P uritans have long been viewed as people who couldn't stand the thought of anyone anywhere having a good time. The original Puritans really weren't that way, but, today, the world seems full of such killjoys.
Local activists are in an uproar.
A multitude of stadiums and other entertainment facilities have sold their identities. But Coke ended its sponsorship in 1998, so the House of Blues and SFX Entertainment Inc. recently inked an eight-year deal with UDV to call the Starplex the Smirnoff Music Centre. From the subsequent popular reaction, one would think that a bunch of Colombian druglords had taken over the city. Yet, the area where the Starplex is located either is or isn't so overrun. The Centre's name is irrelevant.