Twins New Stadium to be Named "Target Field"

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    At least its not called Walmart Field..
  • YieldInHiding
    YieldInHiding Posts: 1,841
    eyes of the world wrote:
    Outdoor baseball in Minnesota in April and September? Isn't it kind of cold there? Why not a retractable roof?

    It's 67 right now during the game and it's going to be 72 tomorrow.

    Isn't it kind of cold in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, and New York in April and September too sometimes? Somehow these teams have managed to play games outdoors for the past...uh...century? I say thanks, but no thanks to that roof.
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.
  • bookmuse
    bookmuse Posts: 277
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    At least its not called Walmart Field..


    Love the comment...Thank Goodness its not...as a resident of Minneapolis I may not have been able to set foot on the field.
    "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes" ~ M Kuhn
  • darthvedder81
    darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    I was "meh" on the name at first but it actually doesn't bother me anymore. I'd prefer stadiums named after individuals but that's not the world we live in now. Target is a good company and the name is generic enough to not be annoying (as opposed to "Petco Park" or "Network Associates Coliseium").
    So this life is sacrifice...
    6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul
  • ewokpelts
    ewokpelts Posts: 730
    eyes of the world wrote:
    Outdoor baseball in Minnesota in April and September? Isn't it kind of cold there? Why not a retractable roof?
    cuz the min-e-sotans are stupid. and cheap.
  • Arcticangel
    Arcticangel Posts: 1,443
    eyes of the world wrote:
    Outdoor baseball in Minnesota in April and September? Isn't it kind of cold there? Why not a retractable roof?

    Because baseball is meant to be played outside. :) We're hearty folk in the midwest, we'll bundle up and survive just fine.
    PJ: St. Paul 6.16.2003, St. Paul 6.26.2006, St. Paul 6.27.2006, Hartford 6.27.2008, Mansfield 6.28.2008, Mansfield 6.30.2008, Beacon Theater 7.1.2008, Toronto 8.21.2009, Chicago 8.23.2009, Chicago 8.24.2009, Philly 10.30.2009, Philly 10.31.2009, Columbus 5.6.2010, Noblesville 5.7.2010

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  • Skitch Patterson
    Skitch Patterson Posts: 642
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    I was "meh" on the name at first but it actually doesn't bother me anymore. I'd prefer stadiums named after individuals but that's not the world we live in now. Target is a good company and the name is generic enough to not be annoying (as opposed to "Petco Park" or "Network Associates Coliseium").


    Also it is a locally based company (us operations at least) for the area. That helps too. Tech names are bad (A.- they seem to change more, B.- they just dont flow right).

    Would I prefer the ballpark here be called Tiger Park or The NEW Tiger Stadium? Perhaps, but as far as corporate names go "Comerica Park" flows okay, and was a local company
  • YieldInHiding
    YieldInHiding Posts: 1,841
    ewokpelts wrote:
    cuz the min-e-sotans are stupid. and cheap.

    Please let us know when you decide to add something meaningful to a conversation.
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.

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