AAA Papillion

It seems that the Omaha Royals are headed to Papillion, Nebraska.

over 2 years ago Trey Hillman's Chin 11 comments 1 recs |

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How about the Papillion Monarchs?

“Papillion” is the French word for butterfly. The Monarch Butterfly is kind of the symbol of Papillion – it’s on logos, seals, and whatnot. I’m kind of hoping they can word something out to call them the Papillion Monarchs and transfer some of the KC Monarchs tradition to Papillion. But, Papillion-LaVista High School goes by the Monarchs, so I don’t know how practical that is.

by Trey Hillman's Chin on May 30, 2009 12:51 AM EDT reply actions

maybe Papillion Tattoos?

or Papillion Steve McQueens?

This seems like a weird move — I can’t imagine Papillion would have a larger fanbase than Omaha.

by marbotty on May 30, 2009 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions

It's a suburb of Omaha.

They may keep the Omaha name, but Sarpy County would love it if they changed it. They have sort of a jealous little brother attitude when it comes to Omaha. It would help them tie it into their whole “Sarpy County Tourism” campaign.

Plus, the ORoyals have been feuding with Omaha since this whole thing started, and I heard a rumor that Alan Stein (ORoyals president) wanted to ditch the “Royals” nickname anyway.

If Omaha really does end up getting an American Association team to play in the new Omaha park, it would be weird having two “Omaha” teams. Maybe the Papillion team will be the Omaha Royals of Papillion (as has been mentioned here many times),

by Trey Hillman's Chin on May 30, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions

it's less than 4 miles from Rosenblatt isn't it?

Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.

by BillyMojo on May 30, 2009 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions

more like 12-13 miles

Yahoo maps says the drive between Rosenblatt and the new site is about 17 minutes. Not a big deal either way.

The proposed Bellevue site would have been a little closer to 4 miles.

by Trey Hillman's Chin on May 30, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

ah yeah that's the one

I forgot. My bad

Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.

by BillyMojo on May 31, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions

by buddyball on May 31, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

mostly right

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10643839

Supposedly the La Vista site needed another $20 million in road renovations, and the Bellevue site needed $10 million. So it basically came down to the cheapest option.

by Trey Hillman's Chin on May 31, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions