Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
Rogers Centre????!?!?!?
Apparently as of today the skydome will now be called the Rogers Centre.
Sorry but that name will never come out of my lips.The least the could have done was called it the Rogers Skydome for God sake
SKYDOME FOREVER!
PS: Rogers sucks
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Feb-02-2005 17:07
starsearcher
DigitalPunk on Flight643
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto
lol...i thought it was supposed to be Rogers Field...oh well Rogers Centre it is...
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
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Originally posted by starsearcher
lol...i thought it was supposed to be Rogers Field...oh well Rogers Centre it is...
Either way its crap.
Whats next? The CN tower will be called the Viagra pole?
We cant just go renaming landmarks
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Originally posted by jester
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Feb-02-2005 17:12
starsearcher
DigitalPunk on Flight643
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto
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Originally posted by Jayx1
We cant just go renaming landmarks
Hmmm why not? it happends all the time...i mean yeah you have a point but it's not big deal I think...it's not like it's Maple Leaf Gardens you know...
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
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Originally posted by starsearcher
Hmmm why not? it happends all the time...i mean yeah you have a point but it's not big deal I think...it's not like it's Maple Leaf Gardens you know...
Its worse. MLG was known to hockey fans. Skydome is a famous worldwide. Imagine if Paris changed the name of the Eiffel tower to the Microsoft mast?
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Feb-02-2005 17:15
Swamper
Webmonstah
Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Toronto, Canada
Lame.
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Feb-02-2005 17:16
Jayx1
Prime Minister of TOTA
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
My rogers contract is up for renewal in April. I think i shall be cancelling it in protest.
Im serious too. Our greatest source of power is how we spend our dollar.
Screw them
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Originally posted by jester
Everything in this country is illegal.
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"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill
Feb-02-2005 17:23
starsearcher
DigitalPunk on Flight643
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto
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Originally posted by Jayx1
Its worse. MLG was known to hockey fans. Skydome is a famous worldwide. Imagine if Paris changed the name of the Eiffel tower to the Microsoft mast?
Hmmmm please don't tell me that you're trying to compare the sky dome with the eiffel tower
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
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Originally posted by starsearcher
Hmmmm please don't tell me that you're trying to compare the sky dome with the eiffel tower
Why not? So what if one was built 90 years after the other one? They are both recognizable world landmarks and they are both archetectural marvels of their day.
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Feb-02-2005 17:24
starsearcher
DigitalPunk on Flight643
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto
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Originally posted by Jayx1
My rogers contract is up for renewal in April. I think i shall be cancelling it in protest.
Im serious too. Our greatest source of power is how we spend our dollar.
Screw them
Well what you could do is buy it from them for $25 million and then rename it back to sky dome
Originally posted by Jayx1
Why not? So what if one was built 90 years after the other one? They are both recognizable world landmarks and they are both archetectural marvels of their day.
I think you just overestimated Toronto by about a 100%....lol World Landmarks...let's go and ask some people where would they rather go...Paris or Toronto