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brooklynite

(94,745 posts) Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:48 PM Jun 2017

Safeco Field, home of the Mariners, is getting a name change

Seattle Times:

Since before the late Dave Niehaus threw out the ceremonial first pitch on the day it opened, the emerald jewel of a stadium in the Sodo district has been known as Safeco Field.

But that will change after the 2018 season.

The Mariners and Safeco Insurance announced Tuesday that the naming-rights agreement for the stadium will not be extended following next season.

“Safeco Insurance has been a great partner of the Mariners dating back to the earliest days of the franchise, including the ballpark naming rights for the last 20 years,” Mariners president Kevin Mather said in a statement. “We appreciate everything Safeco has done over the years to support our organization and look forward to continuing the relationship in the future.”

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A friend suggested they should work out a deal to rename the Starbucks Coffee grounds...

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Safeco Field, home of the Mariners, is getting a name change (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2017 OP

I hate corporate stadium names. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #1

I hate to ruin your day DefenseLawyer Jun 2017 #5

I know. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #6

Should be Niehaus Field! PearliePoo2 Jun 2017 #2

Translation: We can get more money from someone else. Sneederbunk Jun 2017 #3

Forget naming rights meow2u3 Jun 2017 #4

Im sure they will pass on 10s of millions of $ itsrobert Jun 2017 #7

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,199 posts)

1. I hate corporate stadium names.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:54 PM

Jun 2017

I know they sometimes defray a fraction of the costs of stadiums to the public but still...it feels like one giant commercial and I try to avoid using a corporate stadium name if at all possible. (For example, the name of the Miami Dolphins stadium is still "Joe Robbie Stadium&quot

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)

5. I hate to ruin your day

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:10 PM

Jun 2017

But Joe Robbie Stadium has had multiple corporate names and is now called "Hard Rock Stadium"

Joe Robbie Stadium (1987–1996) Pro Player Park (1996) Pro Player Stadium (1996–2005) Dolphins Stadium (2005–2006) Dolphin Stadium (2006–2009) Land Shark Stadium (2009–2010) Sun Life Stadium (2010–2016) Hard Rock Stadium (2017- )

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,199 posts)

6. I know.

Reply to DefenseLawyer (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:11 PM

Jun 2017

Which is why I refer to it as Joe Robbie Stadium.

Unless the Hard Rock corporation wants to pay me to name drop them, I'm not interested in helping them out for free.