Talk:King Power Stadium

Apologies to 88.109.211.137 for crediting the otherwise laudable Jimmmmmm for your edit in my comment. Guinness 00:41, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Leicester Tigers matches
Was the 2008-09 Heineken Cup Quarter-final match against Bath was either to capitalise on the larger capacity with the greater interest in high-profile games or when competition rules demanded that the match be played away from their normal home ground, or due to the demolition of the old Caterpillar Stand at Welford Road? Wonderwizard (talk) 10:45, October 19 2015 (UTC)
 * The 2009 games were because of the redevelopment of Welford road. They demolished the old members stand at that time to ensure they would be completed for the start of the next season. noq (talk) 10:24, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2015
The name on the sidebar on the right to be changed to "King Power Stadium" in place of "King Vardy Stadium"

117.221.154.173 (talk) 05:22, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 07:18, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 30 December 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Consensus is that King Power Stadium is the COMMONNAME hence this page is Not Moved (non-admin closure) >>> Extorc . talk  05:25, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

King Power Stadium → Leicester City Stadium – It's its original and official name, King Power Stadium is nothing but its sponsorship name  Blackcat  Ar Icon Contact.svg 12:16, 30 December 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. Steel1943  (talk) 22:54, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support move. Sponsor names are very rarely common names for European venues.  O.N.R.  (talk) 07:40, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * But in this case it is. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:16, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose the stadium has never been called "Leicester City Stadium" officially, it has used that name in competitions that have regulations about sponsorships, such as UEFA and Rugby World Cups, but it is not an "official" name. It's original proposed name was Walker's Bowl later changed to Walker's Stadium named after the Crisp brand. The WP:COMMONNAME name is the sponsor name. "King Power Stadium" has roughly 1.7m google hits, "Leicester City Stadium" has c.150k.Skeene88 (talk) 11:36, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 13:05, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support - we do not use sponsored names for football stadiums (or competitions etc.) when there is a non-sponsored name. This is partly to save going to the hassle of moving whenever a sponsor changes. GiantSnowman 13:07, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * But there isn't a WP:COMMONNAME alternative. Claiming this stadium is commonly called anything else is original research, it's name is King Power Stadium. It's a bug bear in the fan base too, but we can't just make stuff up and wish it was true.Skeene88 (talk) 13:38, 31 December 2022 (UTC) EDITED LINK LOCATION Skeene88 (talk) 13:45, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Elsewhere you cite the number of ghits you received for the proposed name. You can't have it both ways. People do use the proposed name, here is just one example from my Google search. Andrewa (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That is referring to the club's plans, hence why stadium is lower case. The literal first sentence of the article is "Councillors have approved plans for Leicester City to expand the King Power Stadium by 8,000 seats."
 * I.e. the plans Leicester City have for their stadium, which is clearly called King Power Stadium. Skeene88 (talk) 12:58, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. The above suggestion that sponsored names should be avoided to "save hassle" is not supported by any Wikipedia policy. 162 etc. (talk) 17:04, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose While it is the case that we do not use sponsor names where there is an alternative non-sponsored name, as Skeene88 points out this stadium has never had a non-sponsored name. Number   5  7  13:04, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. We try to avoid sponsorship names if at all possible. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:52, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * but it isn't possible here. This isn't two common names and picking between them, there is one name that meets WP:COMMONNAME only. The claim that it's "original and offical name" in the nomination is provably false. The claimed name is neither original nor official. Skeene88 (talk) 19:24, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. The practice of avoiding sponsored names is based on the policy that we prefer secondary sources. It's not an absolute rule. But sources that use the official name tend to be primary, and that is the case here. And we discount (not disregard, just discount) these when deciding what is the common name. Andrewa (talk) 15:30, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * A quick search shows that plenty of secondary sources use "King Power Stadium";    just to name the first few. 162 etc. (talk) 17:03, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That is simply nonsense, if anything this comment means it should be categorised as "oppose". Principally primary sources from UEFA or RWC are the only things that refer to it as any other name than King Power Stadium. Skeene88 (talk) 20:58, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose the stadium has never been called "Leicester City Stadium". In ictu oculi (talk) 23:41, 7 January 2023 (UTC)