Naming rights.

[hoosiers]

Folks might like OPACY, but when other teams are subsidizing their talent with $5M-$20 in annual naming rights, I am not eager to see the Os fall behind in this arms race.

Our owner and his business minions need to do everything possible to drive revenue to afford a better team, IMO. Naming rights is really low hanging fruit - revenue with relatively little in corresponding costs.

[weams]

Folks might like OPACY, but when other teams are subsidizing their talent with $5M-$20 in annual naming rights, I am not eager to see the Os fall behind in this arms race.

Our owner and his business minions need to do everything possible to drive revenue to afford a better team, IMO. Naming rights is really low hanging fruit - revenue with relatively little in corresponding costs.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3191639

3.625 It appears. Brian Matusz.

[ArtVanDelay]

The first beltway series game I ever went to at nats park' date=' there were these 2 fans who upon leaving the ticket booth cursing "F the O's! I hate those mfers! Fing no good O's this O's that" next thing you see is one of the nats fans slipper get caught in a crack of the sidewalk and he immediately fell to ground and broke his nose.

Don't curse at the O's.

I've been to around 5-6 O's games in DC and the O's have won every one of them. There was the inside the park HR game where Tony Plush couldn't find the baseball, there was also the game where a ton of nats fans left around the 8th inning in a tie game where the O's would end up clobbering 3 home runs 11th inning, also the Machado home run against Scherzer, lot of good memories when I think about it, can't wait for baseball again.[/quote']

They have to be the only fan base that will leave in the 8th inning of a tied game, or the 8th inning of a playoff game.

[ArtVanDelay]

Oriole Park South

This is the only correct answer... since we fill up 60% of the stadium when the O's play there.

[weams]

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1998/08/7/Facilities-Venues/PNC-PONIES-UP-$30M-FOR-NAMING-RIGHTS-TO-PIRATES-NEW-PARK.aspx?hl=MLB&sc=0

PNC will pay approximately $1.5M a year through the 2020 season

[weams]

Miller pays $2.5 million annually for the naming rights for Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisc., where the Brewers are rarely televised outside the market. Coors pays only $1.1 million annually for Coors Field in Denver

http://www.chron.com/sports/article/The-richest-stadium-naming-rights-deals-in-US-4703583.php

[weams]

Anaheim Angels

Stadium Name:

Edison International Field of Anaheim (1966)

Deal:

$50 million over 20 years. $2.5 million

http://www.leagueoffans.org/mlbnamingrights.html

[weams]

Arizona Diamondbacks

Stadium Name:

Bank One Ballpark (1998)

Deal:

$66 million over 30 years. $2.2 million avg. per year,

[weams]

Chicago White Sox

Stadium Name:

U.S. Cellular Field (1991)

Deal:

$68 million over 23 years. $2.96 million avg. per year

[weams]

Cincinnati Reds

Stadium Name:

Great American Ball Park (2003)

Deal:

$75 million over 30 years. $2.5 million avg. per year

[weams]

Detroit Tigers

Stadium Name:

Comerica Park (2000)

Deal:

$66 million over 30 years. $2.2 million avg. per year

[weams]

San Diego Padres

Stadium Name:

Qualcomm Stadium (1967), shared with the San Diego Chargers (NFL)

Deal:

$18 million over 20 years. $900,000 avg. per year

[weams]

San Diego Padres

Stadium Name:

Qualcomm Stadium (1967), shared with the San Diego Chargers (NFL)

Deal:

$18 million over 20 years. $900,000 avg. per year

[weams]

Stadium Name:

Petco Park (2004)

Deal:

$60 million over 22 years. $2.7 million avg. per year, expires in 2026. [8]

Sponsor:

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.

Profile:

PETCO, the nation's #2 pet supply specialty retailer behind PETsMART, operates about 630 stores in more than 40 states. [5]

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San Francisco Giants

Stadium Name:

Pacific Bell Park (2000)

Deal:

$50 million over 24 years. $2.1 million avg. per year

[Dipper9]

Weams, I think we get your point. Naming right fees for stadiums are not gonna buy us too much.

That said, M&T is Ravens Stadium to most of us, and Natty Boh Field at Old Bay Acres would still be Oriole Park to most.