Team and Venue Nicknames

[lawtchan]

LSU Tigers...Chinese bandits

.,. Venue....DEATH VALLEY :0003

 

[The Mover]

Michigan- The big house

 

[pd1]

Mizzou Tigers play at "The ZOO"

 

[Happy Hippo]

Thank you for the SERIOUS replies. I am contributing these to a sports database, and appreciate all the responses.

Hippodrome :nono:

 

[RollTide72]

Chicago Cubs: Wrigley Field AKA "The Friendly Confines"

New Mexico: University Arena AKA "The Pit"

Carrier Dome: "The Loud House"

Kyle Field: "Home of the 12th Man"

Yankee Stadium: "The House That Ruth Built", "The Cathedral of Baseball"

Penn State/Beaver Stadium: "Happy Valley"

Dodger Stadium: "Chavez Ravine"

Tropicana Field: "The Trop"

Lincoln Financial Field: "The Linc"

Indianapolis Motor Speedway: "The Brickyard"

Madison Square Garden: "The Garden"

Notre Dame Stadium: "The House that Rockne Built"

The Old Metrodome: "The Homerdome"

Old Veteran's Stadium: "The Vet"

 

[Happy Hippo]

Chicago Cubs: Wrigley Field AKA "The Friendly Confines"

New Mexico: University Arena AKA "The Pit"

Carrier Dome: "The Loud House"

Kyle Field: "Home of the 12th Man"

Yankee Stadium: "The House That Ruth Built", "The Cathedral of Baseball"

Penn State/Beaver Stadium: "Happy Valley"

Dodger Stadium: "Chavez Ravine"

Tropicana Field: "The Trop"

Lincoln Financial Field: "The Linc"

Indianapolis Motor Speedway: "The Brickyard"

Madison Square Garden: "The Garden"

Notre Dame Stadium: "The House that Rockne Built"

The Old Metrodome: "The Homerdome"

Old Veteran's Stadium: "The Vet"

Of course, Mr. Walking Trivia would have some!!

:toast:

 

[RollTide72]

Progressive Field/Cleveland Indians: "The Jake"

Houston Astros/Minute Maid Park: "The Juice Box"

Paul Brown Stadium/Cincinnati Bengals: "The Jungle"

Amway Arena/Orlando Magic: "The O-rena"

The Old Astrodome: "The 8th Wonder of the World"

Qualcomm Stadium/San Diego Chargers: "The Q"

Old Jack Murphy Stadium/San Diego Chargers: "The Murph"

Chase Field/Arizona Diamondbacks: "The BOB"

 

[RollTide72]

Of course, Mr. Walking Trivia would have some!!

:toast:

I did those all from memory. Doing some searches now and remembering a few as well!

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[RollTide72]

Turner Field/Atlanta Braves: "The Ted"

American Airlines Center/Dallas Mavs: "The Hangar"

Mellon Arena/Pittsburgh Penguins: "The Igloo"

Old Atlanta Fulton County Stadium/Atlanta Braves: "The Launching Pad"

Raymond James Stadium/Tampa Bay Bucs: "The New Sombrero"

Citizens Bank Park/Philadelphia Phillies: "The Bank"

Safeco Field/Seattle Mariners: "The Safe"

Cleveland Browns Stadium AKA "The Dawg Pound"

University of Georgia: Sanford Stadium AKA "Between the Hedges"

 

[RollTide72]

Dover International Raceway: "The Monster Mile"

U.S. Cellular Field/Chicago White Sox: "The Cell"

Indiana University: Memorial Stadium AKA "The Rock"

Nebraska Cornhuskers AKA "The Blackshirts"

Florida State: Doak Campbell Stadium AKA "The Doak"

Nebraska Cornhuskers: Memorial Stadium AKA "The Sea of Red"

Wisconsin Badgers: Camp Randall Stadium AKA "The Camp"

 

[Hashish]

Dallas Cowboys -- Venue Nickname: Cowboys Stadium (original venue name), The Death Star, Jerryworld, The Palace in Dallas, Cowboys Cathedral

Dallas Cowboys -- Team Nickname: America's Team, The Boys, Big D

 

[The Mover]

Toledo- " Glass Bowl"

 

[RollTide72]

Akron: The Rubber Bowl

Los Angeles Angels (or whatever they are now called): Angel Stadium of Anaheim AKA "The Big A"

San Francisco Giants: AT&T Park AKA "The Phone"

San Francisco 49ers: Candlestick Park AKA "The Stick"

Gonzaga: The Kennel

Darlington Raceway AKA "The Lady in Black"

New England Patriots: Gillette Stadium AKA "The Razor"

Pittsburgh Steelers: Heinz Field AKA "The Mustard Palace"

San Jose Sharks: "The Shark Tank"

UAB: Legion Field AKA "The Old Gray Lady"

Baltimore Ravens: M&T Bank Stadium AKA "The Vault"

Toronto Blue Jays: Rogers Centre AKA "The Skydome"

 

[Agent 0659]

Roll Tide is on a Roll!:00hour

 

[RollTide72]

Delaware Blue Hens: "The Tub"

McNeese State: "The Hole"

Youngstown State: "The Ice Castle"

TCU: "Hell's Half Acre"

Georgia Tech: Bobby Dodd Stadium AKA "The Flats"

Oklahoma State: "The Boone"

Northern Illinois: Huskie Stadium AKA "The House that Bork Built"

Central Florida: "The Bouncehouse" or "The Trampoline"

Louisiana-Lafayette: Cajun Field AKA "The Swamp"

Texas: "DKR"

Mississippi State: "The Dawg Pound"

East Carolina: Bagwell Field at Dowdy?Ficklen Stadium AKA "Rowdy Dowdy"

Bowling Green: Doyt Perry Stadium AKA "The Doyt"

Florida Atlantic: FAU Stadium AKA "The House that Howard Built"

Florida International: "The Cage"

Western Kentucky: Houchens Industries?L. T. Smith Stadium at Jimmy Feix Field AKA "The Houch"

Iowa State: Jack Trice Stadium AKA "The Jack"

Marshall: Joan C. Edwards Stadium AKA "The Joan"

Louisiana Tech: Joe Aillet Stadium AKA "The Joe"

Cincinnati Bearcats: Nippert Statdium AKA "The Wrigley Field of College Football"

UCONN: Rentschler Field AKA "The Rent"

Southern Miss: M. M. Roberts Stadium AKA "The Rock"

Stanford: "The Farm"

 

[hedgehog]

Minute Maid PArk in Houston I call it the "juice box"

 

[RollTide72]

Arizona State: Sun Devil Stadium AKA "The House of Heat"

Minnesota Gophers: TCF Bank Stadium AKA "The Bank" or "The Gopher Hole"

University of Buffalo: "The Bullpen"

Wyoming: Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium AKA "The War"

South Carolina: "The Cock Pit"

 

[hogman14]

Bruins/Celtics - whatever it is currently called, people always call it the Garden (pronounced Gaahden)

 

[hedgehog]

South Carolina: "The Cock Pit"

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[kneifl]

http://thesportsgeeks.com/2009/06/19/top-10-sports-venue-nicknames/

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