the walkers being re named. any ideas for a new name?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 theres been some talk now about the walkers being re named. any ideas for a new name?? Pukka Pies Punchbowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 The Library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 theres been some talk now about the walkers being re named. any ideas for a new name?? No there hasn't we have somethiing like a 10 year deal with Walkers so the name of the stadium wont be changed any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Lad Posted 18 February 2007 Author Share Posted 18 February 2007 No there hasn't we have somethiing like a 10 year deal with Walkers so the name of the stadium wont be changed any time soon. i dont have a quote but Milan was asked about the stadium naming and he said that he was looking at all options open to him. people around me in the alliance and leicester stand wer talking about it before the CovScum match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets Be having You Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 No there hasn't we have somethiing like a 10 year deal with Walkers so the name of the stadium wont be changed any time soon. Err That may change Now MM is in the hot seat, he could buy out the contract and we could get new sponsors in fact i understand he has made a stement about that to the press i may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Joeb arena ? new filbert street ? just a suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 No there hasn't we have somethiing like a 10 year deal with Walkers so the name of the stadium wont be changed any time soon. I heard that Milan was talking to them about buying out the deal. EG if we gave them back the money they paid in full, then sold the rights for £5m then we would still be up £3.5M... Worth a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filbert_Ross Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Stella Artois Stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_thefoxes Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Wasnt the jjb arena once mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 I heard that Milan was talking to them about buying out the deal. EG if we gave them back the money they paid in full, then sold the rights for £5m then we would still be up £3.5M... Worth a go. If were him I'd be more concearned about buying the stadium back not renaming it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Wasnt the jjb arena once mentioned if that happened i would shoot myself, plus its unlikely as i dont think we ware with jjb next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Stella Artois Stadium ...I like [Mort to assembeled friends and/or coworkers on a cold Friday night] "Anyone fancy going down "the Stella" tommorow? ...works like a charm, seamless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen_lcfc Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 The Library Brilliant - and accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syston_fox Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Uncle Milan's Dream Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefoxtim Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 The Library. Bert...that is once again FANTASTIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Uncle Milan's Dream Factory very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 If were him I'd be more concearned about buying the stadium back not renaming it, Yep, well £3.5M is a nice big chunk of cash to start the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Yep, well £3.5M is a nice big chunk of cash to start the process. assuming someone else wants to pay £5million for the naming rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynny Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Me and Leonisco have a running joke about us being so poor that we have to take money from Gary Glitter as he launches as UK comeback. "The Gary Glitter Stadium" would be pretty cool, in a not-cool-at-all way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlashman Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 It could be a PR stunt on MM's part. If the name was sold for as little as some say then buying it out and renaming it even something without a sponsors name in it could be good PR for MM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snik-Snok Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 It should revert to Freemen's Wharf. That's the name of the land the ground was built on. It's unique and sounds good. I'm fed up of every ground being called '[insert name here] stadium'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 It was £1.5 mill for ten years, we've still got 5 1/2 years or so to go. MM only said he was talking to Walkers about it, nothing was said or intimated that he was going elsewhere. A&L offered more at the time but in instalments, the pre-admin board took the Walker's shilling up front to try and stave of administration, which nearly worked until Wise and his agent pissed all over us in a spate of revenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooper Steve's shin Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 It should revert to Freemen's Wharf. That's the name of the land the ground was built on. It's unique and sounds good. I'm fed up of every ground being called '[insert name here] stadium'. It's the future. They have been doing it for years in America. If someone wants to pay £Xmillion to name the stadium, why not? The trick is to do it with a new ground and BEFORE it gets a local name. We never called ours anything other than the Walkers Stadium (well, I think it was the Walkers Bowl for a couple of days) so the naming thing has worked well. If you look at Southampton, they built a new stadium and it got called St Marys by everyone, so no-one calls it the Friends Provident Stadium or whatever it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter3 Posted 18 February 2007 Share Posted 18 February 2007 Quite a few people refer to it as Filbert Way anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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