{"458941":{"#nid":"458941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"What\u0027s In a Name? Benjamin Flowers Explains Stadium Names","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDo you care that the name of the Falcons\u2019 stadium is being changed from the \u201cGeorgia Dome\u201d to the \u201cMercedes-Benz Stadium\u201d? All around the world, we\u2019re seeing new stadiums named after large corporations \u2013 and School of Architecture Associate Professor Benjamin Flowers says that stadium names now reflect financial success and neglect local identity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese names are not only placeless, but also largely ahistorical. They reference nothing about the team\u2019s past, nor say much about its future,\u201c wrote Flowers in an article published in Stadia Magazine. Stadia Magazine brings together the views and ideas of leading experts around the world in the area of sports venue design, operations, and technologies. That\u2019s why they asked Flowers for his opinions on the evolution of stadium dedications around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFlowers brings his expertise in stadia design to the Georgia Tech School of Architecture. He sees architecture as inherently affected by politics, culture, and economy. Flowers has a particular interest in large scale design and construction and how these projects relate to and influence how we live every day in cities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.stadia-magazine.com\/industry-blogs.php?BlogID=1535\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETo read Benjamin Flower\u2019s article in Stadia, click here. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAll around the world, we\u2019re seeing new stadiums named after large corporations \u2013 and School of Architecture Associate Professor Benjamin Flowers says that stadium names now reflect financial success and neglect local identity.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"All around the world, we\u2019re seeing new stadiums named after large corporations \u2013 and School of Architecture Associate Professor Benjamin Flowers says that stadium names now reflect financial success and neglect local identity."}],"uid":"32540","created_gmt":"2015-10-14 12:08:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:47","author":"Jeffrey Olson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"458951":{"id":"458951","type":"image","title":"archnews_Mercedes-Benz Stadium","body":null,"created":"1449256361","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:41","changed":"1475895204","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:24","alt":"archnews_Mercedes-Benz Stadium","file":{"fid":"203562","name":"mbstadium-falcon-plaza.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mbstadium-falcon-plaza.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mbstadium-falcon-plaza.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1896359,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mbstadium-falcon-plaza.jpg?itok=tlzCyE-x"}}},"media_ids":["458951"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}