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Carrier Dome no more: Syracuse cancels lifetime naming contract

HuskyHawk said:
Sort of. He donated $1M, which was needed to help make sure it even happened. So yeah, critical at the time. But you could sell the naming rights for a lot more than that and UConn AD could sure use the money.

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Don’t. Either your word means something or it doesn’t. The University of Connecticut gave its word that gambles name would be on the arena forever. Only a sleazy organization would try to walk that back.
 
We took a tour of Syracuse earlier in the year.

The Dome isn’t even a dome anymore. They replaced the dome with a normal roof - it has all the charm of a Fed Ex sorting facility now.

And they were trying to get everyone to stop calling it the Dome…they want people to call it The Stadium now.

Good luck with that.

The Stadium
 
If this sates their appetite for getting rid of outdated things over there, I’m all for it
 
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John said:
Why hasn't UConn sold the naming rights to Gampel?
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They are waiting for me to hit powerball or mega millions. At which point every facility will be named after me and the Whalers will be back in Hartford.
 
CL82 said:
Don’t. Either your word means something or it doesn’t. The University of Connecticut gave its word that gambles name would be on the arena forever. Only a sleazy organization would try to walk that back.
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I’m not advocating that at all. But they should have named the court for him instead. It was a mistake. If Nebraska can score $27m in naming rights for their arena, UConn, which gets more TV time, could pull in even more.
 
huskyjawz said:
Nothing's worse than Bridgeport's brand new music venue named the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater.

Way to market your city.
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could be worse actually -- webster bank arena next door is now called TOTAL MORTGAGE
 
HuskyHawk said:
I’m not advocating that at all. But they should have named the court for him instead. It was a mistake. If Nebraska can score $27m in naming rights for their arena, UConn, which gets more TV time, could pull in even more.
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Probably, but Gampel is the building has a name and it shouldn’t be changed. You can’t change the terms of an agreement just because you don’t like some of the benefit of hindsight.

Now if someone wants to pay us 27 million for the court naming rights that’s an entirely different thing. I can see it now… Arby’s court at Gampel Pavilion.
 
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Is it really anything other than, "Perform on the terms of the contract, or breach and pay damages"?

Wouldn't, then, the party that suffers from the breach be obligated to file suit and allege damages?

And wouldn't the parties more likely than not negotiate a settlement prior to going to trial?

Everything else here is moral posturing that plays off the bad optics.

Harry Gampel's $1 million dollar contribution definitely seems like a great deal.

My father and his fellow members of a men's monthly dining club - that was comprised of guys who grew up in Hartford's largely Jewish North End during the Depression, and predominantly lived post-World War 2 in West Hartford - certainly thought so at the time.
 
Personally, I would have gone with Baby Boy Mowers Sarsparilla over JMA, but others may differ.
 
Billy Bob said:
The Gampel name has that national significance. Huh? At least get naming rights from some pizza joint; Pepe's or Sally's
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Blaze? JK.
 
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Dec 11, 2021
Syracuse 75 - Georgetown 79
Patrick Ewing: “The Carrier Dome is officially closed”
 
CL82 said:
The University of Connecticut gave its word that gambles name would be on the arena forever.
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Apropos, iirc Harry loved the horses.
 
methodology said:
It was an outdated naming contract and they were loosing out on money for years. Carrier knew they were making out like bandits and it caused a rift between Syracuse and carrier. I think Syracuse even removed them from their media guide as a sponsor
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I believe Carrier is no longer in Syracuse after the spinoff from UTC. Didn't they move the plants to Mexico?
 
huskyjawz said:
Nothing's worse than Bridgeport's brand new music venue named the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater.

Way to market your city.
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I drove by that venue howerever and it looks terrific. Hartford Healthcare is huge. Probably got a good price for it.

Anyhow, we can't throw stones after Gampel's name and Pratt and Whitney Stadium, which I am not sure if Pratt paid any money for it at all or it is just negotiated for the land deal.
 
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JohnFSilver said:
I believe Carrier is no longer in Syracuse after the spinoff from UTC. Didn't they move the plants to Mexico?
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Not positive I think they still have a presence in Syracuse. Kinda funny how they never put air conditioning in the carrier dome for 40 years and Syracuse had to do it themselves 2 years ago. I hope they used their biggest competitor hvac system to do that
 
Husker Husky said:
It can't be as bad as here in Omaha. We have the CHI Health Center. Still can't figure out who the head nitwit was that pushed that one through. Yep, you can watch a basketball game or maybe get a colonoscopy, or both.
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Watching us play sometimes seems like a colonoscopy... Try the veal.
 
JohnFSilver said:
Anyhow, we can't throw stones after Gampel's name and Pratt and Whitney Stadium, which I am not sure if Pratt paid any money for it at all or it is just negotiated for the land deal.
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"Rentschler Field" came with the land deal, naming rights to the stadium weren't allowed for a period of time. After that time was up is when the PAWS came, at a price I'm almost 100% sure.
 
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