What will YOU be calling the new stadium

[Dave_M]

Opinion is divided....so lets have it!

[RealMadGunner]

I consider Highbury a thing of the past, like DB10 .. we might never get a player like that and we might never get the Highbury atmosphere back. Renaming the Stadium and having an ambience different to that at Highbury would just spoil it. Lets remember Highbuty for wat it was !!

[TheImposter]

Being an American and not born to the Arsenal, I will defer to the choice of those who had the good fortune to stand on Highbury's terraces growing up, and to be there to say goodbye to the grand place.

[GoonerMan]

at first i couldnt help calling it the emirates because thats all u saw and heard but ive finnally got myself used to calling it the grove. i wish they had named it the new highbury or just highbury but i can see why theyve done wat theyve done. so ill be calling it the grove:cool:

[Rewinder]

It will be The Grove to me. Ashburton Grove is too drawn out and formal. Emirates stadium, hmmm, its not THAT bad.

Ocassionally while explaining arsenal to someone who doesn't know, or in conversation with fans from other teams, I might say emirates stadium, but for everyday use it will be The Grove to me.

I'm not against corporate names, and it kind of works when the stadium is new. Renaming an existing stadium with a corporate name won't work in soccer. Could you imagine going to play at AIG's Old Trafford, or the BenQ-Siemens Bernabeu.

[red & wite army]

I didn't want to call it The Emirates, but due to the fact that everytime I didn't refer to it as that, no1 knew where I was talking about.:o

[thebigman]

emirates

ashburton is too gay sounding

[canadagooner]

Hmmm Should I trot out "Dubaibury" again? Aw why not! :D

The Grove works for me, even though I didn't see a single tree at the testimonial

[Postman is a Prophet]

hahahah dubaibury, that's pretty good!

[jegerpenge]

emirates

ashburton is too gay sounding

Good thing we're not Shrewsbury Town, then.

[Paul.eta]

The Grove

How long are we under contract with Emirates?

[Dave_M]

Looks like it's just Lanesra and I who are the stuborn gits ;)

[ibby]

Ashburton Grove will do for me, calling it Emirates Stadium sounds to me it is Emirates's stadium not arsenal's

[jegerpenge]

Looks like it's just Lanesra and I who are the stuborn gits ;)

My argument would be that it's a different stadium and calling it Highbury feels like some kind of betrayal to the original.

[Realwood]

Ag.

[Jeff L]

I think I'll call it "ERIC".

[TheImposter]

I think I'll call it "ERIC".
Kemal Ataturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul.

[Beakmon FC]

Vaguely reminiscent of when the Home Depot Center opened. Some folks were (and a few still are) determined to call it Victoria Street. Ugh....

The Grove is a shopping center in LA. Ashburton Grove sounds like the name of a housing development. Emirates Stadium sounds just fine....

[mpeabody]

I can't bring myself to call it Emirates Stadium. I'm not sure how long the naming rights deal was for, but when it's up you've got to train yourself to call it by the new sponsor's name.

Highbury's gone. There won't be another one - just like there'll never be another Fenway or Wrigley when those go.

[HubGunner]

The Em.