I am from NY and i love the Penguins. whats happening with the new stadium project? last year city aggreed to build it, any new developments on that? I hope it won't be called Mellon Arena, we need a hip name a hip company. What do you think of Dell Arena? or even Apple / Macintosh.
2007-10-23 04:13:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
See the Klondike Bar Arena would be perfect, it would pay homage to Islay's which created the Klondike a local treat to Pittsburgh before everyone else learned about it. Then Islay's sold it to Giant Eagle(I believe Islay's was bankrupt at the time) and then some other company bought it. Now this all has nothing to do with anything. They have signed the lease and put the ink to paper. That was THIS year though, just a few months back. Nothing wrong with Mellon Arena though, not too many other good names based out of Pittsburgh. I mean Rolling Rock Arena might have been kinda cool before Latrobe Brewing sold it, since we are bringing up beer companies.
2007-10-23 06:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The new arena will be called the Mellon arena as well. According to the city of Pittsburgh's website, Mellon Bank is the largest profitable company based in Pittsburgh. The current arena deal extends to any future Pittsburgh home as well, unless both parties agree to break it, and I can't see the penguins forking over what little money they have to do that.
Erica
Thanks. I remember reading that the current Mellon deal extended to the new arena, but I didn't know it was for 40 years! Wow! I'll be dead by then!
2007-10-23 12:50:20 · answer #2 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
LITY's right, the Pens just got an extension to their arena deal for like 40 years or something. (You know, when we'll have the oldest arena again and need a new one. Ahhh!) The big ol' Mellon building will be on the same side of the street that the arena is on now.
2007-10-23 12:59:49 · answer #3 · answered by Erica 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have started preparing the land for construction across the street from the current arena.
It is most likely not going to be called mellon arena because Mellon Bank was aquired by the Bank of New York. It's probably going to be something like Alcoa arena or something like that.
2007-10-24 15:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by AmsterF 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on what company pays the most for naming rights. Usually a locally headquarter company will take it but Heinz and PNC Bank are already taken. Iron City Beer Arena is my vote.
2007-10-23 12:10:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is so funny I never think of a hockey arena as a stadium. I not trying to be difficult but it just struck my ears wrong.
I like the old school names. Like the saddledome now that it is the Pengrowth Saddledome I think that is funny too.
Call it the Klondike Bar Icecube
2007-10-23 12:25:16 · answer #6 · answered by Mh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The arena will be ready by 2010 and the new generation will fill it just like the old one.as for the name
Mario's Palace souds about right
2007-10-23 12:28:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i think that Balsille promised them a new stadium if he could buy them.. im not sure what went on further then that.
2007-10-23 12:01:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the Iceberg?
2007-10-23 11:40:26 · answer #9 · answered by Bill W 【ツ】 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