The Oakland Arena to be renamed...

by JudBooshlur on Oct 20, 2006 2:46 PM PDT

The Oracle

just announced on KNBR..Oracle has signed a 10 year sponsorship agreement.

I'm against corporate names to begin with and was happy that nobody cared enough to make a real bid at the naming rights for the Warriors court. But considering some of the horrible names out there, the Oracle doesn't sound that bad - it has a mysterious ring to it.

What do you think?

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what do you think about "The Oracle" name

how do you go #2 when you don't have a colon?

7 votes

Like it

22 votes

It's aiight

19 votes

Hate It

3 votes

Dunleavy lost

5 votes

56 votes | Poll has closed

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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Heh, I actually kinda like it

Usually corporate sponsorships result in the dumbest of names, but The Oracle is pretty bad@$$ sounding.

by jonathan on Oct 20, 2006 2:50 PM PDT reply actions

Couldn't care less

I will never call it that and I know I'm not in the minority here. Candlestick will always be Candlestick, the Oakland Coliseum will always be that, not The Mac or whatever the hell they call it. Same with the Arena in Oakland. Only name I would get behind would be "The Pink Taco Arena" like what the Arizona Cardinals new stadium was almost named. It seems like a giant waste of money to me that these corporations spend on naming rights...I am no further inclined to buy Oracle products (not even sure what they make to be brutally honest) now that the arena is named after it. Apparently some people are though, otherwise these corporations wouldn't keep spending so much for a name.

by MoUpInTheO on Oct 20, 2006 3:10 PM PDT reply actions

Advertising

It really helps with their name recognition. You would not believe how much business this kind of move generates for companies.

by ssmokinjoe on Oct 20, 2006 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

You know this means....

....that we'll be trading for the Matrix!!! Awesome. We'll dodge Western Conference bullets left and right.

Top 7 of '07 draft = Warriors only chance of being good over the next 5 years

by jgodoski on Oct 20, 2006 3:10 PM PDT reply actions

It's Tight

It's not like the Arena in Oakland was a good name. Plus, I'd rather have The Oracle than the Ross Dress For Less Arena. LOL. And I think Oracle makes vacuums so I guess it just personifies how much we suck.

by DaAzNJRiCh on Oct 20, 2006 3:13 PM PDT reply actions

i like it

sounds good and Oracle is a HUGE company...HUGE. The industry leader for enterprise level database software. Hopefully this opens the door for Larry Elison (the owener/CEO of Oracle and mega billionaire) to buy the W's. He has been trying to buy a Bay Area sports franchise for years now. Think Mark Cuban of the Bay Area.