The Big Mac stadium (maybe they could do the Big Manc stadium and launch a special McDonald's big Manchester burger for the event)
New Trafford is the most obvious choice ever. But in terms of sponsorship I’d hope for something sleek and cool like the Apple stadium or the Mercedes stadiun.
Anything but the Tesla stadium
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 7 minutes ago
New Trafford is the most obvious choice ever. But in terms of sponsorship I’d hope for something sleek and cool like the Apple stadium or the Mercedes stadiun.
Anything but the Tesla stadium
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Trump likes putting his name on towers, doesn't he? (Doesn't like paying for anything though, so thankfully we're probably safe from that one.)
@Diafol
I'd love to have no brand associated with our cathedral of football, but the idea of declining a £50m / year revenue stream is absurd in the present climate. It's conceivably the difference between the whole project being viable or not. A ten-year deal could cover 25% of the total cost of the project.
Obviously, it would be preferable to be associated with a cool brand, or to adopt a name that incorporates Old/New Trafford rather than the generic "[Acme Corp] Arena". But ultimately this is aesthetics, and the reason we're doing it is the financial underpinning of the FC. So I say: go with whatever pays best, as long as it's not a company that is actively speeding up the end of the world.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 3 minutes ago
@Diafol
I'd love to have no brand associated with our cathedral of football, but the idea of declining a £50m / year revenue stream is absurd in the present climate. It's conceivably the difference between the whole project being viable or not. A ten-year deal could cover 25% of the total cost of the project.
Obviously, it would be preferable to be associated with a cool brand, or to adopt a name that incorporates Old/New Trafford rather than the generic "[Acme Corp] Arena". But ultimately this is aesthetics, and the reason we're doing it is the financial underpinning of the FC. So I say: go with whatever pays best, as long as it's not a company that is actively speeding up the end of the world.
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Yes, pragmatism is the key thing here IMO and we must strike the balance. The history will always be there and the stadium will still be pretty much in the same place.
Glenfiddich Old Trafford
Cool name and better old.
Agree with Red Russian regarding the naming rights. We will probably all still call it Old Trafford regardless.
I suspect it will be financed by a mixture of INEOS, naming rights, other investors/sponsorships of zones within the complex and some debt.
Think as long as you don't name it something pretty carp and forgettable like we did (Ashburton Grove) then you'll be fine. Everyone on TV will be obliged to call it whatever sponsored name and real fans can use "New Trafford" or whatever the real name is the rest of the time.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 33 minutes ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 7 minutes ago
New Trafford is the most obvious choice ever. But in terms of sponsorship I’d hope for something sleek and cool like the Apple stadium or the Mercedes stadiun.
Anything but the Tesla stadium
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Trump likes putting his name on towers, doesn't he? (Doesn't like paying for anything though, so thankfully we're probably safe from that one.)
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New Trumpford
The M&S Prawn Sandwich hospitality lounge
Cirque du Soleil Arena for me
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 1 minute ago
The M&S Prawn Sandwich hospitality lounge
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Going off on a tangent, but it's curious how food-based class stereotypes linger on well after they have any real-life applicability. Middle-class corporate hospitality types haven't eaten prawn sandwiches for a couple of decades. The internet still sometimes uses 'Latte drinking' to characterise liberal lefty types as culturally remote cosmopolitans, when Costa basically became Wetherspoons about 15 years ago. I'm sure working class Londoners stopped eating jellied eels about a century before the discourse caught up. Et cetera.
The Emirates
The Alliance
New stadiums just get called after a big company. It may not even have a proper name.
The Ineos Arena
Probably that
comment by Calum Ferrie (U1734)
posted 4 minutes ago
The Emirates
The Alliance
New stadiums just get called after a big company. It may not even have a proper name.
The Ineos Arena
Probably that
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The Etihad
It will be known as Barbies Palace !
or maybe The Gambas PilPil !
