College Stadiums that have corporation names

From what I remember, this was attempted at Tiger Stadium, briefly, and they were told, ahem, NO.

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Chevy Chase Bank Field at Bryd Stadium- Maryland

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Don't forget the Carrier Dome for Syracuse, which set the standard for naming rights of college stadiums.

It's worth noting that without exception, none of the teams on that list are consistent winners.

ETA: Never mind since Golfer edited his post.

That I know is a fact.

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e need to find new ways to generate revenue to remain competitive.

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This is a fallacy.


You can't spend the revenue on players, just staff and facilities. Those can only help you to a point.

I don't think it is a fallacy at all. It takes alot of money to drive these big trains in Baton Rouge, Knoxville, Athens, etc. The more corporate money there is, the longer ticket prices can be kept reasonable, if you can call $50/seat reasonable.

You might find this concept interesting... for some stadiums they are simply TOO well-known to be attractive for corporate sponsorship.

One of the reasons the Superdome has had trouble attracting a corporate name is because everyone knows it's the Superdome. They would never call it the ExxonMobil Superdome, for example.

Mile High Stadium ran into this same problem. Invesco had to settle for it being called Invesco Field at Mile High. No one wanted to call the stadium Invesco Stadium.

Certain college venues are low on the list for corporations to target simply because they're too well known... like the Big House or the Horseshoe or the Swamp. I would have to think Death Valley is one of those stadiums, too. Because regardless of what it's formal name is... it's BRANDING name (and branding is what this is all about) is DEATH VALLEY.

The Death Valley brand is too strong to overcome within the college football audience.


So I think Death Valley is pretty safe from this particular fate. Not because I trust LSU to never sell the name... they would sell every inch of that stadium if they could... but because it's not a good deal for advertisers.

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You might find this concept interesting... for some stadiums they are simply TOO well-known to be attractive for corporate sponsorship.

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Good point, although I don't know if I completely agree with the corporation not wanting to, I tend to believe that the well-known stadium refuses to let it change. But maybe it's true in some cases. I think (I could be wrong) LSU was approached to change the name at some point, and LSU said no.

Oh, and I remember calling the 49ers stadium Candlestick loooooong after it changed its name.