[Proud_USA_Republican]

Yes, I know where Graz is.

I looked it up on a map and read up on it two years ago when I saw that my new BMW had been assembled there on the sales papers.

I was just saying. The city of graz named the stadium after Arnold because he was from that city and USED to labeled "Graz's favorite son". The city made a huge deal about it when he became Governor.

They could name it Mozart stadium, but mozart was from Salzburg, etc...

[danmar]

I was just saying. The city of graz named the stadium after Arnold because he was from that city and USED to labeled "Graz's favorite son". The city made a huge deal about it when he became Governor.

Of course!...say you are from California, moved to Graz, became Austrian Citizen and famous action movie star, than all of a sudden you are the Governor of the state of Steienmark(Styria).
So the citizens of California named Coliseum after your name, because for what you became; a prominent Austrian citizen and politician from Californian roots.
And, yes it is a huge deal when a native Californian becomes the Governor of an Austrian State.

Now, let us reverse the issue and go to the main subject.
The fellow I answered, was asking for names of famous Austrians, beside the "Sound of Music" von Trapp's.

So, I gave him some Austrian names of prominent artists, engineers, philosophers, composers, musicians to name a few, as an example. Nothing more, nothing less.