There was a thread some time ago about London stations that have a
commercial connection. (Can someone please provide a link to that
thread as I cannot find it?)
The rumour now is that Oval station is to be renamed Kia Oval so as to
be consonant with the cricket ground. That sounds like a good idea to
me.

Offramp wrote:
There was a thread some time ago about London stations that have a
commercial connection. (Can someone please provide a link to that
thread as I cannot find it?)
The rumour now is that Oval station is to be renamed Kia Oval so as to
be consonant with the cricket ground. That sounds like a good idea to
me.


As long as the sponsoring company contributes the same amount of money
each year to Transport for London as it contributes in sponsorship to
the cricket authorities, that might be acceptable.

But any sponsorship of the Oval cricket ground will be time-limited.
The current agreement with Kia (Korean car manufacturer) will end on
31 December 2015. What will happen when a new sponsor comes in, or if
no new sponsor can be found?

For example, if The Oval became the Durex Oval, would TfL rename the
station after a condom?

On 2011-06-24 10:51:16 +0100, Bruce said:

Offramp wrote:
There was a thread some time ago about London stations that have a
commercial connection. (Can someone please provide a link to that
thread as I cannot find it?)
The rumour now is that Oval station is to be renamed Kia Oval so as to
be consonant with the cricket ground. That sounds like a good idea to
me.


As long as the sponsoring company contributes the same amount of money
each year to Transport for London as it contributes in sponsorship to
the cricket authorities, that might be acceptable.

But any sponsorship of the Oval cricket ground will be time-limited.
The current agreement with Kia (Korean car manufacturer) will end on
31 December 2015. What will happen when a new sponsor comes in, or if
no new sponsor can be found?

For example, if The Oval became the Durex Oval, would TfL rename the
station after a condom?

And it's Broad bowling from the Bell End...

"Offramp" wrote in message
...
There was a thread some time ago about London stations that have a
commercial connection. (Can someone please provide a link to that
thread as I cannot find it?)
The rumour now is that Oval station is to be renamed Kia Oval so as to
be consonant with the cricket ground. That sounds like a good idea to
me.

I though that it had been the "Brit" Oval for the past 10 years.

As a cricket fan, I still haven't the faintest idea what a "Brit" product
is, so it hasn't worked very well.

tim

On Jun 24, 1:50*pm, "tim...." wrote:

As a cricket fan, I still haven't the faintest idea what a "Brit" product
is, so it hasn't worked very well.

I am a cricket fan as well and I too have only a vague idea about what
a Brit is.
I do not drive a car, so at first the Kia name went over my head as
well. My first thought were indeed of Kia Ora, the cinema drink.

In message
, at
06:16:22 on Fri, 24 Jun 2011, Offramp remarked:
As a cricket fan, I still haven't the faintest idea what a "Brit" product
is, so it hasn't worked very well.

I am a cricket fan as well and I too have only a vague idea about what
a Brit is.

Isn't it some TV awards show where the presenters make fools of
themselves?
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote:

In message
, at
06:16:22 on Fri, 24 Jun 2011, Offramp remarked:

As a cricket fan, I still haven't the faintest idea what a "Brit"
product
is, so it hasn't worked very well.

I am a cricket fan as well and I too have only a vague idea about what
a Brit is.

Isn't it some TV awards show where the presenters make fools of
themselves?

Sam and Mick's double act was some time ago now though!

The Brit in question however has/had nowt to do with the BPI's annual
promotional boozy shindig (nor the related performing arts school). I won't
spoil the fun by being the source of the exposure...

On Fri, 24 Jun 2011, Offramp wrote:

On Jun 24, 1:50*pm, "tim...." wrote:

As a cricket fan, I still haven't the faintest idea what a "Brit" product
is, so it hasn't worked very well.

I am a cricket fan as well and I too have only a vague idea about what
a Brit is.
I do not drive a car, so at first the Kia name went over my head as
well. My first thought were indeed of Kia Ora, the cinema drink.

Cinema drink? What? All i know about it is that it's too orangey for
crows. I mentally conflate it with Capri Sun, which was different, and
came in foil packets like spacemen doubtless have.

tom

--
Crazy week so far, which at one point involved spewing down the inside
of my jeans! -- D

*From:* Tom Anderson
*Date:* Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:59:26 +0100

On Fri, 24 Jun 2011, Offramp wrote:

On Jun 24, 1:50*pm, "tim...." wrote:

As a cricket fan, I still haven't the faintest idea what a
"Brit" product
is, so it hasn't worked very well.

I am a cricket fan as well and I too have only a vague idea about
what
a Brit is.
I do not drive a car, so at first the Kia name went over my head
as
well. My first thought were indeed of Kia Ora, the cinema drink.

Cinema drink? What? All i know about it is that it's too orangey
for crows. I mentally conflate it with Capri Sun, which was
different, and came in foil packets like spacemen doubtless have.

tom

--
Crazy week so far, which at one point involved spewing down the
inside
of my jeans! -- D


My recollection of Kia Or from my visits to the pictures many, many years
ago was that it was in a semi-opaque plastic rectangular container with an
orange top that you poked a plastic straw through. Kia-Or, and the choc
ices formed the bulk of the contents of the usherettes tray at the
interval between the B and A movies, although I think they also had fags
in the evening shows. I seem to remember they also advertised Kia-Or and
the choc ices on the screen as well, together with the "local curry house"
(when the Taj Mahal etc. was still a rareity) advert.

I haven't been to the pictures for a very long while now, so I don't know
if they still sell Kia Or there.

Roger

*From:*
*Date:* Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:58:09 -0500

*From:* Tom Anderson
*Date:* Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:59:26 +0100

On Fri, 24 Jun 2011, Offramp wrote:

On Jun 24, 1:50*pm, "tim...." wrote:

As a cricket fan, I still haven't the faintest idea what a
"Brit" product
is, so it hasn't worked very well.

I am a cricket fan as well and I too have only a vague idea
about what
a Brit is.
I do not drive a car, so at first the Kia name went over my
head as
well. My first thought were indeed of Kia Ora, the cinema drink.

Cinema drink? What? All i know about it is that it's too orangey
for crows. I mentally conflate it with Capri Sun, which was
different, and came in foil packets like spacemen doubtless have.

tom

--
Crazy week so far, which at one point involved spewing down the
inside
of my jeans! -- D


My recollection of Kia Or from my visits to the pictures many, many
years ago was that it was in a semi-opaque plastic rectangular
container with an orange top that you poked a plastic straw
through. Kia-Or, and the choc ices formed the bulk of the contents
of the usherettes tray at the interval between the B and A movies,
although I think they also had fags in the evening shows. I seem to
remember they also advertised Kia-Or and the choc ices on the
screen as well, together with the "local curry house" (when the Taj
Mahal etc. was still a rareity) advert.

I haven't been to the pictures for a very long while now, so I
don't know if they still sell Kia Or there.

Roger


I've just Googled and found the advert:
http://tinyurl.com/6awpyup

Roger