On slightly related note, I assume ££££££££s could be raised by selling pieces of the old stadium to fans. There are ~76k seats. The club could offer 76,854 one foot by one foot squares of turf. Do their homework and each one could be linked to a famous pass, shot, save, tackle or dribble from the club's history. Then there would be enough fragments of brick and iron girders to supply demand for cheaper souvenirs for decades to come (you can still buy chunks of the Berlin wall, or pieces of concrete that are marked as such).
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 0 seconds ago
On slightly related note, I assume ££££££££s could be raised by selling pieces of the old stadium to fans. There are ~76k seats. The club could offer 76,854 one foot by one foot squares of turf. Do their homework and each one could be linked to a famous pass, shot, save, tackle or dribble from the club's history. Then there would be enough fragments of brick and iron girders to supply demand for cheaper souvenirs for decades to come (you can still buy chunks of the Berlin wall, or pieces of concrete that are marked as such).
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Meant to add that the Philadelphia Eagles were selling containers filled with snow that had been scooped from their field at the end of their recent play-off win against the LA Rams. If they can monetise that, we can monetise (and at the same time preserve) a century+ of United's history.
But now another thought comes to my mind: if the Eagles can sell precipitation, what's stopping us from selling rainwater collected by the world's most famous umbrella?
didid dillydilly diddid dahdah stadium
I'd settle for the Snapdragon Arena (at Old Trafford) or something along those lines.
I think they will include Old Trafford into the name somewhere even if it's small print under the main Sponsor's name. Would be a massive own goal if they didn't.
The New Trafford isn't going to happen. New Trafford located in Old Trafford just won't work.
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posted on 12/3/25
The Cadburys arena
posted on 12/3/25
Tesla Towers
posted on 12/3/25
The Big Mac stadium (maybe they could do the Big Manc stadium and launch a special McDonald's big Manchester burger for the event)
posted on 12/3/25
New Trafford is the most obvious choice ever. But in terms of sponsorship I’d hope for something sleek and cool like the Apple stadium or the Mercedes stadiun.
Anything but the Tesla stadium
posted on 12/3/25
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 7 minutes ago
New Trafford is the most obvious choice ever. But in terms of sponsorship I’d hope for something sleek and cool like the Apple stadium or the Mercedes stadiun.
Anything but the Tesla stadium
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Trump likes putting his name on towers, doesn't he? (Doesn't like paying for anything though, so thankfully we're probably safe from that one.)
posted on 12/3/25
@Diafol
I'd love to have no brand associated with our cathedral of football, but the idea of declining a £50m / year revenue stream is absurd in the present climate. It's conceivably the difference between the whole project being viable or not. A ten-year deal could cover 25% of the total cost of the project.
Obviously, it would be preferable to be associated with a cool brand, or to adopt a name that incorporates Old/New Trafford rather than the generic "[Acme Corp] Arena". But ultimately this is aesthetics, and the reason we're doing it is the financial underpinning of the FC. So I say: go with whatever pays best, as long as it's not a company that is actively speeding up the end of the world.
posted on 12/3/25
The Go Outdoors arena
posted on 12/3/25
The 70s Tiits Arena
posted on 12/3/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 3 minutes ago
@Diafol
I'd love to have no brand associated with our cathedral of football, but the idea of declining a £50m / year revenue stream is absurd in the present climate. It's conceivably the difference between the whole project being viable or not. A ten-year deal could cover 25% of the total cost of the project.
Obviously, it would be preferable to be associated with a cool brand, or to adopt a name that incorporates Old/New Trafford rather than the generic "[Acme Corp] Arena". But ultimately this is aesthetics, and the reason we're doing it is the financial underpinning of the FC. So I say: go with whatever pays best, as long as it's not a company that is actively speeding up the end of the world.
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Yes, pragmatism is the key thing here IMO and we must strike the balance. The history will always be there and the stadium will still be pretty much in the same place.
posted on 12/3/25
Glenfiddich Old Trafford
Cool name and better old.
posted on 12/3/25
The Nou Camping
posted on 12/3/25
Agree with Red Russian regarding the naming rights. We will probably all still call it Old Trafford regardless.
