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Real Salt Lake: Rio Tinto to sponsor new RSL stadium

I think calling that place the "Gold Pit" would be rather appropriate.

Since when does "Onside Kick" Whittingham's batch ever have the moral standing to gripe about sportsmanship? Please.

I was hoping for KFC. But the "pit" actually wouldn't be bad either

Come on, anyone like "The Gold Pan".

Either one would be fine, then you could call it the "bucket"

Rio Tinto is a huge company. With international exposure. So glad its not a pyramid company.

RioT into Stadium.

I hope RSL was smart enough to retain the underground mineral rights.

Go to Rio Tinto instead of Energy Solutions when it was time to rename the Delta Center? I still think it is a embarassment to the state of Utah and the Jazz that the basketball stadium is named after a company that is basically a glorified nuclear waste dump.

Some may argue a mining company isn't much better but Rio Tinto is a huge int'l company that is known for environmentally friendly mining practices. Energy Solutions is a small company that proactively solicits contracts from countries across the globe to bring their nuclear waste to our backyard and profits from it. I can't believe Larry H. couldn't find a better company to name his stadium after.

I'm glad ya'll are better informed than i am; i didn't know what Rio Tinto was, and i still don't know what xango is. But it's still a lot of money for the club, right?

I hope they call it "Glitter Gulch."

I actually really love the name. Compared to other Stadiums in the MLS I think it is so much more 'soccer oriented' and much more international sounding. Some of the other stadiums or like "Pizza Hut Park" or "The Home Depot Center." How lame or those? Rio Tinto Stadium sounds amazing compared to those. I like it a lot and I think Real has done a great job,

What a bunch of sour grapes.

I think it is great that Real SLC has been able to attract Rio Tinto to sponsor the stadium. Way to go! It is great to see that SLC is progressing into what may become the preferred major league sport of the 21st century.

After all, when you consider more of our children today play soccer than any other sport, they are bound to have a significant influence when they become tomorrow's sports enthusiasts. Just wait. Forty years from now our high schools will be converting their football stadiums to soccer stadiums.

a horrible name for a stadium. I guess it doesn't really matter; I'll never go there anyway. I'm American, so I watch football.

Since my preferred name won't work, I like "The Gold Pit."

Fits nicely....

...I am not as ignorant as you. And I enjoy all sports. I live in Utah, and so I support all of my local sports. I want the rest of the country/world to see my lovely little town. This soccer stadium is one of the best venues to show off SLC.

You are sadly mistaken if you think that soccer will replace NFL, college or high school football. Proof of the pudding is that you are excited about a 20,000 seat facility, the norm for MLS teams which are usually not filled, whereas NFL stadiums are filled at 65,000 to 80,000 every week, let alone all of the capacity crowds at college stadiums that seat over 100,000.

In the world of corporate stadium names, this is an absolute world-beater. I assume we were just lucky, since the money had to be right for any deal in the first place. Still, I actually like the name of our stadium better than the name of the team...

Ask the people and governments of Australia, South Africa, Namibia, West Papua and Norway about their thoughts on Rio Tintos track record on human rights and environmental concerns...

I dont have words for what I was feeling at the press conference......

I am extremely disgusted and disappointed with the RSL organization with this partnership. Rio Tinto? Really? Was ExxonMobil a runner-up?

These are the big corporations that are ruining our precious environment and all RSL can do is support them.

I love my soccer team and will always support them on the field, but by going to this new stadium I feel like all I am doing now is supporting environmental harm and even such large issues as diamond mining in Africa.

Same on you, Real Salt Lake. Shame on you.