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The incredible irony of a fanbase with its home in Hartford picking on any other city is pretty funny.

It will indeed have an official name of Amica Mutual Pavilion and it is going to be called The AMP.
 
The incredible irony of a fanbase with its home in Hartford picking on any other city is pretty funny.

It will indeed have an official name of Amica Mutual Pavilion and it is going to be called The AMP.
Hartford’s got heart.
 
The incredible irony of a fanbase with its home in Hartford picking on any other city is pretty funny.

It will indeed have an official name of Amica Mutual Pavilion and it is going to be called The AMP.
Who is picking on the city of Providence?

This is just about the name of the venue. The Dunk was a great name on a number of levels. The AMP will work, but few will connect it to Amica.
 
The incredible irony of a fanbase with its home in Hartford picking on any other city is pretty funny.

It will indeed have an official name of Amica Mutual Pavilion and it is going to be called The AMP.
Here’s one difference:

Hartford, home to 4 time champ UConn.

Providence, home to Disney on Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America.

Yeah, I can see how you would be offended
 
Did y’all miss the part where they listed the highlights of the place as hosting “Providence basketball, Disney on Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America”???

Does that not sum up Providence??? Holy 3rd rate cities……
What you talkin bout Willis?

Disney On Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America at least offer some value to the naming rights.

Two out of three ain’t bad!
 
The incredible irony of a fanbase with its home in Hartford picking on any other city is pretty funny.

It will indeed have an official name of Amica Mutual Pavilion and it is going to be called The AMP.
Can’t argue with that.

The best thing Providence basketball has going for it is not related to the basketball team.
 
What you talkin bout Willis?

Disney On Ice and some of the best professional wrestling events in North America at least offer some value to the naming rights.

Two out of three ain’t bad!
Well said!
 
I’m a Mets fan. I was referring to the fact that shortly after Citi paid for the naming rights it received a massive bailout during the financial crisis in which we all theoretically owned it in part.
Which was paid back in full, with an additional $12 billion profit for the government.
 
The incredible irony of a fanbase with its home in Hartford picking on any other city is pretty funny.

It will indeed have an official name of Amica Mutual Pavilion and it is going to be called The AMP.
And low-voltage basketball?
 
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if the athletic department were smart they'd sell naming rights to Gampel.
 
Which was paid back in full, with an additional $12 billion profit for the government.
That’s true, and it needed to be done.

Doesn’t change the fact that we were forced to play financiers because they couldn’t manage their risk well (citi much worse than most of the banks).

Side note, great handle.
 
Do most people actually call these places by their new/newer corporate names?

Don't think I've ever heard anyone call the White Sox stadium Guaranteed Rate, it's always Comiskey or The Cell. Never heard anyone call Sears Tower the Willis Tower.

I guess it depends on the name, Citi Field and The Dunk are both good names. XL is a pretty good name but I still call it the Civic Center.
Having grown up in Branford, I will always refer to New Haven's bridge as "the Q".
 
if the athletic department were smart they'd sell naming rights to Gampel.
Didn't they already do that with Harry Gampel? I don't know what the deal was with Gampel and if they could sell the naming rights to supersede his name. Considering the athletic department shortfalls I'm sure the naming rights has been explored.
 
The incredible irony of a fanbase with its home in Hartford picking on any other city is pretty funny.

It will indeed have an official name of Amica Mutual Pavilion and it is going to be called The AMP.
Don’t forget it the pavilion of the greatest WWE events too
 
Didn't they already do that with Harry Gampel? I don't know what the deal was with Gampel and if they could sell the naming rights to supersede his name. Considering the athletic department shortfalls I'm sure the naming rights has been explored.
They can’t nor should they even attempt to change the name.
 
if the athletic department were smart they'd sell naming rights to Gampel.
Was curious if they could so did some digging around. No can do. I figured they would have explored it if they could. FWIW Gampel's total donation for Gampel Pavilion was only $1 million. The entire project was $21 million. I bet it would cost 10 times that today and a lot more to get naming rights in perpetuity.

The lead private donor for the Sports Center Complex was Harry A. Gampel, a 1943 UConn Business School graduate, whose $1 million gift was the largest private contribution to UConn at that time, and the school gave him naming rights in perpetuity to the basketball arena.

 
Was curious if they could so did some digging around. No can do. I figured they would have explored it if they could. FWIW Gampel's total donation for Gampel Pavilion was only $1 million. The entire project was $21 million. I bet it would cost 10 times that today and a lot more to get naming rights in perpetuity.

The lead private donor for the Sports Center Complex was Harry A. Gampel, a 1943 UConn Business School graduate, whose $1 million gift was the largest private contribution to UConn at that time, and the school gave him naming rights in perpetuity to the basketball arena.

in perpetuity

I give you the UConn athletic department
 
FWIW Gampel's total donation for Gampel Pavilion was only $1 million. The entire project was $21 million. I bet it would cost 10 times that today and a lot more to get naming rights in perpetuity.



Conversely, Gampel Pavilion has paid for itself (at least) five times over since it opened. If all of the school's construction projects were this successful we would be in a far better position.
 

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