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.
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.
I recall seeing a good letter to the editor suggesting “Taxpayers’ Stadium.”
Withdraw from supporting the NFL and be squarely behind the USFL. Make the USFL the Patriot league.
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.
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.
The Three Stooges used the name as a generic moniker for any business, and that, if I’m not mistaken was in the thirties.
ACME (American Stores) is a supermarket chain founded in Philadelphia in the late 1800s.
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.
If I may, The Rush Hudson Limbaugh III Memorial Stadium.
“They drove a dump truck full of money up to my house. I’m not made of stone!”
-Krusty the Clown
Another reason I am pretty much done with pro sports.
Aghhh! Eye bleach please!
How about Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Stadium.
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.
Ahhh...much better. Thank-you.
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.
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