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Joel Purchase?

OGBoards.com arena. We're already $1000 closer to buying the naming rights!

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obviously just kidding
 
PhonsoINT said:
Anything with the word "Duke" in it, will certainly not work.
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As we showed with Groves Stadium, it's all up to the highest bidder. It would be just deserts if the goddamned place ended up "Krzyzewski Coliseum."
 
childressfor3 said:
Lets just say its a personal opinion, i guess.
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Racist.

In all seriousness, it's an absolute PR nightmare to change the name of the stadium. Not only was it a hometown veteran who earned the Medal of Honor, but it was the first living black American to do so in close to 100 years. I, personally, think it's great the city decided to honor him when they named the stadium after him. If Wake plans on making the stadium more "wake foresty", and they should, I hope they have worked closely with the city to come up with a smooth transition to continue to honor Mr. Joel along with all the other veterans.
 
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Les Grossman said:
Racist.

In all seriousness, it's an absolute PR nightmare to change the name of the stadium. Not only was it a hometown veteran who earned the Medal of Honor, but it was the first living black American to do so in close to 100 years. I, personally, think it's great the city decided to honor him when they named the stadium after him. If Wake plans on making the stadium more "wake foresty", and they should, I hope they have worked closely with the city to come up with a smooth transition to continue to honor Mr. Joel along with all the other veterans.
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Agreed. This is a bigger deal than renaming Ernie Shore Field. We don't need to necessarily keep the name but there does need to be a plan for the city to still honor the veterans as well as Mr. Joel.

I'm going to assume that childressfor3's opinion is based on Joel being a tar heel fan. If I'm wrong please correct me.
 
Some people took issue with the fact that the first one honored all of W-S vets from all wars while this one seemed to honor just him with the others as an afterthought. Some took issue because it was named after a black man. Some took issue because he battled a drug addiction after returning to the States (had any of us seen and done what he did then I think we would to).
 
The Stig said:
Some people took issue with the fact that the first one honored all of W-S vets from all wars while this one seemed to honor just him with the others as an afterthought. Some took issue because it was named after a black man. Some took issue because he battled a drug addiction after returning to the States (had any of us seen and done what he did then I think we would to).
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I can understand that first point, though I disagree. A hometown MOH recipient is a big deal and deserves to be honored. And it seems to me that the monuments outside the stadium are a good memorial to those who have fallen in battle. I do think the memorial probably should be moved to a more accessible spot for citizens. Unless you go to games or events there, your never going to visit the memorials; as far as I know the parking lot is closed most of the time so you can't easily stroll in and check it out.
 
I think it took a while for people to realize that the pillars had individual names on them since walking to the arena, you only see the war/conflict listed. I agree that having a MOH is a huge deal but I think some felt like he got the arena and others got a little bitty stone marker.

I think that the parking lot is open unless there's an event going on.
 
If it doesn't stay the Joel, I would like to see something commemorating Skip.

After all, it is the house that Skip built.
 
MBDeac08 said:
I can understand that first point, though I disagree. A hometown MOH recipient is a big deal and deserves to be honored. And it seems to me that the monuments outside the stadium are a good memorial to those who have fallen in battle. I do think the memorial probably should be moved to a more accessible spot for citizens. Unless you go to games or events there, your never going to visit the memorials; as far as I know the parking lot is closed most of the time so you can't easily stroll in and check it out.
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Not true, you can check out the memorial anytime you want to. As for the whole lawrence joel thing, why not just keep it the way it was. Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum, instead of naming it after one person.
 
childressfor3 said:
Not true, you can check out the memorial anytime you want to. As for the whole lawrence joel thing, why not just keep it the way it was. Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum, instead of naming it after one person.
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Because that one person was a Medal of Honor winner. That's a huge fucking deal.
 
Once WF owns it the naming rights will go to the highest bidder. If LJ's descendants can pony up the cash, his name can stay. Otherwise, buh-bye.
 
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