Potential names for a new on-campus stadium.....

[TJames]

Just for fun....add some of your own.....

Thompson/Thift Stadium?

IRL Stadium?

Anton Hulman Stadium?

 

[BigBlue79]

"whoever donates the money" STADIUM...lol

 

[BigBlue79]

Anton stadium

 

[Callmedoc]

I don't like Just "Memorial Stadium" What the hell are we Memorializing????
I will take Sycamore Stadium or (I know this is about to get blown up big time) Klueh-Bird, (insert wealthy person here), you get the just.

 

[TH_Sycamore12]

The name Hulman will be involved somehow.

 

[agrinut]

Trent Miles Field at Ronnie Fouch Memorial stadium at Jake Odum sports complex.

 

[LoyalAlum]

It's the house that Prettyman built, so justifiably, it should be named after him.

 

[Callmedoc]

Trent Miles Field at Ronnie Fouch Memorial stadium at Jake Odum sports complex.

HAHAHAHA....You forgot with Shakir Bell pavilion.

 

[IndyTreeFan]

Banks of the Wabash Stadium

First Financial Field

Clabber Girl Stadium

"I won the lottery!" Stadium

AllenIlkinVincentDavisGlenn Stadium

But the most likely name is the name of the major donor...

 

[TreeTop]

Riverfront Field

Waterfront Field

Wabash Field

Wabash Stadium

Something River-Oriented Field or Stadium

 

[agrinut]

HAHAHAHA....You forgot with Shakir Bell pavilion.

Wait thats not a softball player?

 

[TJames]

I actually like the Banks of the Wabash Stadium....

as for Memorial Stadium, it was named that way to honor soldiers who died in World Wars I and II. There used to be, and it may still be there, names of fallen soldiers on plaques on the inside the arch.

 

[bent20]

I like Banks of the Wabash Stadium. The Bash for short! I never liked "the bash" much when people used it to refer to the avenue, but in this context it would sound cool.

 

[sycamore51]

I think we should call it Sycamore Stadium with Dennis Raetz Field. Like him or hate him, he's the winningest coach in program history and he seems to bleed blue and white.

 

[bent20]

I don't like naming stadiums or fields after people, living or dead, unless they're the ones who paid for the thing, and even then it's just because it's their right, although I think it's classier to let the people name it since it's a gift to the community. Honor Reitz and others with a statue/s or plaque outside.

 

[4Q_iu]

Really?? You don't know?

I don't like Just "Memorial Stadium" What the hell are we Memorializing????
I will take Sycamore Stadium or (I know this is about to get blown up big time) Klueh-Bird, (insert wealthy person here), you get the just.

Or are you being facetious?

After World War I, city planners conceived a stadium as a memorial to veterans; especially those from Terre Haute.

http://specials.tribstar.com/terrehautestop40/stories/memorial.html

Furthermore, during World War II, the University OWES it's survival to the Navy's V-5 and V-12 Program. That relationship is portrayed via Mr Wolfe's sculpture/statue. http://bill-wolfe.com/sculptures/navy_v12.htm

Because of the war, our enrollment fell to 750! The two Navy programs provided students and $$ to train men as Naval Officers.

There are three particular individuals of note who are ISU Alumni and achieved a great deal of success in the US Military:

• Major General Jack A. Davis, USMC : http://www.facesofvalorusa.com/davis.shtml http://people.forbes.com/profile/jack-davis/34455

• Lt General Kenneth L. Peek, Jr, USAF: Vice-Commander, Strategic Air Command, Commander, 8 AF : http://www.af.mil/INFORMATION/BIOS/BIO.ASP?BIOID=6724

• Colonel John J. Suggs, USAF, Tuskegee Airman : http://www.geocities.ws/isudc/localshakers.html

If you don't know of the Tuskegee Airmen; I suggest you do a bit of research, reading and enlightenment.

In their current 'forms,' ROTC has been present on campus since 1967 for the US Army and since 1982 for the US Air Force.

I doubt a comprehensive study/analysis of ISU Alumni and their military service has been accomplished but perhaps it's time.

Finally, you're old enough (and were probably on campus) when David K Fribley was murdered in Iraq. I say murdered because the the killed him did so while holding a flag of truce, a violation of the international rules of war.

http://www.indstate.edu/news/archive/2003/april/service.html
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwayne/obituary.aspx?n=david-k-fribley&pid=913487

I believe Cpl Fribley was an 'I-Man' (Track & Field).

 

[IndyTreeFan]

Or are you being facetious?

After World War I, city planners conceived a stadium as a memorial to veterans; especially those from Terre Haute.

http://specials.tribstar.com/terrehautestop40/stories/memorial.html

Furthermore, during World War II, the University OWES it's survival to the Navy's V-5 and V-12 Program. That relationship is portrayed via Mr Wolfe's sculpture/statue. http://bill-wolfe.com/sculptures/navy_v12.htm

Because of the war, our enrollment fell to 750! The two Navy programs provided students and $$ to train men as Naval Officers.

There are three particular individuals of note who are ISU Alumni and achieved a great deal of success in the US Military:

• Major General Jack A. Davis, USMC : http://www.facesofvalorusa.com/davis.shtml http://people.forbes.com/profile/jack-davis/34455

• Lt General Kenneth L. Peek, Jr, USAF: Vice-Commander, Strategic Air Command, Commander, 8 AF : http://www.af.mil/INFORMATION/BIOS/BIO.ASP?BIOID=6724

• Colonel John J. Suggs, USAF, Tuskegee Airman : http://www.geocities.ws/isudc/localshakers.html

If you don't know of the Tuskegee Airmen; I suggest you do a bit of research, reading and enlightenment.

In their current 'forms,' ROTC has been present on campus since 1967 for the US Army and since 1982 for the US Air Force.

I doubt a comprehensive study/analysis of ISU Alumni and their military service has been accomplished but perhaps it's time.

Finally, you're old enough (and were probably on campus) when David K Fribley was murdered in Iraq. I say murdered because the the killed him did so while holding a flag of truce, a violation of the international rules of war.

http://www.indstate.edu/news/archive/2003/april/service.html
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwayne/obituary.aspx?n=david-k-fribley&pid=913487

I believe Cpl Fribley was an 'I-Man' (Track & Field).

If they wanted to continue with the use of the name, "Memorial Stadium," this would be a nice tie-in, considering the purpose of the original...:wordyo:

 

[Callmedoc]

If they wanted to continue with the use of the name, "Memorial Stadium," this would be a nice tie-in, considering the purpose of the original...:wordyo:

Exactly if we want to go with memorial stadium let's throw in a name...all I ask. I already understood the difference but to those who arent tree fans, if comes off as, "we don't have a name for our stadium so memorial stadium"

 

[TJames]

Easy to explain.....

Memorial Stadium was built to "memorialize" World War I and II veterans who died serving their country. That is what "Memorial" means.

 

[4Q_iu]

Exactly if we want to go with memorial stadium let's throw in a name...all I ask. I already understood the difference but to those who arent tree fans, if comes off as, "we don't have a name for our stadium so memorial stadium"

So, you want to memorialize the donor?