A Hard Place To Play

This nugget gleaned (been doing a lot of gleaning recently, since it doesn't require the cognitive or time commitment of original prose) from today's sports pages:

The Colorado Rapids will open Major League Soccer's newest stadium April 7 when they host D.C. United at Dick's Sporting Goods Park to open the league's 12th season.

Now, given the trend to nickname sports stadiums by using the word "The" followed by a shortening of the stadium's actual name - e.g. Veterans Stadium known as "The Vet," Lincoln Financial Field as "The Linc", the former Bank One Ballpark as "The Bob," we can only wait in breathless anticipation for the first sportscaster to say "Well, Bob, the Rapids went down at The Dick tonight..."

Do you suppose someone, ANYONE, gave this any forethought?