Dave Hyde: What’s in a name? Unpronounceable corporate millions, venues show.
Sun Sentinel 4 hrs ago Dave Hyde, South Florida Sun Sentinel © Khobi Price/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS Inter Miami CF are changing their stadium s name to Autonation s DVR PNK Stadium.
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Fields, grounds, parks and stadia By JohnW53 on Feb 17, 2021, 4:59am CST +
Since 1927, the Cubs have played their home games at Wrigley Field.
But from when it opened in 1914, through 1926, the same facility was called a park: Weeghman, then Cub.
By my count, the 30 current Major League teams have welcomed visitors to venues that bore
164 different names nearly 4.5 per team.
That includes the same venue used by different teams, which has happened
9 times, including a pair of sites that once were the home of
3 MLB clubs. A list of those venues is at the end of the post.
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