Bobcats near naming-rights deal with Time Warner Cable

[davcbow]

Well at least I will be able to watch some games on the TV finally....

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...04/daily8.html

[amour217]

I still support re-naming it Bojangles Arena aka The BISCUIT!!!!

[Muttley]

Well at least I will be able to watch some games on the TV finally....

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...04/daily8.html

I hope it's worked out by next season (I imagine nothing would change with this season's schedule?), because even the MYTV12 games that are aired aren't always shown on the Raleigh MYRDC station - read: the suns game.

Article sounds promising.

[davcbow]

Well at least I will be able to watch some games on the TV finally....

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...04/daily8.html

I hope it's worked out by next season (I imagine nothing would change with this season's schedule?), because even the MYTV12 games that are aired aren't always shown on the Raleigh MYRDC station - read: the suns game.

Article sounds promising.

The article said it may happen before the end of "this" season.....

[BIGCatBobcat]

I had hoped someone would jump on before the tournaments this season. I'd bet it's done in the next 2-3 weeks so they can change it over before big national audiences watch games held in something other than Charlotte Bobcats Arena, what a terrible name, bold of them too considering it was public money that built it.

[tamburello]

This is a very promising step to increase the popularity of the Bobcats. Hopefully it goes thru as soon as possible.

[Muttley]

Well at least I will be able to watch some games on the TV finally....

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...04/daily8.html

I hope it's worked out by next season (I imagine nothing would change with this season's schedule?), because even the MYTV12 games that are aired aren't always shown on the Raleigh MYRDC station - read: the suns game.

Article sounds promising.

The article said it may happen before the end of "this" season.....

Yeah, I'm just not sure I believe it, but who knows?

Bigcat, that's a good point about getting it named before the College tourneys start happening. TWC will definitely want to use that coverage. Maybe that will give the Bobcats a leg up in negotiations, leading to a deal that gets the team much more coverage. I gotta ask you though, what's wrong with the name "Charlotte Bobcats Arena," or than the fact that it brings in no extra money?

[Wallace15]

Finally, I really hope we get to see some games before the season is over.

[TheBeagle]

I gotta ask you though, what's wrong with the name "Charlotte Bobcats Arena," or than the fact that it brings in no extra money?

I agree, Muttley. I like the fact that the arena has gone as long as it has without having some corporation's name plastered on everything. I loved it when the Bulls played in Chicago Stadium, not in in a building name after a plane franchise; also, the Boston Garden; Reunion Arena; The Meadowlands; etc. These old arena names held so much more character and regional appreciation than simply some big business's name. I'll miss the days when the arena was called "Charlotte Bobcats Arena," though I can appreciate the revenue that will increase for the team, and, most importantly, the television rights that will result from the change.

Still, give me arena names like The Spectrum any day over Wachovia Center (or whatever it is they're calling the Sixers arena these days).....

[Muttley]

I gotta ask you though, what's wrong with the name "Charlotte Bobcats Arena," or than the fact that it brings in no extra money?

I agree, Muttley. I like the fact that the arena has gone as long as it has without having some corporation's name plastered on everything. I loved it when the Bulls played in Chicago Stadium, not in in a building name after a plane franchise; also, the Boston Garden; Reunion Arena; The Meadowlands; etc. These old arena names held so much more character and regional appreciation than simply some big business's name. I'll miss the days when the arena was called "Charlotte Bobcats Arena," though I can appreciate the revenue that will increase for the team, and, most importantly, the television rights that will result from the change.

Still, give me arena names like The Spectrum any day over Wachovia Center (or whatever it is they're calling the Sixers arena these days).....

No doubt about it. It's just like how with golf and tennis tourneys "The Masters" and "Wimbledon" sound way cooler, classier, and other such adjectives than do the names "Buick Invitational" and "Pacific Life Open."

With building names, specifically, the rights can change hands fairly easily and creates a less concrete feel - pun definitely intended - to the place. Hell, even companies change their names. This week it's Time Warner, next week it's Time Warner AOL. Nascar night's good and fine, but must the arena itself be named in a way so similar to the way that their cars are decorated?

That said, I'm definitely going to miss Bobcats Arena, but fixing the TV situation is so important right now, and the revenue that the deal brings in is likely imperative to the franchise's future success.

We can still call it "The Cable Box," which I think is a better name than Time Warner Arena or TWC arena or whatever it's going to be.