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UPDATED: Arlington to no longer be “Fun Central”

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Updated 01:15 p.m., May 21, 2009

In an effort to capitalize on the impending opening of Cowboys Stadium (among other things), Arlington is set to unveil a new brand and logo on Thursday, one which will replace the city's current moniker as "Fun Central." The new brand will reportedly involve some sort of sports cliche.

Hmm... how about "Arlington: Where fans give 110 percent (of their yearly income)." Or "I'm just trying to help the team (by putting a second mortgage on my house)."

UPDATE: The unveiling came, and it's almost as unwieldy as my guesses: "Arlington, Texas — and the crowd goes wild!" Sigh... here's another sports-related saying for you, Arlington: That's a swing and a miss.

Posted by Alex B.



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Jason Rice says:

I vote for

Punt!

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ch0 says:

Arlington - That's no moon!

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Jason Rice says:

::and the crowd goes wild!

W o w

"Dumb" has a new mailstop.

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Jesus Valadez says:

WTF? The new motto or whatever you want to call it is um, retarded.

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Jason Rice says:

Yeah. I think a better one would be:

Arlington, Texas.... any dumber a promotions department and we'd be Tulsa.

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Travis Bush says:

Maybe that slogan works when the Rangers and Cowboys when a championship. Until then it is more like "watch the fans get screwed and disappointed once again..". That would fit, wouldn't it?

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Jason Rice says:

Ok,I've got it.... none of us can touch Alex's initial slam, but try this on for size:

<font size="4">Arlington Texas ... Sold Out Again.</font>

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alexander troup says:

Arlington was such a quaint and small town for many years,on the edge of Birdville ..a Fort,where John Nealy Bryan meet the Gilbert family around 1842, and had them move towards the bluff's of the Trinty..

Arlington also become a railroad center on the more positive side of West Dallas...then for Decades it was 6 Flags Over Texas by the Wynn family who got the theme from some farmers who had been give land by the State of Texas for their help in the Republic of Texas war in the 1830's and 1840s,later the 19th Century La Reunion colonist would settle in the area,having moved away from West Dallas,

The 1950's was also a wonderful time for the area, due to the location for folks to live and work in Ft Worth and Handley Feild in the Areonatical feilds, while it was Tom Hicks who has give Arlington the hick Ups....and Jerry jones who has created traffice ulcers for such a poor old modest place of dreams...A/T,.. An indegestion nightmare in need of a vegatarian....

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ch0 says:

Arlington, Texas - we don't need no stinking buses!

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alexander troup says:

You Tell em CHO...WE DONT NEED THEIR STINKIN BUSES...A/T, at last liberty from Arlington..

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RuralMaid says:

Arlington also served as a scaled-down version of Mineral Wells for a time - from about 1892 through the 1930s. There was a sanitarium where people could stay to partake of the healing waters, and medicinal crystals were produced from Arlington's well.

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ch0 says:

Arlington - It's not Grand Prairie!

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alexander troup says:

No it is not, Cho and you are hitting a good nail here... meanwhile it is close, really close,... by about 16 miles......Irving, Grand Prairie,Arlington all fall into the Wild Wild West, once you cross the Trinity...back in the mule and horse days...now when cars came about....it became Wild lands, like Bonnie and Clyde, they loved that area and its scenic country and swamps,and gravel laden roads...for the model T Bandits......

For Jerry Jones....poor transportation timming I am sorry to say...while the new home for the Cowboys is state of the art and really fantastic ...A/T, It was all about the Trinity....

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RuralMaid says:

"Arlington-on-Trinity -- West of Lee-Curtis Hall"

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Jason Rice says:

Arlington - Not the Cemetery

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RuralMaid says:

There ya go! (or there they go) :-)

Arlington has an identity crisis and it's about time she faced it.

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momzilla says:

I wasn't living here for most of it, but my impression has been that Arlington and HEB owe a lot of their initial boom in growth to Judge Sanders' bussing order for FWISD.

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