Sunday, March 15, 2009

Almost (II)

As promised after yesterday's trek to Citi Field, an update of the (almost) completed new Yankee Stadium.



Stadium Wiki

Thoughts? Comments? Questions?

2 comments:

James Manning said...

How long will the Citi name last. It may turn out to be link Enron Park in a couple of months.

I'm not fond of naming rights for stadiums. I'd prefer the stadiums be named after an influencial person that was a part of the franchise or something that is attached to the city itself.

Jason Clinkscales said...

A few weeks back, if you recall, Citigroup explored ways to break the deal. Apparently, the Mets are legally bound to keeping the Citi Field name for at least a year (assuming that there is some sort of buyout of the deal plus the cost of finding a replacement and making the changes).

Naming rights never bothered me too much, but I take issue with a lot of the companies that did it when their finances were shaky to say the least (Enron, PSINet in Baltimore, Adelphia, 3Com, countless others). Yet, I would love to see a Jackie Robinson Park or Larry Doby Field come about for a major league team.

I do take issue with what Dan Gilbert did with Gund Arena when he purchased the Cavs; not only changing the name to Quicken Loans Arena, but giving it a nickname "The Q". What ever happened to letting a nickname come naturally?