The Sports Business Journal reports that the Yankees are looking for $20 million for their most prominent sponsorship in the new stadium - but it does not include naming rights.
Oh my goodness gracious.
That's a really large sum of money.
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You can't re-name Yankee Stadium, even for $20 million
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How about "Yahoo Yankee Stadium" or the "House That Pins and Needled Built"
How about "Steroid Stadium"
Thats alot of money to be putting sponsorship on bathroom walls.
All kidding aside Yankee Stadium needs no other name. History and Tradition will carry that team forever...unless someone gives 50 Million a year to name it Charmin
Shea
The House that Junk built.
But you can try to change the lyrics to "Take Me Out to the ballgame". "Crunch'N'Munch" just doesn't have the same flow as Cracker Jack or Peanuts.
But you can try to change the lyrics to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". Sorry, but Crunch 'N' Munch just doesn't have the same flow as Peanuts or Cracker Jacks for that matter.
As a Mets fan, I can totally live with having a corporate name for my stadium. I just don't want it to be a revolving door of names that has happened with the ballpark in San Francisco nor having a ridiculous corporate naming like Jobing.com Arena, Monster Park, or PETCO Park. CitiField at least has got a good flow to it.
The big problem with the name CitiField that the kids [and Yankee fans] amongst us will sub a scatalogical sound-alike for the syllable Citi any chance they can get. Goes with the mailing location of the stadium [Flushing] and the odor from Flushing Bay at low tide ... and the record of the Mets from the pre-Saint Joseph of Chavez Ravine Joe Torre years.
I just call it Corona Park as much as possible. : )