DUMB CONTEST: Which corporation should sponsor the next SEPTA station?
Please note: This article is published as an archive copy from Philadelphia City Paper. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.
Next stop: CitiHall? This morning, SEPTA announced that Market East was now Jefferson Station, part of a nearly $4 million deal with Jefferson Hospital.
At a press conference this morning, it was announced that, as rumored, Market East Station would for at least the next five years be known as Jefferson Station, the result of a $3.9 million deal between SEPTA and Jefferson Hospital. The deal was brokered by the Titan agency, also responsible for the renaming of Pattison Station to AT&T Station in 2010.
We're going to have a more in-depth look at corporate naming rights and public transportation in next week's issue, but for the moment we're kind of having a lot of fun coming up with silly corporate-sponsored names of existing SEPTA stations for a map to go with the article, a la:
- CitiHall
- Poland Spring Garden
- Spring Gardasil
- WD-40th Street
- Berks-shire Hathaway
- Sweet 'N Logan
- FrankFord Focus
- Snyder's of Hanover Gluten Free Pretzel Sticks
- TreVolkswagen
- For Great Rewards, Use Your VISA Credit C-Ardmore
The last one is my favorite, precisely because it is so stupid.
Since this is legitimately kind of fun, we thought we'd open it up to you, the readers, in a contest. Best suggestion in the comments (or on Twitter/Facebook) gets to come in and take a couple books from our big pile of upcoming releases. (We already have, like, 50 potential station names already, but if yours is particularly great we may contact you about using it in the map.)
For your aid: Market-Frankford El stops, Broad Street Line stops, Regional Rail stops. Or here's just a big map:
