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i dont know if anyone else saw this, but they are renaming candlestick park in san francisco.

apparently, to follow the lead of every other money hungry professional team, the rights to name the park was won by the monster cable company, which home headquarters is in the bay area.

candlestick park will now be known and referred to as 'Monster Park', and new signs should be installed as soon as this week. i didnt hear what they paid, but i am sure it is between 5-10 million for a mulit-year sponsership. details pending....

once again, the fleecing of audiophiles is taken to the next level. can you say, "bose marketing machine"?

bigjohn

I'm with you on this one. I'm not even a big sports fan, but it bugs the crap out of me to hear all the stadiums and parks across the country being named for large companies. It just sucks.

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Voice of America:

Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco 49ers National Football League team and former home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, has been renamed "Monster Park." The name comes from its new sponsor, Monster Cable Products, a San Francisco-area company that sells premium priced audio cables. Big time musical acts like the Rolling Stones, U2 and Aerosmith rely on the company's products for their tours.
The 49ers and the city will split about $6 million that the company paid for the naming rights under a four-year agreement.

A spokesman for the 49ers said that San Francisco prides itself on being different and that Monster Park is an only-in-San Francisco name. The 44-year-old stadium was originally named Candlestick Park for the land it sits on.

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I've seen a lot of concerts there. This really pisses me off to no end.

Concerts? They haven't had day on the green in years...

Yeah, it kinda bites. But the name Candlestick will probably "stick" for a long time and monster only paid for 4 years.

I grew up in the Bay area and I'm obviously older than you . I've seen Santana and Journey to name a few. The name should not be changed for sentimental reasons...

I don't care what it's officially called. I always call it Candlestick.

I'm a little grumpy about the whole name change. I live in Colorado now I would be just as pissed off if they renamed Red Rocks Amphitheater to Infinity or Polk park for example.

Like pmb said, just call it what it has always been called. We still call Anaheim stadium the "Big A". It's had a few name changes, but nobody uses them except the announcers.