Comments on: Cleveland Browns to sell naming rights to stadium

By: zygizag

zygizag — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:20:54 +0000

10.5 Stadiums

I believe because of state law the Vikings’ HHH dome is not named with a corp, but they found a way around the law and named the field after the Mall of America. Nice since that is where the last field was.

I think the law was tied to the HHH Stadium so probably with thier new stadium I bet naming writes will be sold.

Money from naming could perhap pay for opening roof upgrade the VIKES want. Maybe old new have not been following the stadium stuff since it was approved.

By: ravenseattheirownpoop

ravenseattheirownpoop — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:20:55 +0000

Seriously, who would pay a dime for that……..except maybe a garbage company…..

By: almightysportsshow

almightysportsshow — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:53:28 +0000

Why would Browns want Paul Brown’s face on there helmet? No logo is the way to go.

By: miloatl

miloatl — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:25:44 +0000

This one doesn’t bother me. The stadium tradition was destroyed when the old Municipal stadium was torn down. Besides does anyone have any real affection for this new sanitized stadium? I miss the old one! Renaming that one would have been a crime. Take the $ and do some good with it.
Now as far as where the Indians play- THAT was a travesty! It will always be known as “The Jake” in my house!

By: loslonelyman

loslonelyman — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:06:13 +0000

If you did not know….There is a reason Joe Banner got the nickname Joe “Nickels and Dimes” Banner from eagles front office staff during his time with the Eagles. It was shortened generally in the media as just nickels. He charged for EVERYTHING within weeks of getting in the office. We got a lot of freebies/perks prior to that. Amazing, that we always made money as an organization, yet he micromanaged everything to the penny. He even cut our employee discount at the team store from 25% to 10% except when we made the playoffs…he doubled it to 20% till we lost. Could not even make it last till Super Bowl. Thank god Andy got us there once. Unfortunately, Howie and Don are even colder, so we wait to see if they drop the office thermostat temp to pinch pennies soon.

By: ubummer

ubummer — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:47:51 +0000

Haslam doesn’t care about history or tradition. He’s a businessman who only cares about dollars, and he hired another businessman Banner to run his team.

The new name of the Stadium will be:

“We Have Not Yet Had a Complete Meltdown at Davis Besse Nuclear Plant Stadium.”

Very comforting I think. Though they’ll just shorten it to “Not Yet Stadium”, which coincidentally enough also fits the Browns with Haslam as their owner.

By: kingkornkahn

kingkornkahn — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:40:59 +0000

The place has no history worth mentioning and has all charm of a BMV lobby. It is clearly a cookie cutter design that was rushed to get the team playing in it by 99′. Naming it after a corporation would not only be acceptable, but appropriate. It is a soulless surrogate for that old gray lady that lays at the bottom the lake. She should have taken the team with her.

By: Cereal

Cereal — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:20:31 +0000

Whats the current name, Factory of Sadness or Mistake by the Lake ?

By: audient

audient — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:17:52 +0000

Remember the Blackout of 2003? Took out most of Ohio, half the eastern seaboard, including New York City? You can thank First Energy for that.

2003 = blackout.
2013 = Brownout.

You’ve come a long way in ten years, First Energy.

woohoo, go Browns.

By: slugdc

slugdc — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:14:58 +0000

This makes me sad. I wish teams would quit doing this. The NFL is richer and more powerful than it has ever been. Are the owners that hard up for money that they need to sell off these slices of team pride and tradition?

“C’mon, kids! Let’s go down to Super Saver Discount Joe’s Furniture Warehouse Stadium!”

By: whatnojets

whatnojets — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:13:01 +0000

Better yet, ask The New York Yankees if they are interested buying the naming rights.

They can call it “George M. Steinbrenner Stadium”

Now that will give them immediate fame and fortune!

By: whatnojets

whatnojets — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:12:32 +0000

Better yet, as The New York Yankees if they are interested nuying the naming rights.

They can call it “George M. Steinbrenner Stadium”

Now that will give them immediate fame and fortune!

By: scottplayersfacemask

scottplayersfacemask — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:41:35 +0000

Shouldn’t Sadness Inc. get first dibs?

By: christophershearin

christophershearin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:33:21 +0000

now we know why haslam bought the browns. He just wanted another cash cow, its pretty obvious he could care less about putting on a winner with the hiring of Chud……..

By: ronarch13

ronarch13 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:27:31 +0000

First Energy beat out Allied waste, Waste Management, and Rumpkie…. The stadium gets their power from Cleveland Public Power so this makes perfect sense.

By: ryanpbrown1984

ryanpbrown1984 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:23:40 +0000

Really? Wow who would of thought that the Browns would have became a sell out??

By: bulldog12b

bulldog12b — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:20:45 +0000

Hopefully Haslam will use that money to pay for the team on the field. Lord knows Cleveland has cap space. Haslam needs to use up the majority of that space to bring in free agents at key positions. I’m so tired of losing but I’m not jumping ship just yet.

By: erikinhell

erikinhell — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:01:41 +0000

How about, “Cleveland Browns staduim, sponsered by First Energy”? The fans would love First Energy more if they leave the original name up.

By: 2difshoe

2difshoe — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:53:48 +0000

First Energy is also the largest toilet manufacturing company in the industry, evident by their latest acquisition. They know a good deal when they see one.

By: MichaelEdits

MichaelEdits — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:51:21 +0000

MichaelEdits.com stadium has a nice ring to it. Y’all loan me some money.

By: tomthebombtracy

tomthebombtracy — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:37:46 +0000

Since Progressive is at the Indians park and Quicken Loans at the Cavs, the obvious choice for the Browns is All-State because it already has “Mr. Mayhem” as its overrrding theme. Everything that can go wrong, does.

Having said that the Browns beat the Steelers enough recently to cost them playoffs or seeding so I’ll shut up now.

By: ballboy48

ballboy48 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:35:22 +0000

Chris Berman can now call it,”The Power Plant”!

By: iplay4keeps

iplay4keeps — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:06:34 +0000

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is also a stadium that does not have naming rights. The field does though, which is the Mall of America Field.

By: skins21

skins21 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:48:09 +0000

It will always be called the factory of sadness to me.

By: chudisoursavor19gobrowns

chudisoursavor19gobrowns — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:52:49 +0000

It’s about time. Who cares what you call the stadium. It’s gotta be better than “Municipal”

By: packmanfan

packmanfan — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:50:58 +0000

I appreciate the old school style of teams that have not sold out.
Another reason to be proud to be a Packers fan. I doubt that Lambeau Field will ever cave in to selling it’s rights to be named something different.

By: troysmithsghost

troysmithsghost — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:49:57 +0000

How much is the Browns organization willing to pay some company for smearing their name by putting it on their stadium?

By: packmanfan

packmanfan — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:48:39 +0000

The Cleveland Browns are to football what the Chicago Cubs are to baseball.
Losers and a joke year after year.
Hang in there. Maybe someday you will get into winning ways again. Maybe.

By: i10east

i10east — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:36:46 +0000

Looks like the name will more than likely be ‘First Energy Field” as the ‘stadium’ and ‘park’ titles are already taken in other cities.

By: rbyrne56

rbyrne56 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:03:51 +0000

I was just about to write…. Aren’t you guys forgetting about the super dome?….. Then I looked it up and its now called the “Mercedes-Benz Superdome” when the hell did that happen? I watch a ton of football and visit this site once a day…. and never in my life have I heard anyone call it the Mercedes-Benz Superdome… It sounds so strange.