Staples Center changes name to Crypto.com Arena

SFour · Post #1 » by **SFour** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:58 am

kinda weird.....didn't know you could have a URL in an arena name

Read on Twitter

Dominator83 · Post #2 » by **Dominator83** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:58 am

DusterBuster · Post #3 » by **DusterBuster** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:02 am

That's embarrassing.

Post #4 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:03 am

Yeah, that's lame as hell... :oops:

Post #5 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:04 am

They couldn't at least negotiated to take out the .com in the name? I mean Crypto arena would be bad still, but far better than "The Crypto.com Arena".

Like DustBuster said above, that's just straight up embarrassing.

miamiheat319 · Post #6 » by **miamiheat319** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:06 am

Absolutely terrible

Post #7 » by **Reeko** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:07 am

This is something we should be reading on the Onion. These guys are a UFC sponsor as well, so they must be doing really well.

Post #8 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:07 am

Gonna tell the kids this was Lakers era LeBron.

kenwood3333 · Post #9 » by **kenwood3333** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:08 am

Embrassing for the owner to sell the naming right on this historic venue.

Antinomy · Post #10 » by **Antinomy** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:09 am

May be one of the worst arena names in history.

Talking Stick Resort Arena from a few years back wasn’t this bad.

DusterBuster · Post #11 » by **DusterBuster** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:10 am

Duke4life831 wrote:They couldn't at least negotiated to take out the .com in the name? I mean Crypto arena would be bad still, but far better than "The Crypto.com Arena".

Like DustBuster said above, that's just straight up embarrassing.

Yeah, the .com is the extra cringe part of it. Crypto Arena isn't awesome by a long shot, but like... 30% better?

Mamba Mentality · Post #12 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:11 am

Move over Smoothie King, we’re taking the title for worst arena name….this is embarrassing.

ADMVP · Post #13 » by **ADMVP** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:11 am

Antinomy wrote:May be one of the worst arena names in history.

Talking Stick Resort Arena from a few years back wasn’t this bad.

I loved that name of Talking Stick Resort Arena actually. The new name is boring.

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CreekShow · Post #14 » by **CreekShow** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:12 am

Didnt realize it had only been around for 22 years. Dumb name but who really cares besides Lakers fans?

Post #15 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:12 am

kenwood3333 wrote:Embrassing for the owner to sell the naming right on this historic venue.

To be clear though, it's not owned by the Lakers org, and "Largest Naming Rights deal in history" has a nice ring to it... Even if the name sucks balls.

I'm just going to go ahead and blame Ballmer and the Clippers... This has 'Clipper Move' written all over it.

oversteerdawg · Post #16 » by **oversteerdawg** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:13 am

I might be in the minority, but I don't see why an office supply chain any better.

Post #17 » by **Cactus Jack** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:14 am

Antinomy wrote:May be one of the worst arena names in history.

Mamba Mentality wrote:Move over Smoothie King, we’re taking the title for worst arena name….this is embarrassing.

Yes, Amazon did buy the rights & named it Climate Pledge Arena. But got to admit that crypto.com as a name is pretty high on the list.

SactoKingsFan · Post #18 » by **SactoKingsFan** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:14 am

Duke4life831 wrote:They couldn't at least negotiated to take out the .com in the name? I mean Crypto arena would be bad still, but far better than "The Crypto.com Arena".

Like DustBuster said above, that's just straight up embarrassing.

Crypto.com is the name of the crypto exchange. There would be no point in paying 700+ million for just Crypto Arena which would be too generic.

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SFour · Post #19 » by **SFour** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:14 am

oversteerdawg wrote:I might be in the minority, but I don't see why an office supply chain any better.

I didn't even realize it was Staples the office supply store until today :lol:

jordanwilliams6 · Post #20 » by **jordanwilliams6** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:16 am

DusterBuster wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:They couldn't at least negotiated to take out the .com in the name? I mean Crypto arena would be bad still, but far better than "The Crypto.com Arena".

Like DustBuster said above, that's just straight up embarrassing.

Yeah, the .com is the extra cringe part of it. Crypto Arena isn't awesome by a long shot, but like... 30% better?

Crypto Arena could mean anything to anybody. The .com signifies why the sponsorship of the arena would be worth so much. It's paid advertising.