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Get ready, Steelers fans, for Acrisure Stadium
Pro Football Talk ^ | 7/11/2022 | By Mike Florio

Posted on 07/11/2022 9:36:39 AM PDT by NohSpinZone

When word broke on Monday night that Heinz Field would acquire a new name, the smart money would have been on a local concern like UPMC snagging the rights. But the Steelers apparently weren’t in the mood for another hometown discount.

Get ready for Acrisure Stadium to debut on the shores of the Mon, Ohio, and Allegheny. Don’t say, “Sure, Jan.” Acrisure, according to Andrew Fillipponi if 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, will be the new name of the venue. The official announcement is coming as soon as Tuesday.

Acrisure is a Michigan-based insurance brokerage firm. Never heard of it? Think it sounds more made up than Vandelay Industries? Join the club. And that’s why they’ll be paying whatever they’ll be paying to slap their name onto the place where one of the highest-profile teams in football plays.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: acrisure; chat; heinz; pittsburgh; sports; steelers
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To: NohSpinZone

hubby, who USED to be a RABID Steelers fan (tattoo and everything) gave it up with the woke crowd took over with the kneeling crap. He hasn’t looked back since.


21 posted on 07/11/2022 9:56:20 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: dsrtsage

I recall seeing a good letter to the editor suggesting “Taxpayers’ Stadium.”


22 posted on 07/11/2022 9:57:11 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: NohSpinZone

Withdraw from supporting the NFL and be squarely behind the USFL. Make the USFL the Patriot league.


23 posted on 07/11/2022 10:01:48 AM PDT by Salvavida (“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”)
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To: NohSpinZone

Corporate sponsorships bring in big amounts of money. Some sponsorships are worth millions of dollars a year to teams and cities, owners of stadiums. It’s hard to refuse such funding.


24 posted on 07/11/2022 10:03:20 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

No, I totally get it. For example, SoFi is paying the Rams $20M a year for the next 20 years. Hard to turn that down.

Still think the Steelers could have found a better company partner with a better name. Heinz worked for so many reasons.


25 posted on 07/11/2022 10:08:02 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: hanamizu

The Three Stooges used the name as a generic moniker for any business, and that, if I’m not mistaken was in the thirties.


26 posted on 07/11/2022 10:10:38 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

ACME (American Stores) is a supermarket chain founded in Philadelphia in the late 1800s.


27 posted on 07/11/2022 10:18:32 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: bankwalker

Yes, I know. They used to be my go-to supermarket, but from 2017 on they started going downhill. There are a couple in my area, but they’re no longer worth shopping it.


28 posted on 07/11/2022 10:36:11 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: NohSpinZone

If I may, The Rush Hudson Limbaugh III Memorial Stadium.


29 posted on 07/11/2022 10:50:46 AM PDT by defconw (WWG1WGA)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“They drove a dump truck full of money up to my house. I’m not made of stone!”

-Krusty the Clown


30 posted on 07/11/2022 11:04:15 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: NohSpinZone

Another reason I am pretty much done with pro sports.


31 posted on 07/11/2022 11:04:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: NohSpinZone

Aghhh! Eye bleach please!


32 posted on 07/11/2022 11:07:40 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
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To: hanamizu

How about Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Stadium.


33 posted on 07/11/2022 11:08:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dforest

Kezar Stadium
Wilson Stadium
RFK Stadium/Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
Might as well add Soldier Field as I doubt it survives the move.

On the other hand the Donks and Squaws (Broncos and Chiefs) keep the stadium names by selling naming rights to the FIELD itself.


34 posted on 07/11/2022 11:12:54 AM PDT by oldvirginian (The CCP is the world's largest criminal organization. )
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To: Rebelbase
Elle to the rescue!


35 posted on 07/11/2022 11:40:46 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone

Ahhh...much better. Thank-you.


36 posted on 07/11/2022 11:45:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
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To: Blueflag

From another site:

- CEO Greg Williams recently teamed up with Russell Wilson, Ciara & Russell Westbrook to create Evolution Advisors, a venture “focused on the insurance and financial service needs of minorities and diverse communities.”

This from the team that brought “rep-uh-muh-rayshuns” to the NFL under the auspices of the Rooney Rule.


37 posted on 07/11/2022 1:41:04 PM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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