21
2012
Digital Domain Signs Being Removed From Mets Spring Complex Today
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A construction crew will be removing the Digital Domain sign from the New York Mets’ spring training home on Friday morning, according to a report on TC Palm.
No new naming rights deal has been announced to replace Digital Domain who filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 11.
The company bought naming rights to the stadium in March 2010. The company agreed to pay St. Lucie County $100,000 in 2012 as part of the contract set to expire after 2018. The county received the first two quarterly installments, but not the last $50,000 for the year, county spokesman Erick Gill said. Digital Domain missed its first payment in July.
“Not getting the naming rights (money) this year is not going to impact stadium operations,” a representative said.
The New York Times took a jab at the Mets writing that with a much weakened roster and little chance for success in 2013, it would only be fitting for the team to play their spring training games in a stadium with no name.
Hmmm… What about Gil Hodges Memorial Park?
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I wonder who will eventually get the naming rights to the park? Joe D wasn’t there something recently about them building some addition to the stadium as well?
Found it. A 500-square-foot fan shop. It’s a $282K project that is part of some annual upgrades agreement.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/dec/13/282k-mets-stadium-upgrades-in-port-st-lucie-to/
They should do what the Boston Garden did when it was being torn down and let people buy naming rights by the day or so.
MetsMerized could collectively buy it for one day lol.
If they just took a saw to the G and bought a letter E they could rename it “DONT COME PARK”
Not getting naming rights money is the least of the Mets problems in Port St. Lucie. If another MLB team does not move to the east coast of Florida within the next few years, the Mets may have to look for a new home on the gulf coast. A great imbalance now exists in the number of Citris League teams between the east coast and gulf coast. This is resulting in a problem with the teams on the east coast facing each too many times in spring training or having to take long bus rides to the other coast.
The Mets are only one of four teams remaining on the east coast. And the Nationals, one of those four teams, are already looking for a new home to be logistically closer to the other teams. The departure of the Nationals, without another team moving east, would leave only three teams and could start a domino effect, with the Marlins, Cardinals and Mets leaving shortly thereafter.
Why take bus rides to the west coast of Florida? They could charter a plane like an MD-80 or something and spend a few days there, taking much shorter bus rides to the west coast parks. They’d only have to do that once or twice a year.
Losing a sponsorship is bad but taking down a possible revenue stream is hard for any profit agency. Things like this have to be done to help others move in.