Sterling Heights releases winner of Golden Ring naming contest
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (FOX 2) - It's official -- the Golden Ring in Sterling Heights has a name.
With 947 votes, the city announced the winner of the naming contest Friday morning: The Halo, submitted by Connie Truszkowski of Sterling Heights.
After considering 6,070 individual submissions, the options were narrowed down to five choices. The other options included:
- The Aurum. "Aurum" is latin for "gold." You might have seen the letters "Au" on the periodic table of elements, referring to the gold's chemical symbol.
- The Overture. "Overture" is an introduction into something substantial.
- The Sun Gate. You might have heard of cloud gate in Chicago. Well this mimics a similar asethetic when you stands facing east. In the mornings, the sun can be spied through the ring.
- Standing "O": Short for standing ovation.
The city says "Standing O" came in second with 795 votes, "The Sun Gate" came in third at 791 votes, fourth was "The Aurum" at 687 and fifth was "The Overture" with 368 votes.
The winning packages included:
First Place:
- $100 Macy's gift card
- $100 Lord + Taylor gift card
- $100 Andiamo gift card
- $100 Cabella's gift card
- $100 Dick's Sporting Goods gift card
- $50 Chipotle gift card
- $50 Pei Wei gift card
- $50 Juju's Frozen Yogurt gift card
- FREE night's stay at Comfort Inn Utica
- One month of unlimited yoga from UpDog Yoga, valued at $110
Second Place:
- $50 Macy's gift card
- $50 Andiamo gift card
- $30 Chipotle gift card
- $30 Pei Wei gift card
- $30 Juju's Frozen Yogurt gift card
- Five classes of yoga from UpDog Yoga, valued at $60
Third Place:
- $50 Andiamo gift card
- $25 Macy's gift card
- $20 Chipotle gift card
- $20 Pei Wei gift card
- $20 Juju's gift card
- Five classes of yoga from UpDog Yoga, valued at $60
Fourth Place:
- Sterling Heights mug, water bottle and drawstring bag
Fifth Place:
- Sterling Heights mug, water bottle and drawstring bag
There were some other fun submissions, including: Bob, Steve, Pizza, Oprah's Bat Signal, Hall and Oates, My Precious, Ringy McRingface, 2008 Detroit Lions Wins Memorial, O Hall Yeah, Hall Road Hulahoop, One Ring to Rule the Hall, Sonic's Manifesto, Terrance, The Golden Cheerio.
The city sought to change the name of the landmark after one nickname in particular caught on. It turns out the city would prefer a more family-friendly name for their $180,000 golden ring.