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Sports Illustrated
January 9, 2001
Rick Reilly |
Corpo-Name Disease: Stop the Plague! I do hereby invoke the Oprah of all curses on all companies that for greedy profit slap their monikers on stadiums that used to be named for our heroes, our history and our cities. May they all go down the drain faster than New Coke...   |
AskMen.com
Troy St. Louis |
The Cost Of Owning Stadium & Arena Naming Rights Of the current 121 teams that play North America's top four pro sports games (baseball, hockey, football, and basketball), 83 teams have their home stadiums and arenas named after corporate sponsors. |
Sports Illustrated
June 10, 2002
Phil Taylor |
The name game Corporate bids bring blandness to sports arenas. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Are Stadium Naming Rights a Stock Hex? Here's a theory -- when any one industry starts to snatch up all the naming rights for sports stadiums, like banks now, it's time to start selling stocks in that industry. |
Sports Illustrated
June 14, 2001
Lester Munson |
Charlotte votes down Hornets arena For an owner looking for a new facility, the lessons of Charlotte are clear: Avoid any referendum. If you find yourself facing the voters, do what you must to win. Civic-minded volunteers are not enough. A high-powered campaign is essential... |
U.S. Banker
September 2001
Mark Bruno |
Memphis Bankers Hug The Grizzlies As the NBA's Grizzlies move from Vancouver to Memphis, the city's bankers are as enthusiastic as anyone, and are pitching in with money and cheers... |
Reason
January 2004
Matt Welch |
If You Build It, They Will Leave Sports teams fleece the taxpayer, again, by threatening to leave even after taxpayers pay for new stadiums to placate team owners. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2006
Brian Richards |
Is It Worth That Much? Investors, why is American Airlines -- a company that hasn't posted a profit since 2000, a company that's losing nearly $1 billion per year -- spending millions on sports venue naming rights? |
Sports Illustrated
August 23, 2001
Frank Deford |
Keeping the faith Loyalty in sports eclipses all others... |
Reason
May 2005
Daniel McGraw |
Demolishing Sports Welfare Two court cases could mean the end of publicly funded stadiums. |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2001
Lester Munson |
Bears may lose stadium deal In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a football stadium has been destroyed -- and it had yet to be built. By 2003, a new home was to be constructed for the Bears, an extravagant lakefront colossus. Much ridiculed, the project looks now to be in jeopardy... |
Sports Illustrated
April 23, 2002
Rick Reilly |
Here's Looking Up at You Nothing is ruining sports in this country like the hideous luxury box... |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Banks Look Smart -- by Contrast Sometimes banks don't look so dumb -- at least compared with some hot-shot stocks, ranging from Enron to the once high-flying dot-com companies. A litmus test may be how much companies pay for naming rights to sports arenas... |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2004
Tim Beyers |
INVESCO Moves On The fund firm and partner AIM Investments agree to a $450 million settlement. |
Sports Illustrated
December 27, 2000 |
Reactions: Best Fans Users make strong arguments for their team having the best fans. |
Salon.com
February 19, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
A Super snow Bowl? Football's big game has never been played outside in the cold North. But Giants Stadium needs some new luxury boxes... |
Sports Central
August 4, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
Gaming Congress, Yanks Could Strike Out The issues raised with the public financing of the new Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY may have a broad impact for cities across the United States. |
Entrepreneur
August 2003
Mark Henricks |
Not Your Arena? When it comes to new sports venues, entrepreneurs may be on the outside looking in. Professional sports franchises and facilities do little for most local entrepreneurs. |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
Top 10: MLB Landmarks To Visit In 2008 While the main interest is the actual ballgame, the actual stadium, the sights, the smells, and the sounds have a lot to do with the enjoyment of the game. |
Fast Company
July 2006
Paul Lukas |
"Take Me Out of This Eyesore..." The latest in a series of tales inspired by past visions of a perfect future: Shea Stadium was the first of a now-scorned generation of circular, characterless complexes designed for both baseball and football. |
Reason
February 2009
Radley Balko |
Rain Delay $720 million stadium, 10-cent roof |
Sports Illustrated
August 8, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Rick Reilly Lots of opinions from SI's back page columnist |
Sports Illustrated
January 2, 2001
Jack McCallum |
The Untouchables The NFL is immune to criticism while the NBA takes heat... |
U.S. Banker
December 2010
Robert Barba |
Score! Banks Put Their Names in Neon Buying the naming rights to a major venue has become rare for banks since the economic downturn. But a resurgence in sponsorships is underway. |
