The Dunk no more

[Mr. French]

The freaking place is still gonna spill water, talk about a dump.

The Damp Amp Dump sounds snappy and concise.

 

[dennismenace]

The AMP is a great nickname if you say it as an acronym. You go there to get amped. Etc.

Good for Heavy Metal Concerts:

 

[CTBasketball]

Hartford’s got heart.

 

[Devland]

AMP in an acronym for Asian Massage Parlor. Maybe PC is hoping for happy endings.

 

[8893]

Who is picking on the city of Providence?

This is just about the name of the venue. The Dunk was a great name on a number of levels. The AMP will work, but few will connect it to Amica.

 

[uconngb]

Here’s one difference:

Hartford, home to 4 time champ UConn.

Providence, home to Disney on Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America.

Yeah, I can see how you would be offended

 

[ctchamps]

Did y’all miss the part where they listed the highlights of the place as hosting “Providence basketball, Disney on Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America”???

Does that not sum up Providence??? Holy 3rd rate cities……

What you talkin bout Willis?

Disney On Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America at least offer some value to the naming rights.

Two out of three ain’t bad!

 

[BGesus4]

Can’t argue with that.

The best thing Providence basketball has going for it is not related to the basketball team.

 

[uconngb]

What you talkin bout Willis?

Disney On Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America at least offer some value to the naming rights.

Two out of three ain’t bad!

Well said!

 

[Rasputin]

I’m a Mets fan. I was referring to the fact that shortly after Citi paid for the naming rights it received a massive bailout during the financial crisis in which we all theoretically owned it in part.

Which was paid back in full, with an additional $12 billion profit for the government.

 

[Dove]

And low-voltage basketball?

 

[John]

if the athletic department were smart they'd sell naming rights to Gampel.

 

[BGesus4]

Which was paid back in full, with an additional $12 billion profit for the government.

That’s true, and it needed to be done.

Doesn’t change the fact that we were forced to play financiers because they couldn’t manage their risk well (citi much worse than most of the banks).

Side note, great handle.

 

[Viet Vet]

Do most people actually call these places by their new/newer corporate names?

Don't think I've ever heard anyone call the White Sox stadium Guaranteed Rate, it's always Comiskey or The Cell. Never heard anyone call Sears Tower the Willis Tower.

I guess it depends on the name, Citi Field and The Dunk are both good names. XL is a pretty good name but I still call it the Civic Center.

Having grown up in Branford, I will always refer to New Haven's bridge as "the Q".

 

[Ports21]

if the athletic department were smart they'd sell naming rights to Gampel.

Stunned this hasn't happened already with them being in financial despair

 

[HooperScooper]

if the athletic department were smart they'd sell naming rights to Gampel.

Didn't they already do that with Harry Gampel? I don't know what the deal was with Gampel and if they could sell the naming rights to supersede his name. Considering the athletic department shortfalls I'm sure the naming rights has been explored.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Didn't they already do that with Harry Gampel? I don't know what the deal was with Gampel and if they could sell the naming rights to supersede his name. Considering the athletic department shortfalls I'm sure the naming rights has been explored.

The Boneyard at Gampel Pavilion.

Pass the hat, I'm in.

 

[LBird33]

Curious what the XL Center deal is compared to this.

We get two loves of bread and a can of soup

 

[LBird33]

Don’t forget it the pavilion of the greatest WWE events too

 

[gampelcrazies]

Didn't they already do that with Harry Gampel? I don't know what the deal was with Gampel and if they could sell the naming rights to supersede his name. Considering the athletic department shortfalls I'm sure the naming rights has been explored.

They can’t nor should they even attempt to change the name.

 

[John]

They can’t nor should they even attempt to change the name.

BobsDiscountFurnitureCrazies?

 

[HooperScooper]

if the athletic department were smart they'd sell naming rights to Gampel.

Was curious if they could so did some digging around. No can do. I figured they would have explored it if they could. FWIW Gampel's total donation for Gampel Pavilion was only $1 million. The entire project was $21 million. I bet it would cost 10 times that today and a lot more to get naming rights in perpetuity.

The lead private donor for the Sports Center Complex was Harry A. Gampel, a 1943 UConn Business School graduate, whose $1 million gift was the largest private contribution to UConn at that time, and the school gave him naming rights in perpetuity to the basketball arena.

Harry A. Gampel Pavilion: The House that Basketball Built - UConn Today

Opened 25 years ago this month, Gampel Pavilion quickly became a crossroads for college basketball.

today.uconn.edu

 

[John]

Was curious if they could so did some digging around. No can do. I figured they would have explored it if they could. FWIW Gampel's total donation for Gampel Pavilion was only $1 million. The entire project was $21 million. I bet it would cost 10 times that today and a lot more to get naming rights in perpetuity.

The lead private donor for the Sports Center Complex was Harry A. Gampel, a 1943 UConn Business School graduate, whose $1 million gift was the largest private contribution to UConn at that time, and the school gave him naming rights in perpetuity to the basketball arena.

Harry A. Gampel Pavilion: The House that Basketball Built - UConn Today

Opened 25 years ago this month, Gampel Pavilion quickly became a crossroads for college basketball.

today.uconn.edu

in perpetuity

I give you the UConn athletic department

 

[FfldCntyFan]

FWIW Gampel's total donation for Gampel Pavilion was only $1 million. The entire project was $21 million. I bet it would cost 10 times that today and a lot more to get naming rights in perpetuity.

Harry A. Gampel Pavilion: The House that Basketball Built - UConn Today

Opened 25 years ago this month, Gampel Pavilion quickly became a crossroads for college basketball.

today.uconn.edu

Conversely, Gampel Pavilion has paid for itself (at least) five times over since it opened. If all of the school's construction projects were this successful we would be in a far better position.