One of the cooler things about soccer in the United Kingdom is how some of the stadiums are named. Places like Elland Road, Bramall Lane, Portman Road and others are named for the street or road they’re on rather than for some corporate sponsor, some dead person or some mascot.
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I think that brings a certain amount of charm to the grounds — the name of the stadium is also how to get there. Quaint AND convenient.
If we were to do that for Wyoming high school football fields, the results would vary. Some stadiums would end up with really cool names. Others, as you’ll see, are worse off for shooting for this kind of quaintness.
Here’s how Wyoming football stadiums would be renamed with this occasionally used U.K. method, ranked from worst name to best name. As you’ll see, there is indeed one clear winner:
| School | U.K. stadium name |
| Lyman | I-80 Business Loop |
| Powell | Road 8 |
| Rocky Mountain | US 310 |
| Farson | Highway 28 |
| Torrington | 25th Avenue |
| Sundance | Sixth Street |
| Snake River | North Street |
| Ten Sleep | Old 10 Sleep Highway |
| Newcastle | Casper Avenue |
| Buffalo | Main Street |
| Cheyenne Central | Education Drive |
| Thermopolis | Senior Avenue |
| Wright | Wright Boulevard |
| Cody | Cody Avenue |
| Tongue River | Tongue River Road |
| Big Piney | Piney Drive |
| Kelly Walsh | Walsh Drive |
| Lusk | Pearl Street |
| Lingle | CanAm Highway |
| Shoshoni | California Street |
| Upton | Boundary Street |
| Douglas | Sonora Avenue |
| Rock Springs | James Drive |
| Southeast | Lacy Street |
| Meeteetse | Hayes Avenue |
| Kaycee | Holt Avenue |
| Hanna | Harrison Street |
| Wheatland | Rowley Street |
| Dubois | Carson Street |
| Rawlins | Brooks Street |
| Thunder Basin | Christinck Avenue |
| Hulett | Sager Avenue |
| Midwest | Ellison Avenue |
| Pine Bluffs | Maple Street |
| Natrona | Ash Street |
| Saratoga | Elm Avenue |
| Riverton | Sunset Drive |
| Laramie | Boulder Drive |
| Cokeville | Sage Street |
| Worland | Washakie Avenue |
| Lander | Tiger Drive |
| Wind River | Cougar Drive |
| Gillette | Camel Drive |
| Star Valley | Warrior Way |
| Greybull | Railroad Street |
| Mountain View | River Bend Drive |
| Pinedale | Valley Road |
| Encampment | MacFarlane Avenue |
| Jackson | Gregory Lane |
| Kemmerer | Del Rio Road |
| Riverside | Arlington Avenue |
| Sheridan | Mydland Road |
| Lovell | Great Western Avenue |
| Moorcroft | Little Horn Avenue |
| Burns | Wyoming Avenue |
| Guernsey | Wyoming Avenue |
| Evanston | Champs Avenue |
| Big Horn | High Street |
| Cheyenne South | Allison Road |
| St. Stephens | Mission Road |
| Wyoming Indian | Blue Sky Highway |
| Cheyenne East | Forest Drive |
| Green River | Hitching Post Drive |
| Burlington | Farmer Boulevard |
| Glenrock | Oregon Trail |
| NSI | Lane Lane |
Note: Some Wyoming football stadiums are bound on two, three or four sides by streets. I tried to pick the street closest to the stadium parking lot and/or the name that sounded the coolest.
–patrick