The naming rights to Los Angeles’ Staples Center have been sold, it was revealed Tuesday night, meaning that effective Christmas Day, the iconic venue will be called Crypto.com Arena. Well, only officially, that is — because fans are definitely not open to calling it anything else.
For years, Staples Center has been home to the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers, the WNBA’s Sparks and the NHL’s Kings — not to mention, the site of historic concerts and awards shows like the Grammys and the Emmys. So after decades of knowing it as the Staples Center, no one is all that eager to reprogram it in their brain.