What’s this country coming to?
May 26th, 2009
Well, I knew there had been a big push during the last several years to privatize all the public resources, but this is going just a bit too far, don’t you think?
What’s that you say? Oh, you mean this isn’t the real Gateway Arch?
OK, you caught me. Alert readers will notice that the shape isn’t quite right, but it’s still fun. This particular arch can be observed just off the highway in Vandalia, Illinois, gracing the fine establishment so named.
The real thing is still standing here in St. Louis, as yet unscathed by promotional adornment.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:06 am
This trend is awful. It makes me think that economy is the coming religion. The large sports arenas have names of phone companies and get new names every half year. I do think this is going too far! And I just resist. I still call the arena “Volkspark-Stadion”, as it was called ever since it was built. The names of such places must not be as transient as advert labels are!
May 27th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
I totally agree. We had the perfectly good Mile-High Stadium here for years, but when a replacement was built, it becamse Invesco Field at Mile-High. What does an investment company have to do with football? I guess about as much as office supplies have to do with basketball. And what happens if/when the company goes out of business?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Today I rode past our arena. The highway road signs just say “Volkspark” and “arena”. The administration refuse to change the signs every few months, and that’s sensible.
May 28th, 2009 at 4:32 am
Hi Deirdre,
The same thing is happening in Holland, and in the Caribbean too, sad but true. It’s all about sponsoring of course, and governments leaving it to the ‘public’ (my idea)
On our trip we will mainly visit National Parks, historic sites like mining towns, places of Native Americans and a few big cities like Seattle and Vancouver/Calgary, but the big price: The Rockies. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Bye!