slothrop Posted February 26, 2005 Posted February 26, 2005 Won't Allow Contest Winner to Name Fleet Center the "Jeter Center" Apparently, teh Fleet Center held a contest that allowed the winner to name it for one day. The winner was a Yankee fan who wanted to name it the "Derek Jeter Center!" The best quote from teh story is below: "We decided that all the names had to be rated G, and this name was determined to be obscene and vulgar," said Richard A. Krezwick, president and chief executive of the FleetCenter, which has auctioned off daily naming rights to about a dozen companies since its contract with the bank was terminated. "We were afraid of the volume of phone calls bogging down our switchboard, the number of e-mails clogging our portal and the potential graffiti on the side of our building." When reached at his office, Konrad said he was not disappointed. "I had no idea that this joke would get so much attention in the first place," Konrad said. "It was a joke. I've already had my laugh. But I could have made it much worse, like the A-Rod Center, Bucky Dent Center, the Aaron Boone Center, or the 'Only 25 More [championships] To Go' Center." To be fair, the Red Sox are only 20 championships
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