Carrier Dome no more: Syracuse cancels lifetime naming contract

[CL82]

Almost as bad a signing a coach to a 10M extension and trying to get out of because you don't feel like paying it.

Thought about correcting the facts on this but then just decided to suggest a moratory of I’m beating this dead horse anymore

 

[Husky92]

Don't sign a lifetime contract if you're not sure how the landscape will change...in the lifetime of the stadium.

Almost as bad a signing a coach to a 10M extension and trying to get out of because you don't feel like paying it.

I agree with your premise…just don’t bring your KO baggage to your argument.

 

[Fishy]

He got it for a bargain. What a screwup that was.

Please tell me you’re joking.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Please tell me you’re joking.

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.

Naming Rights Deals

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[8893]

They should have a transfer portal for naming rights.

 

[jibsey]

Nothing's worse than Bridgeport's brand new music venue named the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater.

Way to market your city.

Nice little ballpark.

 

[CL82]

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.

Naming Rights Deals

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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.

 

[Fishy]

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

 

[BGesus4]

If this sates their appetite for getting rid of outdated things over there, I’m all for it

 

[jayfromfla]

So the Indians who traded Manhattan for 24 beaver pelts want the island back.

 

[alexd]

Nice little ballpark.

And they have an unbelievable lineup of shows this summer.

 

[The Viking]

Why hasn't UConn sold the naming rights to Gampel?

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.

 

[HuskyHawk]

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.

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.

 

[SubbaBub]

The JMAWinless Dome of Southern Canada has a really nice ring to it.

 

[elmcityboy]

Nothing's worse than Bridgeport's brand new music venue named the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater.

Way to market your city.

could be worse actually -- webster bank arena next door is now called TOTAL MORTGAGE

 

[CL82]

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.

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.

 

[dogpause]

Gampel should never be changed

I disagree, I think the program could benefit from naming rights revenue, epecially now.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

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.

 

[Sky ball]

We should have passed the hat. Missed opportunity.

The Bone Dome?

 

[upstater]

Personally, I would have gone with Baby Boy Mowers Sarsparilla over JMA, but others may differ.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

The Gampel name has that national significance. Huh? At least get naming rights from some pizza joint; Pepe's or Sally's

Blaze? JK.

 

[8893]

The Bone Dome?

Fine Forum.

 

[Dove]

The Bone Dome?

The Patoni Dome

 

[Zissou]

Dec 11, 2021
Syracuse 75 - Georgetown 79
Patrick Ewing: “The Carrier Dome is officially closed”

 

[Waquoit]

The University of Connecticut gave its word that gambles name would be on the arena forever.

Apropos, iirc Harry loved the horses.