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Or anything after people. Bad idea!

In reply to Master_Blaster

interesting thought

why

genuinely would like to hear

In reply to doosra

You have seen what has been going on in north america the last decade and the scramble to rename things when de skeletons dem come out right?

Actually a lot of renaming should happen in the Caribbean..and remove the names of slave masters/owners from anything good.

In reply to Master_Blaster

Some have argued that it's not so much that the names are there but that they represent something (sometimes bad as in the slave owners) and not naming or renaming takes that away from the public view

i am not one for naming (i have a very personal choice about being known etc but don't want to impose that on anyone) but i'd rather have a stand named Kanhai or Lloyd than blue or red stand...

and not naming things where there might be a genuine case because sometime in the future someone might be found out to be 'all too human' is not a good enough reason for me

but i hear you

In reply to Master_Blaster

Thinking about it…..we in the Caribbean tend to name our relatively new stadia after sporting heroes.

But if you look at the North American pro sports landscape, their stadia and arenas are often named after the corporate entity that at least has majority stake in the facility.

There are still some teams in some NA sports that retain their tradition, e.g. Yankee Stadium, but that’s changing more and more.

Similar in Europe with places like Anfield, Camp Nou, Bernabeau etc……

But more and more, those traditions are dropping. Can’t remember what Bayern’s stadium was originally named but now it’s Allianz Arena.

In reply to imusic

In England that's been the trend for cricket as well I think