Pro Player Stadium Renamed

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:02 pm

Pro Player Renamed Dolphins Stadium
The Associated Press
Monday, January 10, 2005; 12:31 PM

DAVIE, Fla. - The Miami Dolphins have a new coach, and now they have a new name for their stadium - and it has a familiar ring.

The stadium now will be known as Dolphins Stadium. Pro Player signed a 10-year, $20 million deal with the Dolphins in 1996, but has since gone out of business.

Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga also said Monday that a new firm is being created to manage the football team and the stadium he owns, as well as to oversee a planned stadium expansion.

A new management company - Dolphins Enterprises LLC - is being created. A CEO for that company will be named shortly, Huizenga said.

The CEO will report directly to Huizenga, as will new coach Nick Saban.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... Jan10.html

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:46 pm

If Saban can turn that team around next year, companies will be lining up to acquire the naming rights. Right now...Dolphins Stadium seems the most lucrative choice.

Pro Player is gone, huh? What about STARTER? Are they still around?

air_hog · Post by **air_hog** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:49 pm

so now the Marlins have to play in Dolphins stadium? thats cool

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:06 pm

Just like in nature. And if some uppity fish has a problem with that I'm sure the local pod will set him straight.

cvillehog · Post by **cvillehog** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:52 pm

What the heck is "Pro Player"?

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:32 pm

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:If Saban can turn that team around next year, companies will be lining up to acquire the naming rights. Right now...Dolphins Stadium seems the most lucrative choice.

Pro Player is gone, huh? What about STARTER? Are they still around?

Pro Player and Starter went bankrupt years ago.

cvillehog wrote:What the heck is "Pro Player"?

A bankrupt sports merchandising company.

Skinsfan55 · Post by **Skinsfan55** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:19 pm

That's weird that the Marlins play in Dolphins stadium.

They SHOULD get their own stadium, they have an amazingly loyal following but Pro Player/JRS/Dolphins stadium is damn hard to get to on weekdays. The Marlins have won two championships in 10 years, I mean that's quite an accomplishment. If they had their own stadium that was closer to Miami then they'd be close to selling out every night.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:23 pm

Skinsfan55 wrote:That's weird that the Marlins play in Dolphins stadium.

They SHOULD get their own stadium, they have an amazingly loyal following but Pro Player/JRS/Dolphins stadium is damn hard to get to on weekdays. The Marlins have won two championships in 10 years, I mean that's quite an accomplishment. If they had their own stadium that was closer to Miami then they'd be close to selling out every night.

i agree. i hate seeing those retarded baseball diamonds in the middle of a football field. teams that share a stadium with a baseball team should be forced to play away games till the paint drying season is over.

curveball · Post by **curveball** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:41 pm

Isn't signing a deal to "name" a stadium a sure sign that a company's about to hit the skids.

"Qualcom" "Adelphia".... the list goes on.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:39 pm

fedex field.. :hmm:

maybe i should start shipping with DHL.

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:01 pm

It's more of a 60/40 thing, I think. I doubt we're going to see Heinz out of business anytime soon.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:11 pm

america sauce.

curveball · Post by **curveball** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:27 pm

General Failure wrote:It's more of a 60/40 thing, I think. I doubt we're going to see Heinz out of business anytime soon.

Since the sponsorship deal, Heinz is posting some of its worst earning in memory, so don't doubt the curse.

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:34 pm

I blame the renaming of French fries to Freedom fries. Nobody wants to eat freedom, it's not salted right.

Clinton Portis · Post by **Clinton Portis** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:33 pm

FedEx joined with Kinko's is that a sign their on the skids?

Will Fedex Field become Fedex Kinko's Field!?!?!

The nfl is unpredictable indeed... :roll:

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:01 am

I used to wonder why UPS never did a lot of sponsoring with the NFL, now I know why.

We're #1! LOL

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:48 am

Free Willy, dammit !

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:24 am

Chris Luva Luva wrote:I used to wonder why UPS never did a lot of sponsoring with the NFL, now I know why.

I guess Cleveland turned them down.

Primetime42 · Post by **Primetime42** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:15 pm

General Failure wrote:
Chris Luva Luva wrote:I used to wonder why UPS never did a lot of sponsoring with the NFL, now I know why.

I guess Cleveland turned them down.

GF, do you fear for Lincoln Financial Co.? :shock:

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:19 pm

Now that you mention it, they built Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, and JKC died. :shock:

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:06 pm

Don't know that I could handle calling Redskins' Stadium "Kinkos Field." Nothing intrinsically wrong with it, I suppose, but still. . . .

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:52 pm

well, i doubt that the panthers will ever have to worry about bank of america. indeed they are the bank of america, because they are indeed the lien on over 50% of the property in the US.

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:40 am

FanfromAnnapolis wrote:Don't know that I could handle calling Redskins' Stadium "Kinkos Field."

Announcer: Marv Albert.

cvillehog · Post by **cvillehog** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:38 am

hailskins666 wrote:well, i doubt that the panthers will ever have to worry about bank of america. indeed they are the bank of america, because they are indeed the lien on over 50% of the property in the US.

But, when the team started, it was Ericsson Stadium, and Ericsson ended up "merging" with Sony.

SkinsLaVar · Post by **SkinsLaVar** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:19 am

I like the Fed-ex Field. Every time I see a Fed-Ex truck roll by, I think of the Redskins. And Fed-Ex Kinko's is the shyz, I get all my work and printing done at the Fed-Ex Kinko's right down the street and they're open 24/7! The Fed-Ex company is making some big bucks. No wonder why the Fed-Ex Field is the largest Stadium in the NFL. Fed-Ex owns!!

Look How freakin' huge the Stadium is!
91,665 person capacity, 3 freakin' levels that circle all the way arround the field. It's a thing of beauty!