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Pro Player Stadium Renamed
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:02 pm
by Jake
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
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:46 pm
by REDEEMEDSKIN
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?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:49 pm
by air_hog
so now the Marlins have to play in Dolphins stadium? thats cool
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:06 pm
by General Failure
Just like in nature. And if some uppity fish has a problem with that I'm sure the local pod will set him straight.
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:52 pm
by cvillehog
What the heck is "Pro Player"?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:32 pm
by Jake
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:19 pm
by Skinsfan55
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:23 pm
by hailskins666
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:41 pm
by curveball
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:39 pm
by hailskins666
fedex field..
maybe i should start shipping with DHL.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:01 pm
by General Failure
It's more of a 60/40 thing, I think. I doubt we're going to see Heinz out of business anytime soon.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:11 pm
by hailskins666
america sauce.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:27 pm
by curveball
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:34 pm
by General Failure
I blame the renaming of French fries to Freedom fries. Nobody wants to eat freedom, it's not salted right.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:33 pm
by Clinton Portis
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...
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:01 am
by Chris Luva Luva
I used to wonder why UPS never did a lot of sponsoring with the NFL, now I know why.
We're #1! LOL
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:48 am
by tcwest10
Free Willy, dammit !
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:24 am
by General Failure
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:15 pm
by Primetime42
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.?
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:19 pm
by JansenFan
Now that you mention it, they built Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, and JKC died.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:06 pm
by Irn-Bru
Don't know that I could handle calling Redskins' Stadium "Kinkos Field." Nothing intrinsically wrong with it, I suppose, but still. . . .
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:52 pm
by hailskins666
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:40 am
by tcwest10
FanfromAnnapolis wrote:Don't know that I could handle calling Redskins' Stadium "Kinkos Field."
Announcer: Marv Albert.
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:38 am
by cvillehog
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:19 am
by SkinsLaVar
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!
