Naming
The arena's name changes each Ottawa 67's season. The team holds a draw among local suppliers. The winner for 2011–12 was J. Benson Cartage. The entry fee was the price of two season tickets and a corporate suite for one night. The name is reflected in the centre-ice circle, the marquee on Bank Street, and in all 67's communications. The arena was first renamed the Urbandale Centre in 2009 after Jeff Hunt, owner of the Ottawa 67's invited bids of $1,000 each to brand the then Civic Centre. Urbandale Construction had been a long-time sponsor of the 67's. For 2010–2011, the 67's renamed the centre the Rona Centre. The building, owned by the City of Ottawa, is officially known as the Civic Centre.
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Famous quotes containing the word naming:
“Husband,
who am I to reject the naming of foods
in a time of famine?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“See, see where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament!
One drop would save my soul—half a drop! ah, my Christ!—
Ah, rend not my heart for naming of my Christ!—
Yet will I call on him!—O, spare me, Lucifer!—
Where is it now? ‘T is gone; and see where God
Stretcheth out his arm, and bends his ireful brows!—
Mountains and hills, come, come and fall on me,
And hide me from the heavy wrath of God!”
—Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)
“The night is itself sleep
And what goes on in it, the naming of the wind,
Our notes to each other, always repeated, always the same.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)