It’s a sad day when a huge part of St. Louis becomes owned by a foreign company. Anheuser-Busch is now Anheuser-Busch InBev…
I don’t even like beer. If I’ve been to the brewery it was long ago, way before I was able to enjoy the tasting at the end. But I do love the Clydesdales and the dalmatians and the many events and destinations that Busch is a part of, and they are a huge part of St. Louis culture, and indeed the US. Sure, the mean people who bought the company in a hostile takeover say they’ll keep sight of A-B’s standards, but that’s what they said when May company bought Famous-Barr. I call ballocks. And who thought that the Belgians were so rotten?
I wonder if it’s still going to be Busch Stadium in a few years. I hope so. I always liked that name. I realize it is actually product placement, but it’s been Busch for so long, it doesn’t seem that way. Maybe the Busch family can keep their names on some things.
Bye bye Busch. I hope you stay the same, but I bet you won’t.
Oh yeah, happy Bastille Day.
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I agree. I’m not patriotic, but it seems quite anti-American. Some patrons may actually switch to other beer.
My thought was, will they rename all the stuff at Wash U…?
Well, I think the Busch family sold their share of the Cardinals prior to the construction of the current stadium, and they still kept the name. Of course, if the cache of the Busch name goes south in St. Louis, I wouldn’t be surprised if they auction off the name of the stadium to the highest bidder, ala the TransWorld/Edward Jones Dome.