April 20, 201115 yr I have been feeling like its going to be Bacardi forever, that was the first company I thought of way back. I am actually surprised many others have thought the same thing. However, Bacardi Field or Bacardi park do not sound as good as Miller Park or Busch Stadium. I dont know I guess Miller and Busch sound like actual names while Bacardi just comes off as commercial. Bacardi Ballpark? the Bacardi name is just too commercial. it doesnt flow. Bacardi field would easily be the best stadium name of all-time.
April 20, 201115 yr I have been feeling like its going to be Bacardi forever, that was the first company I thought of way back. I am actually surprised many others have thought the same thing. However, Bacardi Field or Bacardi park do not sound as good as Miller Park or Busch Stadium. I dont know I guess Miller and Busch sound like actual names while Bacardi just comes off as commercial. Bacardi Field sounds good to me.
April 20, 201115 yr If they served Publix Subs at the game, I'd be pretty happy If they're 5 or 6 dollars at the store(depending on if you get Boars Head or not) then they're gonna be what $10 or $12 at the stadium. You'd really pay that much for a sub?
April 20, 201115 yr Activation isn't meaningless jargon. It's a part of sport sponsorship. That may well be (and if true they deserve it,) but "activation" may be the most opaque term I've ever heard in the way of meaningless jargon, and I've heard a lot of it over the last 50 years. And what about "sports sponsorship" needs "activating?" Something that one one-thousandth of one percent of the public has any familiarity with whatsoever? If he's got something to say to the general public, allegedly the purpose of the article, he should just say it. Clearly. Without resorting to meaningless jargon. Just to be clear, "jargon" is any language that is specific to a particular industry or profession. It usually amounts to a sort of short-hand understandable only to those who are intimately involved in that industry or discipline. What Samson said contained jargon at its finest, as in "activation." What the hell does that mean? Nobody outside of the minuscule, so-called "sports sponsorship" industry (to which Samson has now been exposed, even if only for a few hours) understands exactly what he means. Which defeats the entire purpose of his interview. Which was my original point. He needs to stop babbling. Since I don't feel like explaining it or typing out my Sports Marketing book; I just googled it for you. http://www.detroitchamber.com/membership/Marketing-Opportunities/Advertising/499-sponsorship-activation Yeah, maybe he should be more clear when speaking to the media (or stop babbling) or maybe he could have explained it but I'm sure to him activation must have all ready taken on a commonplace understanding.
April 20, 201115 yr I'd bet against Publix, which is at best a regional brand. Publix has no need for their brand name to be broadcast to New York or Chicago. You're probably looking at a cellphone or computer company. Or (if MLB allows it) a liquor brand - Bacardi, anyone? I haven't read the article yet, however, Publix just seems logical here. It is not a regional brand anymore, they announced they wanted to expand- now with a few stores around south eastern US. I bet it's publix who will sponsor the ballPark. Publix just doesn't have a "few" stores outside of Florida, it has a few dozen. Publix is as far west as Jackson, MS and as far north as NC I believe. I know they are in Alabama, SC, Tenn and Georgia too. I'm pretty sure there's no Publixes in Mississippi. Unless the one your thinking of just opened. They're only in FL,GA, AL, SC, and Tennessee as far as I know. I only really hear about this stuff once a year during the benefits meeting. So its possible they have actually expanded to Mississippi.
April 20, 201115 yr We have stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee... http://www.publix.com/careers/Stores.do No more bickering now, myself included.
April 20, 201115 yr If they served Publix Subs at the game, I'd be pretty happy If they're 5 or 6 dollars at the store(depending on if you get Boars Head or not) then they're gonna be what $10 or $12 at the stadium. You'd really pay that much for a sub? LolQuotefail. I don't even know how you got that message to go through. Not sure what they'd cost, but I'd probably pay $9 for a 6-inch Boar's Head and consider it a decent deal for a ballpark.
April 20, 201115 yr I think it might be a bank. Leaning towards Wells Fargo since they are currently re-branding all the Wachovias.
April 20, 201115 yr We have stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee... http://www.publix.co...reers/Stores.do No more bickering now, myself included. Thank you for proving me right.: http://store.publix.com/publix/ I Don't know why I didn't just check that before. Who was bickering? I didn't know there was an argument going on. And what did you mean by: LolQuotefail. I don't even know how you got that message to go through.
April 20, 201115 yr I think it might be a bank. Leaning towards Wells Fargo since they are currently re-branding all the Wachovias. I haven't seen any Wells Fargo banks around her yet. I highly doubt that happens. But f it did, instead of the Pub it would be the well.:anon
April 20, 201115 yr I think it might be a bank. Leaning towards Wells Fargo since they are currently re-branding all the Wachovias. I haven't seen any Wells Fargo banks around her yet. I highly doubt that happens. But f it did, instead of the Pub it would be the well.:anon Already going through N. Florida by the summer they will start to convert S. Florida. http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2011/03/23/wachovia-becomes-wells-fargo-in-ne.html
April 20, 201115 yr I'd bet against Publix, which is at best a regional brand. Publix has no need for their brand name to be broadcast to New York or Chicago. You're probably looking at a cellphone or computer company. Or (if MLB allows it) a liquor brand - Bacardi, anyone? I haven't read the article yet, however, Publix just seems logical here. It is not a regional brand anymore, they announced they wanted to expand- now with a few stores around south eastern US. I bet it's publix who will sponsor the ballPark. Publix just doesn't have a "few" stores outside of Florida, it has a few dozen. Publix is as far west as Jackson, MS and as far north as NC I believe. I know they are in Alabama, SC, Tenn and Georgia too. I really didn't know that. I thought they were just a Florida company.
April 20, 201115 yr Off-site steel fabricating contractors (one or more, likely in another state) work from detailed blueprints, they were basically never on site. So why would he yammer on about there being "no more steel" when there are still a thousand or two tons to be erected? (The whole roof is 7,500 tons.) Concrete is either poured or it ain't, and while they may have poured or placed (pre-fabs) that's 90+% of all the concrete in the joint, they're not anywhere close to being done. I suspect that there's one main concrete contractor and they are nowhere near being "finished" and won't be for months. My point was that he needs to stop babbling. He could have just said something clear and simple like "Some contractors have finished, been paid and are off the site. Others are close to being finished and will be done, paid and gone in the next few months. Everything is on schedule and we're very pleased." and left it at that. Or, maybe the writers of these stories need to clarify what he says. :lol Until one or the other happens, he comes off sounding like an idiot. This is something I agree with and something almost everyone has been saying for years. He dosen't make a very good mouth piece for the org. But like I said before, if he just released a quick and easy release like your example people would be complaining that they want more details. The rest you are assuming they have just one company for each specific field. One for all the steel work, one for all the concrete work, one for all the electric work, etc... I strongly doubt that is right. Must be some way to see the list for the contractors.
April 20, 201115 yr no name changes every couple of years Avoiding the merry-go-round of embarrassing name changes that their current landlord has experienced has to be one of their priorities. Not likely to get a Mutts-like 20 years, but 10 years should be doable. 10 years naming right contracts seem about perfect to me. 20 years just seems a bit long with all the name changes constantly going on with companies of all sizes.
April 20, 201115 yr FWIW Publix has stores all across the Southeast but it's only relevant in Florida.
April 20, 201115 yr FWIW Publix has stores all across the Southeast but it's only relevant in Florida. Whaaaaa? Something else I have to learn.
April 20, 201115 yr FWIW Publix has stores all across the Southeast but it's only relevant in Florida. Whaaaaa? Something else I have to learn. Florida Window & Interor Washing but really, For What It's Worth
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