bobblehead Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Hey that rimed...cool !!!! 164476[/snapback] Hey, that rimed.
Fla Bills Fan Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Yankee Candle wouldn't pony up the $$$$ for naming rights. Monster Cable did. Wasn't Ralph among the first to seel naming rights to a stadium? 164121[/snapback] No actually it was the Government. I think it was Erie County. Ralph got no money from it, and was not happy with the Rich stadium name
Dan Gross Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 No actually it was the Government. I think it was Erie County. Ralph got no money from it, and was not happy with the Rich stadium name 164597[/snapback] Yup, and it was the first... The first corporate naming rights agreement of the modern era was completed in 1973 (Friedman, 1997). This was a sponsorship agreement between the County of Erie, NY and Rich Products Corporation, for the then new home of the Buffalo Bills. The Rich Corporation agreed to pay $1.5 million over 25 years to have the stadium named Rich Stadium. Apparently the first existing stadium to be renamed for $$$ didn't happen until 1987. That's a great tool you have there GG. http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/1998/cj...rthyirwin23.htm
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Yup, and it was the first... The first corporate naming rights agreement of the modern era was completed in 1973 (Friedman, 1997). This was a sponsorship agreement between the County of Erie, NY and Rich Products Corporation, for the then new home of the Buffalo Bills. The Rich Corporation agreed to pay $1.5 million over 25 years to have the stadium named Rich Stadium. Apparently the first existing stadium to be renamed for $$$ didn't happen until 1987. That's a great tool you have there GG. http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/1998/cj...rthyirwin23.htm 164604[/snapback] Wasn't Schaefer stadium in New England named before Rich? if so, that would make it the first.
Dan Gross Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Wasn't Schaefer stadium in New England named before Rich? if so, that would make it the first. 164715[/snapback] sonuvagun, you're right. Did I say first? I meant one of the first. They paid $1.5M as well...
sfladave Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Moster Park... is that the dumbest stadium name or what? What was ever wrong with Candlestick? 164117[/snapback] The candlestick maker union couldn't come up with the 20 million dollar naming rights.
jarthur31 Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Lincoln Kennedy on NFL Network already has picked the Bungles (even to win out). He also reckoned the Bills would wind up 1-2 over the next three, only win @ Moster Park... is that the dumbest stadium name or what? What was ever wrong with Candlestick? 164117[/snapback] Corporate greed rules the landscape, Nick. At least here in the states it does. Most Americans don't care either.
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