Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium set to be renamed Abu Dhabi Bernabéu.

by farfan Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:41 am

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/28/santiago-bernabeu-abu-dhabi-bernabeu-real-madrid

after the " scandal " of microscopic cross removal from the team's logo in some markets, i can't wait for the self righteous hypocritical crowd to make a big deal about a normal modern practice just because Madrid is doing it . Laughing

Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium set to be renamed Abu Dhabi Bernabéu. Kingofpopcorn1

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:45 am

Yep because new stadiums being named after sponsors is exactly the same as stadiums with long storied history and tradition Rolling Eyes

I doubt there's many Madrid fans that are happy with this.

by rwo power Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:48 am

And in the opposite direction, the HSV got their old stadium name back and soon will play again in the Volksparkstadion as it was and not anymore in the Imtech Arena :coffee:

by Vibe Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:51 am

Pogba in 6 months:,,"I'm glad to be here,it's always been my dream to play at the Abu Dhabi..."

by farfan Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:51 am

rwo power wrote:And in the opposite direction, the HSV got their old stadium name back and soon will play again in the Volksparkstadion as it was and not anymore in the Imtech Arena

i was just about to use Hamburg as an example of a team that always had its stadium named after sponsors for over a decade . Laughing

by farfan Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:52 am

Vibe wrote:Pogba in 6 months:,,"I'm glad to be here,it's always been my dream to play at the Abu Dhabi..."

let's not pretend that the popular name of the stadium isn't " the Bernabeu "... which will still be intact .

by Vibe Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:53 am

farfan wrote:let's not pretend that the popular name of the stadium isn't " the Bernabeu "... which will still be intact .

Mole: "I've always called it Santiago personally"

by rwo power Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:54 am

farfan wrote:i was just about to use Hamburg as an example of a team that always had its stadium named after sponsors for over a decade .

HSV sponsor Kühne decided to buy the naming rights for the stadium for the next 4 years and will rename it to the old name from 1 July 2015 on. Cool idea IMO.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:05 am

Let's put it this way, if Arsenal owners did this with Highbury back in the day there would have been uproar.

Emirates has no history or tradition so not so much, you have to be pretty stupid to not see the difference. There isn't a single stadium with history and tradition that has been renamed for money and sponsor purposes.

by rwo power Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:11 am

The fans of Young Boys Bern started a petition to get their old stadium name back, too. In my opinion that is one of the cases where the new name is actually an improvement, though. Their stadium is atm called "Stade de Suisse" and they really want to have their "Wankdorf Stadion" back Laughing

http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/YBFans-fordern-das-Wankdorf-zurueck/story/16414323

by Mr Nick09 Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:16 am

It's not a big deal to me. The stadium will continue to carry the last name of our founder and it's all that matter. We are not scrapping history away, we are adjusting to modern times. We will all continue calling it "The Bernabeu". They are financing our stadium renovation for 500 mil, the naming right is a small price to pay.

by Doc Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:28 am

As a RM fan, I would be God damn pissed for a name change like that. But at the same time, I always read that Don Santiago never actually wanted his name to be on the stadium in the first place.

Anyway you take it, that would not sit well with most RM fans. In Spain and around the world.

by sportsczy Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:29 am

They're paying for most of the 500 million renovation AND 20 mil per season... i think it's well worth it. Funny as hell though.

With Barca's main jersey sponsor being Qatar airways and Madrid now calling their stadium the Abu Dhabi Bernabeu... can we please stop calling certain clubs "oil clubs". It would be the height of hypocrisy. Not that GL isn't known for its hypocrites though Laughing

by M99 Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:39 pm

OK so let's call Madrid and Barca oil clubs too, problem solved hmm

by B-Mac Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:59 pm

Sportz still fighting the fight for his beloved PSG Laughing

by sportsczy Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:12 pm

M99 wrote:OK so let's call Madrid and Barca oil clubs too, problem solved

Arsenal's main stadium and overall sponsor is Emirates Airlines... hence the stadium being called the Emirates and "Fly Emirates" plastered in front of their jersey.

Heck, Milan has "Emirates" plastered in front of its jersey too.

Who's not an oil club Laughing

by M99 Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:14 pm

http://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/58564034.jpg

by sportsczy Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:25 pm

except at Milan, you don't know where the money goes once it comes in...

by salmano9 Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:36 pm

$$$$$ Kchinggg...

by Art Morte Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:43 pm

Stadium sponsorship is all right, but calling a stadium in Madrid by another city's name is pretty lol.

Waiting for Moscow Bridge and Beijing Trafford etc.

by Art Morte Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:45 pm

"Abu Dhabi is a tough place to play in."

"Yeah... err, what?"

by Mr Nick09 Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:51 pm

500 000 000 Euros

Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium set to be renamed Abu Dhabi Bernabéu. Lil-wayne-money

by sumon_blue Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:40 pm

The value of Euro has fallen. Very Happy

Chelsea is happy, Arsenal is happy but Perez ? rofl

by M99 Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:01 pm

sportsczy wrote:except at Milan, you don't know where the money goes once it comes in...

It goes to Bunga Bunga parties m8

by Hapless_Hans Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:17 pm

sportsczy wrote:
M99 wrote:OK so let's call Madrid and Barca oil clubs too, problem solved
Arsenal's main stadium and overall sponsor is Emirates Airlines... hence the stadium being called the Emirates and "Fly Emirates" plastered in front of their jersey.

Heck, Milan has "Emirates" plastered in front of its jersey too.

Who's not an oil club

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