Talk:Murrayfield Stadium

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Rugby field playing areas are not absolutely defined, but are within parameters in the Laws. One of the commentators in the Scotland/Italy match (debacle?) mentioned that the Murrayfield in-goal areas wereespaecially large. Anyone know the actual dimentions of the pitch? Epeeist smudge 10:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are Heart of Midlothian tennants? I don't think I have ever heard of a Hearts match at Murrayfield.Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 15:00, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article has been moved from Murrayfield Stadium to BT Murrayfield, on the grounds that this matches other sponsored stadia such as Aviva Stadium or Staples Center. I don't see it being quite the same - neither of those venues has ever been known by anything but their sponsored names, Aviva Stadium being a replacement for Lansdowne Road and not simply a sponsorship of the old ground. I favour moving it back to the original name, Murrayfield Stadium - looking for thoughts here. --Bcp67 (talk) 15:06, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This does seem to be the standard, based on stadiums near me that I could think of:

• SkyDome vs Rogers Centre
• Copps Coliseum vs FirstOntario Centre
• Frank Clair Stadium vs TD Place

Those are just three examples near me, but I'd imagine it's the same elsewhere. Grande (talk) 17:29, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's not the same among most association football stadiums. There's a current RM discussion at Talk:City of Manchester Stadium to get that page moved to Etihad Stadium (Manchester), but it looks like the discussion is heading for a "no consensus" outcome. The only other analogue I can think of is Emirates Stadium, which (despite the prevalence of the name "Ashburton Grove" before the stadium was constructed) has never been known by another name while it has existed. When a long-standing, unsponsored name is available, that's the one we should use. – PeeJay 19:37, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Grande. There does seem to be quite a preference towards using the sponsored name with the possible exception of some association football stadia — which this isn't. Stifle (talk) 09:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's also not a stadium used for American sports. But the fact is that Murrayfield isn't commonly known as "BT Murrayfield" except in media where they have been forced to refer to it as such. I subscribe to press releases from the Six Nations competition and one of them said that if the media didn't start referring to Murrayfield as "BT Murrayfield", they'd rescind press access for anyone who refused. Among the general public, it's still just "Murrayfield", just as Bootham Crescent was never referred to as "Kit Kat Crescent" by anyone other than those who were commercially affiliated with York City FC. – PeeJay 10:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would vote for the page to be called Murrayfield Stadium, as that is clearly the common name. Kafuffle (talk) 12:05, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I know for a fact that Edinburgh haven't used Murrayfield as their home ground continuously since 1996 as they were at Meadowbank in late 90s-2002(ish), they also played at least one season at Easter Road. During the 90s, I'm also sure they played mostly at Meggetland. Any Edinburgh fans want to confirm? --Tastyniall (talk) 13:40, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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