Paycom Center (formerly Chesapeake Arena)

[PHXguyinOKC]

Mid First has its name on a tower in Phoenix... def not the same region

[metro]

anything to get that frackin story off their back. And this, in the face of an NBA season that could not be...HMM.

It'll happen. Too much at stake for both sides to lockout for a season. Look at the NFL, they figured it out, and I'm not surprised. No one can afford not to play.

[metro]

He has entertainment value.

And for the name. It's OK. It had to be one of the energy companies or banks so Chesapeake is a good as any other.

Or out of state companies wanting exposure............

[metro]

BOk is the largest bank based in Oklahoma and is major regional financial company with operations in 10 states, but sure, valid point.

True, but they go under a different name in those other states, so BOK wouldn't have as much pull, regardless of the fact it is a bigger than most realize entity.

[Bill Robertson]

Or out of state companies wanting exposure............

That could have been a possibility. But if any were trying to negotiate a deal they did it very quietly.

[pure]

Chesapeake Energy Arena flows much better than Gexa Energy Pavilion (former Coca-Cola Starplex/ Smirfnoff Music Centre/ Superpages.com Center) in Dallas.

[BDP]

I wonder why they didn't go with "center". One less syllable and one less word starting with a vowel. Either way, we'll all get used to saying it soon and it's about $2.5 mil for the team a year and $400k+ for the city. Not a windfall, but it's better then getting nothing.

[ultimatesooner]

that Mike guy that is out for Aubrey is gonna stroke out

[BrettM2]

anything to get that frackin story off their back. And this, in the face of an NBA season that could not be...HMM.

Or perhaps give them a new marketing slogan... "Get the frack in here" or "Let's fill this fracking place!"

[Martin]

you know who else played in the energy arena? -M

[NWOKCGuy]

I like it. We can call it the 'Peake'.

[energy_savior]

I like it. We can call it the 'Peake'.

I'll call it Ford Center....

[SkyWestOKC]

Chesapeake Arena sounds fine to me. Doesn't sound lame, it rolls off the tongue the best that it can. The official name is the Chesapeake Energy Arena, but I'm sure it will be referred to as the Chesapeake Arena.

[Just the facts]

When they say the Thunder flammed out when they lose at home? When they blow a 4th quarter lead we can just say they ran out of gas.

[earlywinegareth]

12-year naming rights agreement - WOWEE

[BoulderSooner]

It'll happen. Too much at stake for both sides to lockout for a season. Look at the NFL, they figured it out, and I'm not surprised. No one can afford not to play.

at best we will have a short season .. the NFL and the NBA are apples and oranges ..

the NFL is splitting 9B the NBA has 22 teams losing money .. they want 800mil reduction in salary as a starting point ...

the NBA and the players are so far apart not having a season would not be suprising at all

[Patrick]

http://www.nba.com/thunder/?tmd=1

Call it Chesapeake Energy Arena!

Yay, I was right all along.

[Patrick]

And I bet the word "energy" will eventually come off. Look at the Cox Center. It was originally called the Cox Business Services Convention Center. Everyone just called it the Cox Center or the Cox Convention Center. I noticed awhile back that they dropped the "Business Services" from the title.

[Patrick]

I wonder why they didn't go with "center". One less syllable and one less word starting with a vowel. Either way, we'll all get used to saying it soon and it's about $2.5 mil for the team a year and $400k+ for the city. Not a windfall, but it's better then getting nothing.

I don't have a problem with it being "arena" instead of "center." Afterall, it is just an arena, and doesn't have all of the meeting rooms and other amenities in a true center.

[okcfollower]

Their facebook page is just facebook.com/Chesapeakearena and the official website is
http://www.chesapeakearena.com. So if the official entities are leaving off the energy...I will as well. Also...the title of this thread has Chesapeake misspelled...

[blangtang]

that Mike guy that is out for Aubrey is gonna stroke out

i chuckled!

[jn1780]

They should have just announced the name a year ago. We all knew it was going to be called Chesapeake Arena. The delay just caused us to second guess ourselves. LOL

[iMAX386]

So now the question... nicknames? Let's rule out "The Gas Chamber" straight away... what else have we got?

We already have "The Thunderdome" ... but Chesapeake could have spun something like "The Peake" as a nickname. It's not as topographically relevant as say Denver's Mile High Stadium, but who cares.

[jbrown84]

If I were a stockholder, considering what companies spend on advertising, I'd say having my name on every sports announcers lips anytime the Thunder are televised is probably pretty cheap advertising. If we make the playoffs, Chesapeake Energy Arena will be heard around the world.

What's interesting though is that Chesapeake is not really the kind of company that needs to advertise to everyday consumers...

BOk is the largest bank based in Oklahoma and is major regional financial company with operations in 10 states, but sure, valid point.

Fair enough, but their operations in other states (Bank of Texas, Bank of Albuquerque, etc) go by different names so their potential customers aren't even going to recognize "BOk" as a brand.

Chesapeake Energy Arena flows much better than Gexa Energy Pavilion (former Coca-Cola Starplex/ Smirfnoff Music Centre/ Superpages.com Center) in Dallas.

It's definitely better than anything with a ".com" in it!!

I wonder why they didn't go with "center". One less syllable and one less word starting with a vowel.

I was thinking maybe they didn't want it confused for a headquarters (ie Devon Energy Center). Like if someone is googling it or searching on GPS.

[Double Edge]

Let's rule out The Gas Chamber

bwaaaahahaha! Too late.

Cheseapeake is as good of a name as any to stick on it and their checks cash I guess.