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06-08-2007, 12:59 PM
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Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
Online version of the printed article will not be available until Monday, so I don't have a link right now, but there's an article in the print version of today's Portland Business Journal about the Blazers' recent and future business successes riding the wave of Brandon Roy and now the #1 pick.
The following tidbit is what the subject of this thread is referring to:
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Most of the Rose Garden event suites are sold, and the team is close to a deal that would sell the arena's naming rights. Mensah [Sarah Mensah, Exec. VP for Marketing and Sales] said the team is "heavy into discussions" on a naming agreement.
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So, all of the talk we had a couple weeks ago about how it was nice the Rose Garden hadn't "sold out" is about to come to a close, it sounds like. Just the way it goes, and I suppose it was inevitable. Can't fault the team for looking for a new revenue source.
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06-08-2007, 01:01 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
Welcome to Stars Cabaret Arena! 
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06-08-2007, 01:02 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
I always thought the rights should be sold to someone with lawn and garden industry.. such as SCOTTS
they can call it the SCOTTs Rose Garden
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06-08-2007, 01:04 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
I like that idea Trader Bob.
Even Home Depot would work.
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06-08-2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
Threw away our 21 year string in the playoffs.
Now we're selling our very name.
It's official. We're nothing special anymore, no personal pride or identity.
Just another NBA team in it for the money.
I'm thoroughly disgusted.
Suddenly I'm on board with the new uni idea.
Replace the pinwheel with a dollar sign.
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06-08-2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
What about Columbia Sportswear? The Columbia Rose Garden
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06-08-2007, 01:08 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
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Originally Posted by MARIS61
Threw away our 21 year string in the playoffs.
Now we're selling our very name.
It's official. We're nothing special anymore, no personal pride or identity.
Just another NBA team in it for the money.
I'm thoroughly disgusted.
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Umm exactly why else would there eb an NBA team but for being in it for the Money.
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06-08-2007, 01:08 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
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So the nickname of the RG will change to "The Brass Pole"?
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06-08-2007, 01:10 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
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So the nickname of the RG will change to "The Brass Pole"?
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And the Luxury boxes will now be Champagne Rooms! 
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06-08-2007, 01:14 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
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Originally Posted by MARIS61
Threw away our 21 year string in the playoffs.
Now we're selling our very name.
It's official. We're nothing special anymore, no personal pride or identity.
Just another NBA team in it for the money.
I'm thoroughly disgusted.
Suddenly I'm on board with the new uni idea.
Replace the pinwheel with a dollar sign.
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I've been telling you for years that the NBA is a business, first and foremost, MARIS. Didn't you believe me?
Besides, maybe it's not such a bad thing... I mean, this way, Allen has even more of his own money to pump back into the roster!
I know... we sell it to Japan (the country). Then it can be called the "Japanese Rose Garden".
Any clue as to who the imminent naming partner is? Or how much they will be paying Allen for the naming rights?
Nike would make sense, and there has been some speculation about that. But I guess it could be just about any national / international conglomerate (would pretty much have to be national / international).
Gee, I wonder... if Allen's Vulcan brainiacs had decided long ago that getting a corporate naming partner would help defray costs, do yo think Allen may never have lurched the arena to PAM in the first place?
Crap. Now we need a 20-page thread about THAT!
PBF
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06-08-2007, 01:18 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
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Originally Posted by MARIS61
Threw away our 21 year string in the playoffs.
Now we're selling our very name.
It's official. We're nothing special anymore, no personal pride or identity.
Just another NBA team in it for the money.
I'm thoroughly disgusted.
Suddenly I'm on board with the new uni idea.
Replace the pinwheel with a dollar sign.
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This franchise has always been in it for the money. Larry Weinberg was one of the cheapest owners in the league. We've never been anything special--that was a mirage. We always patted ourselves on the back for being such great fans, but when the losses came, the "fans" left the team. We always said we valued character, but that was a lie too. We mostly cared about winning. The place was full for the "Jail Blazers" and when the team started trading talent for character, tumbleweeds rolled through the RG.
I don't expect to have my entertainment subsidized by Paul Allen. Naming rights are a fact of life. If it lessens his losses or puts a little money in his pocket, it doesn't bother me a whit.
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06-08-2007, 01:19 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
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I've been telling you for years that the NBA is a business, first and foremost, MARIS. Didn't you believe me?
Besides, maybe it's not such a bad thing... I mean, this way, Allen has even more of his own money to pump back into the roster!
I know... we sell it to Japan (the country). Then it can be called the "Japanese Rose Garden".
Any clue as to who the imminent naming partner is? Or how much they will be paying Allen for the naming rights?
Nike would make sense, and there has been some speculation about that. But I guess it could be just about any national / international conglomerate (would pretty much have to be national / international).
Gee, I wonder... if Allen's Vulcan brainiacs had decided long ago that getting a corporate naming partner would help defray costs, do yo think Allen may never have lurched the arena to PAM in the first place?
Crap. Now we need a 20-page thread about THAT!
PBF
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What? The NBA is in this to make money? I will go back under a rock now... 
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06-08-2007, 01:19 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
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And the Luxury boxes will now be Champagne Rooms! |
Don't tell me that! I just renewed my season tickets. Now I need to get myself a suite!
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06-08-2007, 01:24 PM
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Re: Report: Team close to selling arena's naming rights
It won't be Nike.
I don't care if this is a business, it still stinks. We can name off all the sucky names they've used in the league. I hope at least someone with some brains is involved in this so it makes sense. If it ends up being something like the Werner SchmidtHeimen PopUp Sparkles Arena I'm going to be sick.
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