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redlegsfan21
09-19-2007, 06:56 PM
CLEVELAND (AP) -The Cleveland Indians have hired a heavy hitter.
The club announced a partnership with IMG, the sports media and marketing giant, on Wednesday to help it find a naming rights partner for Jacobs Field.

The 13-year-old downtown ballpark has been called Jacobs Field - named after former owner Richard E. Jacobs - since it opened in 1994. Jacobs owned the naming rights, but his contract expired at the end of the 2006 season.

The club has not been able to reach an agreement with a naming rights partner, which is why it's turning to Cleveland-based IMG to assist the Indians in a national, regional and local search.

"IMG will allow us the opportunity not only to partner with another hometown team, but also expand our naming rights search due to the stature and credibility IMG has earned nationally and worldwide in the sports and entertainment business industry," Indians president Paul Dolan said.

Jacobs still has the option of buying the rights and keeping the name intact.

http://sports.myway.com/news/09192007/v6489.html
nymdan
09-19-2007, 08:18 PM
That stinks.

Though there's no chance that people in Cleveland call it anything other than Jacobs Field even if it has a new name.
Lafferty Daniel
09-19-2007, 09:14 PM
It'd be sweet if they named it after a bank. More parks need to be named after banks.
nymdan
09-19-2007, 10:52 PM
It'd be sweet if they named it after a bank. More parks need to be named after banks.

That or a phone company.
philipthegreat
09-20-2007, 05:00 AM
Hmm yet another corporate sponsered name:crazy
PeteU
09-20-2007, 05:42 AM
That or a phone company.

How about an insurance company? Because nothing says a wise investment of your premium money and justification of rising insurance costs like naming corporate stadia!

(Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now...)
grandslamsingle
09-20-2007, 06:14 AM
Well, if "Jake's Pizza International" (stock symbol JAKE) were to buy the naming rights, that would probably be OK. :laugh
Gary Dunaier
09-20-2007, 08:04 AM
Maybe they can get Drew Carey to buy the rights... he's got a couple of jobs, he's doing okay... :homeplate:
2Chance
09-20-2007, 09:04 AM
With Drew's sense of humor, I couldn't wait to hear what he would call it.
PeteU
09-20-2007, 09:09 AM
With Drew's sense of humor, I couldn't wait to hear what he would call it.

How about "Whose park is it, anyway?" :)
Knick9
09-20-2007, 09:33 AM
How about "Whose park is it, anyway?" :)

:rolleyes:

By the way, go figure when it comes to corporate naming. Always need that extra ca$h...more money, more happiness.
Seattle1
09-20-2007, 08:11 PM
How about "Whose park is it, anyway?" :)


Or "Come On Down!"

:laugh