The arena formerly known as Continental Airlines Arena will be known as the Izod Center, effective Oct. 31.
I'm too busy to think of a clever nickname for the newly named building. (Alligator Alley?) So please feel free to post suggestions below and I'll pass it along to my friends in East Rutherford.
The Nets worked closely with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to sell the naming rights. They'll be playing there until their new building in Brooklyn is completed.
Izod signed for five years. The Nets do not intend to be in the Meadowlands that long.
Speaking of arenas across the Hudson, I happened to be in downtown Newark at noon Wednesday, 47 years to the minute after I first arrived in the world in that very town.
I saw the new Prudential Center, home of the Devils, for the first time. From the outside it looks like a typical modern mega-palace of the type sprouting up all over America. But then you remember it's in downtown Newark, of all places.
Strange. But true.
(Update: According to reader "flubby,'' Izod and Lacoste split a while back - 1993! - and this no longer is the Izod logo. Whatever. I don't know. I'm old and I'm busy answering e-mails from Imus fans.)
Comments (13)
That's the Lacoste logo, not Izod. I'm a regular fashionista over here.
Izod owned the license to Lacoste for a looooong time. Of course, I think their association ended about 10 years ago, but still...........
Xanudon't
I meant to type "Xanadon't."
Where's the Edit Your Post function when you need it?
How bout the "Our state smells like garbage...everywhere" arena?
Or the "This building and it's former tenants helped destroy the NHL by playing the most boring hockey style ever for 13 years+" arena?
I know they're a little long, but it is catchy....And factual too
Sorry about messing up the Izod/Lacoste thing. Dang. I'm old school.
Yhe "Zod Zone"?
Mr. Mayer,
I think the term ass comes to mind. You arrogance is exceded only by your ignorance.
Croc of something? Depending on how they play...
Mr. Edison,
Thank you for your polite reply. In response, let me say "Your state is a giant garbage dump and inferior to NYC and LI in every way. Please accept it and move on. On top of that, you obviously can't take a joke." Thank you
It should be nicknamed "The Swamp" and we can all enter the building through Gators A, B, C or D.
Hi Neil! You are going to miss us I-Fans!!!
But heck, I believe alot of us are going to be loyal readers of your columns and blogs.
If a basketball arena is named, but noone is around to see it, is it really named?