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SBC Park to Be Renamed AT&T Park Following Merger
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Giants' ballpark is changing its name to AT&T Park beginning in March.
The name change announced Friday gives the stadium its third identity since the ballpark opened in 2000 and follows SBC Communications Inc.'s acquisition of AT&T Corp. in November. SBC changed its name to AT&T after the merger. The Giants stadium was originally called Pacific Bell Park and was later renamed SBC Park. "AT&T played a critical role in the development of our ballpark and helped to keep major league baseball in San Francisco," Larry Baer, the club's executive vice president and chief operating officer, said in a statement. "Our partnership enabled us to create what we believe has become the best ballpark in America." AT&T Park is scheduled to host the All-Star game in 2007. The Giants said the park will offer wireless AT&T Internet service and that signage likely would be changed by midsummer. http://sports.myway.com/news/02032006/v2936.html A little note of my own, that park is averaging a name change every two years.
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I wonder how the AT@T blue and white corporate logo colors will look
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Since 2000 they've had three names. It's a disgrace, if you ask me.
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damn the comercialization of baseball....
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pretty much all giants fans 'round here call it pac bell park, no matter the signage.
and most of us don't care what the signage is because it is a privately-funded ballpark.
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