{"id":36661,"date":"2026-07-14T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/36661\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:47:08","slug":"cromwell-adopts-the-paris-of-connecticut-nickname-after-will-ferrells-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/36661\/","title":{"rendered":"Cromwell adopts \u2018The Paris of Connecticut\u2019 nickname after Will Ferrell\u2019s praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">CROMWELL, Conn. (WFSB) &#8211; Cromwell town leaders have given their community a new nickname, inspired by comments actor Will Ferrell made about the town at the Travelers Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ferrell called Cromwell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/2026\/06\/17\/will-ferrell-bring-new-character-travelers-championship\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/2026\/06\/17\/will-ferrell-bring-new-character-travelers-championship\/\">\u201cthe Paris of Connecticut\u201d<\/a> during a recent appearance at the golf tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cCromwell is like the Paris of Connecticut, and it\u2019s just the architecture, the people, the food. It\u2019s glorious,\u201d Ferrell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Town leaders have since installed a new digital billboard outside ShopRite Plaza bearing the phrase \u201cCromwell: The Paris of Connecticut.\u201d The sign also features a baguette, the Eiffel Tower and a depiction of a Frenchman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Cromwell Town Manager Anthony Salvatore said the sign reflects both civic pride and a sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe got a lot going on. We are very proud to be the home of the Travelers Championship. Love the idea that Will Ferrell did mention us,\u201d Salvatore said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Salvatore said the response from residents and visitors has been positive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe think this was really exciting. We thought we had some fun, and we are getting the comments, and people seem to love it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The billboard is located at the intersection of Route 3 and Route 372.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WFSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CROMWELL, Conn. (WFSB) &#8211; Cromwell town leaders have given their community a new nickname, inspired by comments actor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1576,14923,14925,1425,14924,14922],"class_list":["post-36661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travelers-championship","tag-cromwell","tag-cromwell-new-nickname-billboard","tag-cromwell-town-manager-anthony-salvatore","tag-travelers-championship","tag-travelers-championship-will-ferrell","tag-will-ferrell-cromwell-connecticut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}