March 29, 200917 yr miami-dade county field (since they own the stadium) or Apple iField Thatd be friggin sick. The iField.
March 29, 200917 yr For the love of god, don't call it Burger King Park..... That would be awesome! I would love to play at The Whopper.
March 29, 200917 yr Is Geico a front-runner for the stadium naming rights? Oh God I sure as hell hope not. That company is horrible. How about Pizza Hut field, does any pizza company sponsor a professional facility?
March 29, 200917 yr There's no question that the Marlins will try to sell naming rights to a company so the stadium won't be called "Miami Stadium" or "Marlins Stadium" or the "Fish Tank" or even "Loria Field." This is one of the huge revenue streams that the team's been clamoring for for so long. Typically, a hometown company steps up to buy naming rights. Office Depot slapped their name on the Panthers' arena, if memory serves, and Ryder had naming rights for the UM convocation center for some time, too. So these companies have got to be in the running for naming rights. BK has been sold to numerous companies over the years, and I'm pretty sure that BK's parent is not in So Florida. Bacardi, of course, is headquartered here, so that's a possibility, too. Just for fun, I searched all 2008 Fortune 500 companies in the state of Florida. Here are the results: 105 Tech Data (Clearwater) 107 Publix Super Markets (Lakeland) 138 AutoNation (Fort Lauderdale) 164 Office Depot (Delray Beach) 168 FPL (Juno Beach) 188 World Fuel Services (Miami) 219 Jabil Circuit (St. Petersburg) 256 Lennar (Miami) 261 CSX (Jacksonville) 347 Winn-Dixie Stores (Jacksonville) 371 Ryder System (Miami) 415 Darden Restaurants (Orlando) 435 Fidelity National Financial (Jacksonville) 481 Fidelity National Information Services (Jacksonville) BK Holdings is way, way down the list. So of the Fortune 500 in Florida, only Lennar, Ryder, World Fuel Services (I've never even heard of them), AutoNation, and Office Depot are in South Florida. Pretty slim pickings. I don't see AutoNation (with its Huizenga connection) being a good match. Don't know why Bacardi isn't even on this list, but they certainly have the national profile to want naming rights. They just may not be able to afford it. Let the speculation continue...
March 29, 200917 yr There's no question that the Marlins will try to sell naming rights to a company so the stadium won't be called "Miami Stadium" or "Marlins Stadium" or the "Fish Tank" or even "Loria Field." This is one of the huge revenue streams that the team's been clamoring for for so long. Typically, a hometown company steps up to buy naming rights. Office Depot slapped their name on the Panthers' arena, if memory serves, and Ryder had naming rights for the UM convocation center for some time, too. So these companies have got to be in the running for naming rights. BK has been sold to numerous companies over the years, and I'm pretty sure that BK's parent is not in So Florida. Bacardi, of course, is headquartered here, so that's a possibility, too. Just for fun, I searched all 2008 Fortune 500 companies in the state of Florida. Here are the results: 105 Tech Data (Clearwater) 107 Publix Super Markets (Lakeland) 138 AutoNation (Fort Lauderdale) 164 Office Depot (Delray Beach) 168 FPL (Juno Beach) 188 World Fuel Services (Miami) 219 Jabil Circuit (St. Petersburg) 256 Lennar (Miami) 261 CSX (Jacksonville) 347 Winn-Dixie Stores (Jacksonville) 371 Ryder System (Miami) 415 Darden Restaurants (Orlando) 435 Fidelity National Financial (Jacksonville) 481 Fidelity National Information Services (Jacksonville) BK Holdings is way, way down the list. So of the Fortune 500 in Florida, only Lennar, Ryder, World Fuel Services (I've never even heard of them), AutoNation, and Office Depot are in South Florida. Pretty slim pickings. I don't see AutoNation (with its Huizenga connection) being a good match. Don't know why Bacardi isn't even on this list, but they certainly have the national profile to want naming rights. They just may not be able to afford it. Let the speculation continue... This is exactly the list I was looking for. We need a company with a lot of cash that they are willing to spend on advertising. From this my list would be; 1) Bacardi Park at the Orange Bowl ( I know they are not on the list ) (keeps the tradition) 2) Publix Park ( they have the captial, but I don't think they will spend the money 3) Autonation Field at the OB ( not a great name, but they have the cash and location. Also, they are direct competitors to Braman, so they can screw Braman by sending a lot of business to his competition. In a way this would be sweet revenge against a person who almost killed the stadium deal. 4) Ryder Park at the OB ( Not bad, not great. A little bit simple though 5) Fidelity National Financial Field at the OB ( Typical bank endorsed stadium, would be my last choice.)
March 29, 200917 yr The reason Bacardi is not there is because Fortune 500 companies are all publicly traded. Bacardi is a private company that's not traded. Which is pretty cool if you ask me. I believe they are the largest private company in the world... I may be wrong though
March 29, 200917 yr name it some sh*t like Free Money Stadium. the first few weeks of the season will be sold out. According to Samson they expect sellouts for all 81 games in '12. We all have dreams-David hasn't gotten a lot of sleep lately. Although I would love it, even 20,000 on weeknights in a 37000 seat stadium will still have a nice feel compared to the emptiness of Dolphin Stadium.
March 30, 200917 yr Bacardi Park is sexy, so Miami. Worth a naming discount. Dovetails nicely into other themes such as "The Bacardi Dancers". ( As opposed to the Burger King Whopper Girls.) But, I honestly think they might have a tough time getting premium money for naming rights in this sorry economy.
March 30, 200917 yr when will we know who acquires the stadium rights? whenever it happens whoever buys them would not want to let time go by without their name being mentioned as much as possible, so whenever they are bought, we should know i suspect it wont happen for a while though
March 30, 200917 yr Is Geico a front-runner for the stadium naming rights? Oh God I sure as hell hope not. That company is horrible. How about Pizza Hut field, does any pizza company sponsor a professional facility? I'd love that too. Or Subway Field lol.
March 30, 200917 yr The reason Bacardi is not there is because Fortune 500 companies are all publicly traded. Bacardi is a private company that's not traded. Which is pretty cool if you ask me. I believe they are the largest private company in the world... I may be wrong though I don't even think Barcardi is in the top 100 private companies. Chrysler, GMAC, Hilton, First Data, Cargill, Purdue, Price Waterhouse, Publix, and more that I could think of if I tried to. They are probably the biggest provately held booze company. I do happen to like Bacardi Field because it has a local color and national relevance.
March 31, 200917 yr Best name to capture both the story of the stadium's birth and the story of the times we're living in... Bail Out Ballpark
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