What are your opinions on name changes in general? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by lemuria@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I personally like to minimize name changes as much as possible because usually, the current name Just Works and I don't really think it's worth it to break muscle memory or replace signage and stuff.

Marginally related; what is it with American stadiums being named after big companies? And when the naming rights expire, people just have to get used to the new name??

edit: I'm primarily focusing on organizations and places and anything that isn't a single individual person changing names, to be clear

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[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

America isn't the only place with sponsored stadiums. Emirates stadium (Arsenal FC) and Etihad stadium (Man City) are both sponsor names for example. It's more common in lower leagues for the financial bump.

[-] lemuria@lemmy.ml 4 points 18 hours ago

Almost forgot to mention but here in the Philippines, our basketball teams are the ones with the sponsored names...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Philippine_Basketball_Association

[-] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 19 hours ago

Marvel Stadium (Australian football and multi use stadium), also having been known as Etihad Stadium and Telstra Dome.

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago

All of these stadiums seem have an original unchanging name, in this case Docklands Stadium.

Just waiting for Gulf of FIFA.

this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025

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