Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

I know I’m not alone. Who here knows where Ipsco Place is? Your first guess would be north of the city out at the Ipsco steel industrial area, but it’s actually the new name for Exhibition Park where Buffalo Days and the Agridome is. Speaking of the Agridome, do you know what the Brandt Center is? Yup, it’s the Agridome - home of the Pats. I bet Saskatchewan is the only province with two major stadium/concert locations both named after credit unions; Credit Union Place and the Conexus Arts Center are those two. Can you guess which city each is in? I have to stop and think about it, instead of instantly knowing that Sask Place is in Saskatoon, I have to hear the word Place, and guess Credit Union Place is the new name for Sask Place - home of the Blades. Conexus Art Center being the Center of the Arts, of course.

[UPDATE: Ashley informs me that I'm wrong, and it's actually Credit Union Center in Saskatoon, now. That is still confusing, since both Regina and Saskatoon have complexes with the same last name. And it renders my joke in the next paragraph a bit useless too. However, Saskatoon has TCU Place as well to make fun of, thanks to Soulfood for mentioning that.]

So when you get tickets for that next big concert, and it’s at the Conexus Arts Center, and you ask your friend, “Where is the concert anyway, I haven’t heard, so where should I meet you,” and they reply with, “It’s in that Credit Union place, I think,” your friend may have meant Conexus Arts Center, which to be fair is a place, but not a Place with a capital ‘P’. He’s just directed you 3 hours down the highway to the wrong building. Thank you Credit Union, and Conexus for making our lives easier, eh?

I understand that the more advertising sold, the better a building does for revenue, but sometimes it’s crazy the number of logos plastered everywhere. We honestly don’t know what to call a building anymore, and it leads to confusion. It’s not insurmountable confusion, but it is enough to be annoying. No, I’m not an old fogey, but I deserve the right to talk like one in regard to sporting venues. The Corel Center in Ottawa has been renamed, but I can’t remember if it’s the Ottawa Citizen building Or Scotia Bank Place or something else because there were literaly 7 large logos on the side. I bet it’s the Corporate Billboard Center. Soon no one will know if they should say Taylor Field or Mosaic Stadium in Regina too. Why are there no large CFL or Rider & Rams logos at center field anymore? Sure the turf looks like a poker table, but does Casino Regina really deserve the honour of being the logo at center field?

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