OT: Staples Center now Cyrpto.com Arena

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It's believed to be the richest naming rights deal in sports history. :cool:
 

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When I first read it I thought it said Crypt. :wink2:
 

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Crypto.com arena is better than the Footprint center. Just saying. Crypto is still expanding. I am sure the company will do just fine if they have a sound management structure. They make REAL money being the "broker" for people trading and managing cryptocurrencies.
 

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Crypto.com arena is better than the Footprint center. Just saying. Crypto is still expanding. I am sure the company will do just fine if they have a sound management structure. They make REAL money being the "broker" for people trading and managing cryptocurrencies.

Personally I'd rather have a company more into the environment with naming rights like Footprint.
 

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Personally I'd rather have a company more into the environment with naming rights like Footprint.
My comment has nothing to do with what the companies do. My comment is on the name itself. Footprint is one of the dumbest naming rights a sport in AZ has had IMO. Probably my second least favorite next to the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
 

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My comment has nothing to do with what the companies do. My comment is on the name itself. Footprint is one of the dumbest naming rights a sport in AZ has had IMO. Probably my second least favorite next to the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

I don't see anything wrong with the name Footprint Center. I'm less concerned with what sounds cool and more about what the company does.
 

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I don't see anything wrong with the name Footprint Center. I'm less concerned with what sounds cool and more about what the company does.
Fair enough. Again my comments has nothing to do with "concerns" either. Just simply my reaction since it was renamed that stupid name.
 

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My comment has nothing to do with what the companies do. My comment is on the name itself. Footprint is one of the dumbest naming rights a sport in AZ has had IMO. Probably my second least favorite next to the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

I really didn't like Talking Stick Resort Arena. Dumb name and a bad job overall since Desert Sky Pavilion is now Ak Chin Pavilion and Jobing.com Arena is Gila River Arena. All I knew was there were a bunch of venues named after casinos but had no clue which were which. I only know these now because I googled them. I thought there was another but I guess I was wrong.

Locals know venues by 1 name usually and that's what they initially learned the name of the place was. Most people I know still call the Suns arena AWA or America West. I still call the Cardinals stadium University of Phoenix Stadium as well and knew quite a few people who do the same.

Naming rights are most valuable if you're first and if you aren't then you'll spend years hoping people won't call the place by it's old name.
 

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I really didn't like Talking Stick Resort Arena. Dumb name and a bad job overall since Desert Sky Pavilion is now Ak Chin Pavilion and Jobing.com Arena is Gila River Arena. All I knew was there were a bunch of venues named after casinos but had no clue which were which. I only know these now because I googled them. I thought there was another but I guess I was wrong.

Locals know venues by 1 name usually and that's what they initially learned the name of the place was. Most people I know still call the Suns arena AWA or America West. I still call the Cardinals stadium University of Phoenix Stadium as well and knew quite a few people who do the same.

Naming rights are most valuable if you're first and if you aren't then you'll spend years hoping people won't call the place by it's old name.
AWA is still my favorite.
 

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Say you got into the game when a bitcoin was 10 cents, around October 2010. If you invested $100, you’d have been able to buy about 1,000 bitcoins.

Those 1,000 bitcoins would’ve been worth more than $48 million, not accounting for compounding and assuming you bought and held the asset the entire time.
 
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