April Fools! New oval to be known as Shandong Gold Stadium

[flamingEMBERS]

Who cares what its called so long as the names of the stands aren't changed for Eagles and Dockers games. I find it stupidly disrespectful to Lockett and Coventry that their stand names are changed depending on whose home game it is.

 

[lewigie]

I haven't read all of this thread..

edit: ending post here

 

[Matera92]

I'm really surprised none of you picked up on that one.

Shift work completely messes up your calender sometimes, I didn't even realise what day it was.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Calling it the Dong forever now.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

Colin Barnett is a pole smoker, does more backflips than a gymnast.

What a joke if WA's centerpiece is named after a Chinese mining company.

I have no issue with the name, you can't be picky, nor does a Chinese mining companies name bother me.

I do have an issue with Barnetts backflip and selling the naming rights.

 

[ep2018]

Can you imagine what North supporters are going to say now when we flog them there.

 

[Smeg Head]

OK it's well after midday in WA so I can reveal that this was of course an unelaborate (what's the opposite of elaborate? Anyway I came up with it in about five minutes and just decided to run with it) April Fools Day joke.

Many posters saw through it pretty quickly and called it out, and promptly had their posts deleted for fear of spoiling it for others. Yes, you were right, look at the date, it's a joke, well done.

For the record Shandong Gold is a real mining company operating in WA, and I do expect that the naming rights for the Dong will be sold sometime between now and 2023 when it opens five years behind schedule but Barnett's current position is that they won't be.

I did wonder why noone had said the obvious, you must have been perched over the thread on the delete buttons Fivey.

 

[fine wines]

Call it Perth Stadium and **** off naming rights. That's a disgraceful name.

Fivey, what's your thoughts on it?

Gotta admit I like Adelaide oval as our name.

 

[fomoco04]

Fremantle move to Cockburn, stadium gets Dong in the title.

I see a pattern forming.

Glad Cox doesnt play for them.

 

[tesseract]

Everyone attending a game at the new stadium will be paying homage to the golden dong.

 

[LeCrassic]

 

[Reminiscence]

Obvious troll was obvious, but how mighty the Cox would be at the Dong stadium.

 

[larrikin]

Out of interest, what's the new joint going t be called?

Perth Stadium is pretty nuff...

 

[West Coast Weasel]

Bah humbug to you April foolers. It shall forever be the Dong!

 

[Ian Dargie]

What a joke if WA's centerpiece is named after a Chinese mining company.

Fairly appropriate, I'd have thought.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

Fairly appropriate, I'd have thought.

Very appropriate, but an April fools day joke surely?

 

[Ian Dargie]

Very appropriate, but an April fools day joke surely?

Indeed. All too plausible.

 

[TassieEagle]

I look forward to seeing Cox playing at the 'dong

 

[lmach]

Penis.

 

[UpForGrabs]

Since my original post yesterday was deleted... can I now reiterate how much I hate April Fools Day?

 

[zero]

aw damn, it was an april fools joke? thats very disappointing. i love a running dick joke

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

Assuming this goes ahead, have they
paid too much for these naming
rights? It seems like a lot of money to
invest at this early stage, without
looking at it in great detail.

Future naming rights could be worth lots
of money I suppose. It what the deal is
over in terms of years, especially if it's a
long deal.

A Haiku?

 

[Suma Magic]

A Haiku?

I wish... It was just the first letters of each line spelling April Fool.

 

[Doughboy]

Out of interest, what's the new joint going t be called?

Perth Stadium is pretty nuff...

As I said in a previous quote (before I remembered that it was April 1st). I thought that they were going to run a competition for the general public to come up with a name for it.

We have the Graham Farmer Freeway, maybe "Glendening Oval" or "Cable Park" (after Barry Cable)

 

[zero]

i heard it was going to be swan river stadium