shoretalk Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Kinda like we still call it Rich stadium! You mean that's not the name???
The Cincinnati Kid Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 The best name for a stadium has to be Great American Ballpark where the Cincinnati Reds play their home games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Ballpark
Direhard Fan Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 I like BRA Stadium. That would get them all upset. "My seats are 38dd seat 9 and 10" Thank you. Thank you very much. Playtex made me do it.
PromoTheRobot Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 OK Genius. What stadium was one of the first in the league to be named after a sponsor? Here is a hint-His name isn't Ralph "Rich" Wilson as far as I know. You are correct. Ralph earned a whopping $40,000 a year for 25 years. Almost every NFL team followed getting 7-figures annually for naming rights. Yet when the Rich Products deal expired he named the stadium after himself, eschewing tens of millions of dollars, and earning the scorn of his fellow owners. A regular King Midas that Ralph Wilson. PTR
Marv's Neighbor Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Everyone seems a bit on edge tonight! I expect mass suicide if there's no Season!
BuffaloBill Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 But to the fans, it will still be the Fieldhouse. You're not going to say I'll meet you at the Healthy Zone! You'll still say meet ya at the Fieldhouse, RIGHT? The stress you are creating by asking this question is unhealthy.
AxelRipper Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Ah the Bills Fieldhouse Healthy Zone, where you can go before games to get all you can eat Wilson Farms Coffee, Upstate Farms Milk, and various assortments of taquitos, cream puffs, eclairs, and candy for free.
CowgirlsFan Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Ah the Bills Fieldhouse Healthy Zone, where you can go before games to get all you can eat Wilson Farms Coffee, Upstate Farms Milk, and various assortments of taquitos, cream puffs, eclairs, and candy for free. I was given a personal tour of the fieldhouse by fellow TBD member Aussiew last year at the home opener. I was SHOCKED to see you could buy a lottery ticket. Is purchasing a lottery ticket healthy too?
Lurker Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Care to make any other astute observations? Don't encourage him/them...
apuszczalowski Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 You are correct. Ralph earned a whopping $40,000 a year for 25 years. Almost every NFL team followed getting 7-figures annually for naming rights. Yet when the Rich Products deal expired he named the stadium after himself, eschewing tens of millions of dollars, and earning the scorn of his fellow owners. A regular King Midas that Ralph Wilson. PTR Wasn't it Erie County, the owners of the Stadium, that named it after Ralph as a way to honor the only reason why the Bills are still in Buffalo using their stadium?
bills44 Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 Sundowner Field® - Where All Your Dreams Come. True.
PromoTheRobot Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 Wasn't it Erie County, the owners of the Stadium, that named it after Ralph as a way to honor the only reason why the Bills are still in Buffalo using their stadium? Hmmmm, maybe. PTR
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) Wasn't it Erie County, the owners of the Stadium, that named it after Ralph as a way to honor the only reason why the Bills are still in Buffalo using their stadium? Hmmmm, maybe. PTR No. That's incorrect. The lease (which is online and has been posted here numerous times) clearly states that the team owns the naming rights. The team, not the county, has chosen not to sell the naming rights. Ah what the hell. Here it is again. http://www.erie.gov/...e/stadium.phtml Article 4: 4.2 Naming of Stadium Complex. (a) The Bills shall have the exclusive right to name, or contract from time to time with any Person or Persons on such terms as the Bills may determine with respect to the naming of the Stadium Complex or any portion thereof; provided that (i) the term during which any such name shall apply shall expire no later than the end of the Term (whether due to the attainment of the Stadium Lease Expiration Date or any earlier termination or cancellation thereof) and (ii) given the substantial interest of the County and the ECSC in the Stadium Complex and the public character thereof, the Bills shall not permit any name to be given to the Stadium Complex or any portion thereof except in accordance with this Section 4.2. Edited June 11, 2011 by San Jose Bills Fan
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