Jess xx
Whoever mentioned the Alfred Mcalpine stadium should know its now called the Galpharm stadium. Home of Huddersfield Town! wooh! anyway i only came on this website coz its part of my geography homework.
estamanana
I don't care as long as they keep making them
James Brown
The Gasworks arena/stadium sounds quite fitting or holbrooks arena. enevitebly it will b called the tesco stadium or at the very best the tesco sponsered whatever arena. mayb it should be dedicated 2 whoever scores the last goal at highfield road so it could be then konjic arena.
Chris H
The Godiva Stadium or The Phoenix Arena would be ideal.
The Phoenix Stadium may get the nod, to reflect our rise from the ashes, not after WW2, but when we get promoted from the Coca Cola League One at the end of next season.
ivor jones perth western australia
it is no surprise to me the way FORD go about there buisness thay have done this kind of thing before. it should be called peugeot stadium pheonix park
rob knight
Good to have a forum on this matter.In truth Jaguar had no alternative other than to pull out.But it speaks volumes for the city for the project to continue and full credit to everyone invoved.Let's hope that once this magnificent complex is completed it will inspire the players to show that little of extra pride.Regarding the name William Lyons choose a magnificent name for his magnificent cars and it would have been a fitting tribute to the stadium,obviously now this can no longer be,but please,please now we have a clean slate let us avoid the temporary nature of another corporate name.For all the reasons stated on the bullitan board the glaringly obvious name must be The Pheonix Arena or Stadium (The City that rose from the ashes).After all The Emirates Stadium ,Brittania Stadium,Alfred mcAlpine Stadium,Williamson Motors Stadium could all be anywhere and don't even mention The Kit-Kat Crescent.(Arenal,Stoke City,Huddersfield Town.Darlington,York City)
egg edd
we dont even need a new stadium because we cant fill the one we have
already got!
mike williams
After the closure of Browns Lane is was obvious that Jag would pull out of the new stadium. As to what it should be called, its got to be either the Sky Blue arena or the Phoenix arena.
Paul
The arena should be named in honour of the club, not after a business, ie sky blue arena or 1987 arena.
Anthony Duggan
i think the arena should be called the Phoenix Arena as it is on Phoenix Way and there is a Phoenix on the Sky Blues badge and don't forget we live in the city that was rebuilt from the ashes like a phoenix is born again from its ashes
Tony
The Rewster Arena sounds good
Fiona
I am glad about this. I think that Rover or Peugeot.
ben dover
i think it should not be managed by jaguar because ford will thyink they own it.
Peter Reynolds
Get goose bumps each time I drive by the new stadium. It will be an amazing landmark for this City, something to be proud of.
It will attract a big name sponsor. Credit to the council for getting on with the job. Up the Sky Blues !
shauaib khalifa
glad the jag won't be the main sponsors......how about subaru? this stadium is fast becoming a nightmare....dred the team's fortunes their. jag were clever in associating themselves with the new stadium...as most people will still call it the jag arena.
craig
Had to smile at the comments from Martin. Good to know cynacism is alive and well. Far from being a fiasco; the stadium is a triumph. No doubt Martin and his ilk would have thrown the towel in years ago; fortunately however the people behind the arena have vision, and despite all the setbacks (of which there have been many); they have simply dusted themselves down and got on with it.
Fact is, next August we will have a terrific new facility opening on what for years was a wasteland. It will be a landmark facility that everyone in the city will benefit from. Even now it appears that the whingers have no idea of the scale of the development. Concerts, sports events, exhibitions, jobs, do we really need these? Er...yes please.
Also, to complain about the transport links is laughable. Visit Pride Park, St Mary's, Walkers Stadium, The Riverside and The Stadium of Light (which clearly Martin hasn't) and you'll find that the new Arena has better transport links than all of them, even without the station.
Finally, if you want to see what a development like this can do for a city; take a look at the KC Stadium in Hull (also council owned). The stadium is smaller and hasn't half the faclities our Arena will have; yet it has lifted a city and everyone from Hull I have spoken to is justifiably proud of it.
So cheer up Martin, its Christmas.
Martin
My God, what a pathetic bunch of comments from people. Jaguar are making a loss, and simply cannot justify spending 7 million on Arena sponsorship. Why is anyone surprised by this?
Ford aren't removing Jaguar completely from Coventry. It's corporate HQ is still Brown's Lane, and the engineering centre is still at Whitley.
The whole development of this arena has become a fiasco - built for a team that can't afford it and funded by the council, poor transport links and no sign of a station, a downsized and dreary design from the original, and another bland retail park. Maybe it should be sponsored by the Krankies.
Mike Smith
RE: Steve Mates. Jaguar and Ford still fund hundreds of jobs throughout Coventry which are more important than the name of a casino. What investment do VW have in the UK?
Alex Barker
It was inevitable that Jaguar would pull out of sponsoring the stadium. Bit ironic with Jaguar stopping production in Coventry to have the stadium named after them isn't it?
I haven't got a clue who should sponsor the new stadium.....Peugeot perhaps?
john osborne
I am glad about this. Coventry has been let down by the Jag. Management. Maybe Peugot could consider sponsorship.
Charlie
How about renaming it "The Lyon's Arena" in tribute to the man who bought so much employment to the city for 53 years. AND Burnley and the like are going to be terrified of coming to the Lyons Den aren't they ?.....
karl cook cov city lifetime fan
i think it is appauling that jag started sponsoring the arena and now have stopped losin jag would be like ripping the heart out of coventry
Steve Mates, Coventry
I was about to go out a buy a new S type, not anymore i'm getting a Golf.
Don't buy FORD or JAG let's teach them!!
Michael Barnwell
Regretfully this was an inevitable consequence of recent events. It would have been incongruous to have 'The Jaguar Stadium'as the City's premier venue in the light of Ford's decision to remove it's plants from Coventry. Perhaps Peugeot would be a more than adequete alternative.
Ian Sutherland
When jaguar announced it was to sponsor the arena it appeared they were leaving a legacy in the city after announcing the closure of the Browns lane factory, withdrawing this sponsorship is a kick in the teeth to the people of Coventry, though why should Ford care, I suggest that everyone associated with the city SHOULD NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN
Elaine
I think Peugeot should be the main sponsor, after all they've been in Coventry for as long as I remember
