Naming of a Stadium
After looking up information about where the Super Bowl will be held this year, 2010, I ran across a bit of trivia that I found interesting.
The Miami Dolphins have a new naming rights deal with Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville and Anheuser-Busch InBev’s joint brewing project, Land Shark Lager, which renamed the facility “Land Shark Stadium”. The sponsorship deal is reportedly for eight months and the name will revert to Dolphin Stadium in time for Super Bowl XLIV and the 2010 Pro Bowl, possibly to be replaced by another sponsor name if a deal can be secured before that time.
The stadium serves as host to the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Marlins, the Miami Hurricanes, and the annual Orange Bowl college football game.
Land Shark Stadium was the first of its kind in the NFL to be constructed entirely with private funds. Joe Robbie led the financing campaign to build Joe Robbie Stadium (JRS) for the Miami Dolphins of the NFL. JRS revolutionized the economics of professional sports when it opened in 1987. Inclusion of a Club Level, along with Executive Suites, helped to finance the construction of the stadium. Season ticket holders committed to long term agreements and in return received first-class amenities in a state-of-the-art facility.
Since its construction, the stadium has hosted four Super Bowls (XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII and XLI), two World Series (1997 and 2003), and three BCS National Championship Games (2001, 2005, 2009). The stadium served as host for the second round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, and will host Super Bowl XLIV and the 2010 Pro Bowl.
Of course, with a Dad living in St. Petersburg and at 90, he still remembers Larry Csonka, Mercury Morris, and Vic Buonticonti.
Whatever they call the stadium, the games there are always exciting.
Now that Dan Marino has retired without, unfortunately, a Super Bowl ring, perhaps the Dolphins will once again find the proper mix of pass, Bob Griese, and run Morris and Csonka, Warfield, and Briscoe.
Marino played a good game in Super Bowl Nineteen. But, even though he threw for more than 300 yards, Montana and the 49ers were just too much.
Joan
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