Guest Av It Owl!! Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I know Wednesday are not the most switched on club when it comes to commercial awareness but I can’t help thinking that there is one area that can easily bring in some funds that the club has not considered. That is to have the stadium sponsored! Many teams have already done this and I am not just talking about in the Premier League. For example Huddersfield (John Smith’s Stadium), Brighton (Amex Stadium), Wigan (DW Stadium), Leicester City (King Power Stadium), Doncaster (Keepmoat Stadium), Derby (ipro Stadium) etc. Hillsborough will always be known as Hillsborough to me but I am prepared to sacrifice the sign on the side of the stadium if that brings in funds to finance a new striker!! Surely this is an avenue that MM should be looking at to boost the budget for next season otherwise we will be handing SG the same old small budget as previous seasons. We need to build on this seasons success so we can push on next season instead of fight off relegation once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonowl1986 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I'll never call our ground anything but the name it is. I don't think I could take it being called anything else by anyone else. It's been called what it is for a reason. It should stay that same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny79 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Its Hillsborough, we'll have no soul selling round these parts, thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Wouldn't bother me if the ground was sponsored because I'd always call it hillsborough anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLS about that? Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 No thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Owl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) 'There's news coming in of a goal, over to Neil Mellor at The Sausage Cottage for a live update' Edited March 26, 2014 by H2Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Great_Hope Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 What do all the grounds mentioned in your OP have in common though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee A Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 What do all the grounds mentioned in your OP have in common though? Most of the clubs are doing well? Also they're boring, soulless and look ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 If it brought in an extra £2m a year I wouldn't mind aslong as it wasn't called anything embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonowl1986 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 'There's news coming in of a goal, over to Neil Mellor at The Sausage Cottage for a live update' Thought would be more fitting for Brighton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee A Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 'There's news coming in of a goal, over to Neil Mellor at The Sausage Cottage for a live update' "Yeah its a goal for Wednesday Jeff Corner swung in from the left, and it's headed in by Leon Best, he celebrates in front of the John McClure stand, 1-0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan27 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 We have trouble attracting shirt sponsors. It's going to be even harder attracting stadium sponsors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skid_Mark Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Henderson's relish stand would be a good move. Nowt better to splash on your pies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Owl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The Danny Wilson Mega-Stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 i don't think our stadium's name could be changed because of the disaster it will forever be associated with. the Burger King 96 wouldn't really be appropriate would it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyowl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 No. Just simply..... No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan27 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The Offical England, Leeds Rhinos, Sheffield Wednesday Pukka Pie Band Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest waistline ye diddle Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 All the stadiums you mention are brand new, it doesn't work with old grounds as the fans refuse to use the new name and therefore sponsors aren't interested. Just look what happened with Newcastle, renames it after Sports Direct, everyone refuses to call it that and after no interest for a couple of months he decides it's a bad idea. You even say yourself you will always call it Hilsborough so why would a company be interested in the bad publicity negative fan reaction would bring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) How about the One Night Stand? Of course we would need a Band Stand Edited March 26, 2014 by darklord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 If it bags us some Wonga, they could name it whatever they like. We'd all just call it Hillsborough anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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