Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 11, 2006
The Citi Never Sleeps

The Mets found a name for their new stadium:

Goodbye, Shea Stadium; hello, CitiField. The Mets and Citigroup Inc. have agreed on a 20-year sponsorship deal for the team's new ballpark that is worth more than an average of $20 million annually and includes stadium naming rights, a baseball official said Saturday. The source spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal will not be announced until Monday at the formal groundbreaking.

This will be a record for U.S stadium naming rights, topping the approximately $10 million annually the NFL's Houston Texans receive from Reliant Energy to call their home Reliant Stadium.

I always feel bad at times like these. William Shea brought National League baseball back to New York, and I hope the Mets name some park of the new facility after him.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:28 PM | Stadiums | TrackBack (0)
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I agre with u dave im always in for naming the stadium with a important person not how big the money is but u no im sure the owners think that too but, it is buisness and im sure the money could help.

Posted by: hotcorner at November 11, 2006 09:28 PM

Has anyone heard whether the Yankees are thinking about doing the same thing with their stadium, or will the new park also be called Yankees stadium? - I hope so!

Posted by: Vic at November 11, 2006 10:06 PM

It will still be called Yankee Stadium.

I think the Mets should have called their new home, Metropolitan Ballpark.

Posted by: Tom Galvin at November 13, 2006 03:38 PM
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