Arena nicknames?
11-22-2009, 05:34 AM
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Arena nicknames?
Any link to a list of nicknames of NHL arenas? If not, can you list some that I miss.
Pepsi Center (Colorado Avalanche): The Can
General Motors Place (Vancouver Canucks): The Garage
And correct if even those were wrong
11-22-2009, 05:52 AM
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11-22-2009, 06:27 AM
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I think I've heard this The Hangar before.
11-22-2009, 06:32 AM
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The Saddledome was called "The Library."
It's true.
11-22-2009, 06:36 AM
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The ACC should be called The Office.
11-22-2009, 07:07 AM
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11-22-2009, 07:20 AM
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Nassau Coliseum - "The Mausoleum"
11-22-2009, 08:39 AM
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GM Place == The Garage for obvious reasons. At least until 2015.
11-22-2009, 08:54 AM
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Buffalo's HSBC was originally nicknamed 'The Bank', but that has been done by many arenas named after banks.
One of the popular nicknames for HSBC is Hot Sauce, Blue Cheese (The traditional way to serve wings).
Doesn't roll off the tongue, but it does get the mouth watering and is original
11-22-2009, 08:57 AM
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The ACC should be called The Office.
I'd say it would make more sense to call Staples Center that.
11-22-2009, 08:59 AM
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Thrashers media staff tried to get us used to calling Philips Arena "Blueland," but "The Bulb" seems to be what has stuck.
11-22-2009, 09:03 AM
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The Scottrade Center is St. Louis is called "The Scott," but the name of our arena changes names about every 5 years, so it won't stay that way for long.
11-22-2009, 09:05 AM
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Buffalo's HSBC was originally nicknamed 'The Bank', but that has been done by many arenas named after banks.
One of the popular nicknames for HSBC is Hot Sauce, Blue Cheese (The traditional way to serve wings).
Doesn't roll off the tongue, but it does get the mouth watering and is original
I always thought HSBC stood for a popular phrase opposing players would say as they stepped off the airplane. That saying...
Holy
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Buffalos
Cold
11-22-2009, 09:09 AM
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I always thought HSBC stood for a popular phrase opposing players would say as they stepped off the airplane. That saying...
Very good.
Although, have a few of those wings and you will warm up in a hurry.
11-22-2009, 10:01 AM
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I'd say it would make more sense to call Staples Center that.
That works too, its just that about 90% of people in the lower bowl at the ACC look like they belong in an office, and most have probably just come from one.
11-22-2009, 10:05 AM
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11-22-2009, 10:14 AM
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pittsburgh-the igloo
Well, since Mellon Arena used to be named the Igloo, it's not really a nickname, per se.
11-22-2009, 10:15 AM
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11-22-2009, 10:46 AM
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11-22-2009, 10:50 AM
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MSG is referred to as "The Garden" or "The Worlds Most Famous Arena"
11-22-2009, 11:02 AM
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sorta a nickname cause it was the first name of our rink and lots of ppl still call it this
11-22-2009, 11:07 AM
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Well, since Mellon Arena used to be named the Igloo, it's not really a nickname, per se.
The Mellon Arena was named the Civic Arena previously. The Igloo has always been its nickname.
11-22-2009, 11:19 AM
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Philips Arena in Atlanta
11-22-2009, 11:23 AM
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The 'Shark tank'.
11-22-2009, 11:33 AM
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Also works for the Bell Centre.
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