April Fools! New oval to be known as Shandong Gold Stadium

[Bleedblueandgold]

The article mentions nothing about who wants to buy the naming rights of the new stadium...

 

[Bender_]

Fremantle move to Cockburn, stadium gets Dong in the title.

 

[Lenny316]

Have they started building the stadium yet. Adelaide oval is great. Looks like it will be a high scoring ground


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[Smeg Head]

How about a score update from the Dong?

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Post deleted... dubious intentions.

Meanwhile - I hope the seats are comfortable - nothing worse than coming away from a 3hr session on the dong with a sore arse

 

[i am a logo]

Pretty crap name although we'll get used to it.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

It's halftime here in derby number 50, with Fremantle and West Coast going hard at the Dong.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

"The House of Dong Pain"

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

OK it's well after midday in WA so I can reveal that this was of course an unelaborate (what's the opposite of elaborate? Anyway I came up with it in about five minutes and just decided to run with it) April Fools Day joke.

Many posters saw through it pretty quickly and called it out, and promptly had their posts deleted for fear of spoiling it for others. Yes, you were right, look at the date, it's a joke, well done.

For the record Shandong Gold is a real mining company operating in WA, and I do expect that the naming rights for the Dong will be sold sometime between now and 2023 when it opens five years behind schedule but Barnett's current position is that they won't be.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Pity - I had grown fond of the Dong...

There's a quote for the ages...

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Pity - I had grown fond of the Dong...

There's a quote for the ages...

I hope the name sticks.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

I hope the name sticks.

The Dong is sticky by nature

 

[i am a logo]

AAMI stadium and the Dong would of made a great couple

 

[QS]

Shall we just call Subi 'The Dong' now as an in-joke in commemoration of this elaborate prank?
I'd buy-in to that.

 

[Suma Magic]

Many posters saw through it pretty quickly and called it out, and promptly had their posts deleted for fear of spoiling it for others. Yes, you were right, look at the date, it's a joke, well done.

Was my call out too subtle to be deleted? Or just too late?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Was my call out too subtle to be deleted? Or just too late?

It was too subtle for me! Didn't notice it to tell the truth, thought you were just posting on your phone and having formatting issues or something

 

[The_Reaper]

I'm going to nominate Shandong Gold Stadium when we have the naming competition

 

[JordanWCE]

#returnthedong

 

[Beutbrute]

Ha, I knew it was a joke!, Shandong Gold is a Hong Kong company not a Chinese one

 

[Hap Hapablap]

i knew it was an april fools joke.

cant imagine barney going dongy over shandong

 

[Avalor]

It is April Fool's Day, isn't it?

 

[kranky al]

Ireckon the new stadium shall henceforth be known as the dong

Well done

 

[Dark Sharks]

Thank the lord for that

 

[Matera92]

OK it's well after midday in WA so I can reveal that this was of course an unelaborate (what's the opposite of elaborate? Anyway I came up with it in about five minutes and just decided to run with it) April Fools Day joke.

Many posters saw through it pretty quickly and called it out, and promptly had their posts deleted for fear of spoiling it for others. Yes, you were right, look at the date, it's a joke, well done.

For the record Shandong Gold is a real mining company operating in WA, and I do expect that the naming rights for the Dong will be sold sometime between now and 2023 when it opens five years behind schedule but Barnett's current position is that they won't be.

I hate you.

PS. Got me good.

 

[Sw3Et]

I'm really surprised none of you picked up on that one.