I suspect it will be financed by a mixture of INEOS, naming rights, other investors/sponsorships of zones within the complex and some debt.
posted on 12/3/25
Think as long as you don't name it something pretty carp and forgettable like we did (Ashburton Grove) then you'll be fine. Everyone on TV will be obliged to call it whatever sponsored name and real fans can use "New Trafford" or whatever the real name is the rest of the time.
posted on 12/3/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 33 minutes ago
comment by Robb #456 (U22716)
posted 7 minutes ago
New Trafford is the most obvious choice ever. But in terms of sponsorship I’d hope for something sleek and cool like the Apple stadium or the Mercedes stadiun.
Anything but the Tesla stadium
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Trump likes putting his name on towers, doesn't he? (Doesn't like paying for anything though, so thankfully we're probably safe from that one.)
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New Trumpford
posted on 12/3/25
The M&S Prawn Sandwich hospitality lounge
posted on 12/3/25
Cirque du Soleil Arena for me
posted on 12/3/25
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 1 minute ago
The M&S Prawn Sandwich hospitality lounge
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Going off on a tangent, but it's curious how food-based class stereotypes linger on well after they have any real-life applicability. Middle-class corporate hospitality types haven't eaten prawn sandwiches for a couple of decades. The internet still sometimes uses 'Latte drinking' to characterise liberal lefty types as culturally remote cosmopolitans, when Costa basically became Wetherspoons about 15 years ago. I'm sure working class Londoners stopped eating jellied eels about a century before the discourse caught up. Et cetera.
posted on 12/3/25
The Big Top
posted on 12/3/25
The Emirates
The Alliance
New stadiums just get called after a big company. It may not even have a proper name.
The Ineos Arena
Probably that
posted on 12/3/25
comment by Calum Ferrie (U1734)
posted 4 minutes ago
The Emirates
The Alliance
New stadiums just get called after a big company. It may not even have a proper name.
The Ineos Arena
Probably that
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The Etihad
posted on 12/3/25
It will be known as Barbies Palace !
or maybe The Gambas PilPil !
posted on 12/3/25
On slightly related note, I assume ££££££££s could be raised by selling pieces of the old stadium to fans. There are ~76k seats. The club could offer 76,854 one foot by one foot squares of turf. Do their homework and each one could be linked to a famous pass, shot, save, tackle or dribble from the club's history. Then there would be enough fragments of brick and iron girders to supply demand for cheaper souvenirs for decades to come (you can still buy chunks of the Berlin wall, or pieces of concrete that are marked as such).
posted on 12/3/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 0 seconds ago
On slightly related note, I assume ££££££££s could be raised by selling pieces of the old stadium to fans. There are ~76k seats. The club could offer 76,854 one foot by one foot squares of turf. Do their homework and each one could be linked to a famous pass, shot, save, tackle or dribble from the club's history. Then there would be enough fragments of brick and iron girders to supply demand for cheaper souvenirs for decades to come (you can still buy chunks of the Berlin wall, or pieces of concrete that are marked as such).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Meant to add that the Philadelphia Eagles were selling containers filled with snow that had been scooped from their field at the end of their recent play-off win against the LA Rams. If they can monetise that, we can monetise (and at the same time preserve) a century+ of United's history.
But now another thought comes to my mind: if the Eagles can sell precipitation, what's stopping us from selling rainwater collected by the world's most famous umbrella?
posted on 12/3/25
didid dillydilly diddid dahdah stadium
posted on 12/3/25
I'd settle for the Snapdragon Arena (at Old Trafford) or something along those lines.
I think they will include Old Trafford into the name somewhere even if it's small print under the main Sponsor's name. Would be a massive own goal if they didn't.
The New Trafford isn't going to happen. New Trafford located in Old Trafford just won't work.
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