Super Bowl XLVIII at LP Field

Huh? Heck, I'm not in the know with NFL Super Bowl site-selection types, but I'm just trying to imagine what it would be like if Nashville ever gets the big game. That's right, the Titans and Nashville-based building materials company Louisiana-Pacific Corp. have apparently signed on the dotted line and an announcement is expected today. Which is kinda good, because after the place lost "Adelphia" in its name, there was this implied "What in the heck are we supposed to call it?" attitude from this Titan fan and certainly other fans, commentators, and the like. "The Coliseum" sounded so generic, and to me reminded me a certain round building at the Fairgrounds where I used to hawk cokes on Monday night for the wrestling matches.

So now it has a name. LP Field. Interesting. I'm sure all the Nashville TV stations will be in the malls and sports bars, asking people if they like it or hate it. Sooner or later, we'll all learn to deal with it, and it'll sound normal. Heck, baseball has Petco Park and Minute Maid Field. Football has Heinz Field, FedEx Field, PSINet Stadium, and Raymond James Stadium. Pretty much gone are War Memorial Stadium days, unless a company is called "War Memorial" and coughs up a wad of cash for 10 or 20 years.

LP Field....It'll definitely take some getting used to, but soon it'll have an identity. I'm sure folks hated the name "Titans" when it was unveiled, but there isn't exactly anything you could do about it, now is there. And currently the Titans boast a streak of 70-something sellouts or something like that, so either those people stepped aside or learned to get over it. And it'll be the same with the stadium. And if the Titans make it a tough place to play year in and year out, teams will hate coming to it, no matter what the name is.