Jimmy Pop Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Pop Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 https://www.nhl.com/jets/news/true-north-bell-mts-announce-new-names-for-downtown-arena-and-iceplex/c-289669662 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Lame. Doesn't role off the tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said: Lame. Doesn't role off the tongue. And they'll change it again once the contract runs out or just Bell Place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Meh, not a surprise after Bell bought MTS. It's just a name and I'm sure most will continue to call it MTS Centre for a good while, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: And they'll change it again once the contract runs out or just Bell Place. Bell is spending a lot of money on re branding MTS to BellMTS so I suspect they dont drop the MTS part anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just now, blue_gold_84 said: Meh, not a surprise after Bell bought MTS. It's just a name and I'm sure most will continue to call it MTS Centre for a good while, anyway. Arena not one of the 10,000 customers forced to switch to Telus Jimmy Pop and blue_gold_84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: Arena not one of the 10,000 customers forced to switch to Telus Bahahaha... I still can't believe that. Glad I left MTS back in 2014 (switched to Bell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 why bother having that in there when there is a Bell center in the league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigg jay Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, iHeart said: why bother having that in there when there is a Bell center in the league? To keep up with Rogers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, iHeart said: why bother having that in there when there is a Bell center in the league? Vancouver/Edmonton share the same sponsor with Rogers Arena/Place. So think we can share a Centre/Place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) listen they can call it whatever they want I'll still refer to it as MTS center, I mean this is kind of ridiculous, it's like what if they changed the old arena's name? eventually I'll refer to it by it's new name, just not now Edited May 30, 2017 by iHeart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just now, iHeart said: listen they can call it whatever they want I'll still refer to it as MTS center, I mean this is kind of ridiculous, it's like what if they changed the old arena's name? I'm not being paid to call it MTS so to me its the arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 14 minutes ago, iHeart said: why bother having that in there when there is a Bell center in the league? Because Bell paid a lot of money for MTS and is spending a lot of money re-branding to BellMTS. MTS didnt buy the naming rights out of the goodness of their hearts - its advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) MTS originally purchased the naming rights in 2003, calling the arena the MTS Centre. It was a 10-year deal at the time but the deal had been extended to 2021 with the option to extend to 2030. So it's Bell until 2021 then who knows. Edited May 30, 2017 by FrostyWinnipeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Khari Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 51 minutes ago, iHeart said: why bother having that in there when there is a Bell center in the league? Do you not understand how corporate sponsorship works...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Corporate names are always going to be lame, MTS Centre vs Bell MTS Place makes little difference to me. Still better than Jobing.com arena or Gaylord Entertainment Centre. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 5 hours ago, Atomic said: Corporate names are always going to be lame, MTS Centre vs Bell MTS Place makes little difference to me. Still better than Jobing.com arena or Gaylord Entertainment Centre. well that's true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Could of been worse they could of of renamed it TSN Centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 25 minutes ago, bustamente said: Could of been worse they could of of renamed it TSN Centre. TSN Jets Centre would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 yeah that would be fine if the TSN Jets network still existed anyway at least we can still refer to it as the phonebooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Why not call it the Bell True North Centre? SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 True North Centre does sound good SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) 22 minutes ago, iHeart said: True North Centre does sound good TN not paying 1-2mil year for naming rights but will take couple hundred k for rink advertising. Edited May 31, 2017 by FrostyWinnipeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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