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- snagglefoof, on 07/16/2009, -0/+88I highly doubt "Willis Tower" is going to catch on anytime soon.
- LordSkywalker, on 07/16/2009, -1/+83You - Take me to the Willis Tower.
Cabbie - WTF is that?
You - Uh, Sears Tower please. - dwaxe, on 07/16/2009, -0/+53First of all, who is this Willis and why does he have the need to compensate in such a dramatic way?
- andyb747, on 07/16/2009, -0/+48
Sears Tower. - franklymister, on 07/16/2009, -2/+46A company no one in Chicago has ever heard of wants to increase their reputation in town, and they start by barging in, changing the name of the most recognizable landmark and pissing off everybody who lives there?
Brilliant.
I'm signing the petition now. http://www.itsthesearstower.com/ - fleischkopf, on 07/16/2009, -0/+41If they're going to rename any building to Willis Tower, it should be Nakatomi.
- LordSkywalker, on 07/16/2009, -1/+36"You don't mess with a landmark. It would be like trying to change the name of the Brooklyn Bridge. It's a reference point. I think it's disorienting to try to change the name."
Exactly. - Hetman, on 07/16/2009, -0/+29People will refer to it as teh sears tower regardless. ***** people still call the sox field comiskey and it has not been that for a while now.
- Smokeydabear, on 07/16/2009, -0/+27The Shamwow Building (formerly the Sears Tower)
- Amurican, on 07/16/2009, -1/+26It will always be the Sears Tower to me.
- inactive, on 07/16/2009, -1/+26soon it will be called Taco Bell Tower
- guitmusic11, on 07/16/2009, -2/+22Michael Jackson
BILLY MAYS
Farrah Faucet
Oscar Mayer
Steve McNair
Ed McMahon
Sears Tower - Snoogs, on 07/16/2009, -0/+19After Taco Bell wins out in the Fast Food wars of 2036?
- franklymister, on 07/16/2009, -0/+18Whatchoo
- athinnes, on 10/01/2009, -0/+17or Big Willy
- McGuinness, on 07/16/2009, -1/+17Yeah, we here in Chicago are never going to acknowledge its new name. We're still boycotting the downtown Macy's for changing the Marshall Field's name. YOU DONT ***** WITH CHICAGO TRADITION. Dont listen to that Obama guy, Chicagoans dont like change. (dont get all political its a joke)
- amabaie, on 07/16/2009, -1/+17Poppycock!
- inactive, on 07/16/2009, -0/+15I'm sure Colbert is the only one capable of coming up with an obvious joke.
- defenswens26, on 07/16/2009, -0/+12Wrong show.
- EddiePotato, on 07/16/2009, -1/+13Or
Cabbie - GET OUT OF MY CAB. - bulentm, on 07/16/2009, -1/+13Have you seen Willis' CEO? http://www.inssecuritization.com/images/92/20243/J ...
Looks just like Angelo Mozilo. Twin douches - Blinker1315, on 07/16/2009, -13/+25Dugg, obviously, for the classic "Different Strokes" reference.
- Threlly1, on 07/16/2009, -5/+16Willis are a British company, I'm British and even I think it should stay as the 'Sears Tower',
Another reminder that all corporations are basically poison. - guyincognitoo, on 07/16/2009, -0/+10They should have had Bruce Willis at the opening ceremony.
- Jobe479, on 07/16/2009, -0/+10oompa loompa doompadee doo...
- serif69, on 07/16/2009, -1/+11Somewhere, the Roebuck family is smiling. That bastard Sears doesn't get top billing anymore.
- RIB08, on 07/16/2009, -0/+10No kidding. A bad vegas act is missing it's headliner somewhere.
- darkfus, on 07/16/2009, -0/+10I took a picture last week of them covering up the old name engraved in marble. Kinda sucks to see an iconic building come under foreign ownership.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1010429& ... - Bloodburn, on 07/16/2009, -0/+9We can only hope.
- glitchbit, on 07/16/2009, -1/+10with Augmented Reality phones we can fix this.
- pacman122, on 07/16/2009, -1/+10"No ***** you lady!" Best Gary Coleman quote ever
- borez, on 07/16/2009, -1/+9Try and rename the Eiffel tower Brian, and see where that gets you too.
- Pimpalicious316, on 07/16/2009, -0/+8dugg for Demolition Man reference.
...so how DO those three shells work? - wolfing, on 07/16/2009, -0/+8I hate people and corporations changing the names of places of interest and landmarks. Like the hockey arena for the Fla. Panthers have changed names so many times, I don't even know what the name is now
- CaviMike, on 07/16/2009, -0/+8140,000 square feet and he gets to rename the building? Come again? The place has 4,000,000 square feet of space (yes 4 MILLION) and this douchebag gets to rename the whole place because he rents out 140,000 of it? ***** that.
- tat2dcoyote, on 07/16/2009, -3/+11WESLEY WILLIS TOWER WHUPPED BATMAN'S ASS
- Snoogs, on 07/16/2009, -1/+9It will always be:
Sears Tower
World Music Theater
Showbiz Pizza
Comiskey (although 'the Cell' is kinda catchy) - HeDiggMe, on 07/16/2009, -0/+7Phil Drummond is moving into the penthouse
- Linkletter, on 07/16/2009, -1/+8Rock over London, rock on Chicago.
- analogkid01, on 07/16/2009, -0/+7Yippie-kai-yay, *****.
- SolituSneiku, on 07/16/2009, -0/+7all my friends in family said they will still call it Sears Tower and when they are at the booth to order tickets to go up the tower they will say "4 tickets for Sears Tower Skydeck please"
for a lot of money you will get annoyed the ***** out of - Misanthrope, on 07/16/2009, -0/+6"SoldierS Field"
...was his point. I believe. - Catchpen, on 07/16/2009, -0/+6*Diff'rent Strokes
- DarthVolta, on 07/16/2009, -0/+6Whoa, you're British and even you think it should stay as the Sears Tower? You must really be serious!
- ksgant, on 07/16/2009, -0/+6I live in Chicago and I can guarantee you that it will always be called the Sears Tower.
I mean, come on. Why change the name of a landmark like that? Sure, Sears isn't in there anymore nor do they own the building, but that's what it was for so long. Then these yahoos come along and expect everyone to just automagically start calling it the Willis Tower? Give me a break. - Cheesehead9805, on 07/16/2009, -1/+7it was always be sears tower to me :(
- WaltJay, on 07/16/2009, -1/+6Blasphemy.
- Smokes, on 07/16/2009, -1/+6You forgot:
Rosemont Horizon
Marshall Fields
Schubert Theatre - GABACALM, on 07/16/2009, -1/+6get back to the SFN, we got enough idiots here.
- GABACALM, on 07/16/2009, -1/+6Sticking with the Chicagoland theme...
Don't forget the Rosemont Horizon -
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