Who Might Buy the Naming Rights to the Raiders' Stadium?

I realize it’s still a couple years before the Raiders stadium is open, but my question has to do with the naming rights. Corporations are paying big money to get their name on stadiums and I would have to believe that the Vegas football stadium will command huge $$$'s. Any early guesses what companies might be in the running? Some casino brand, such as MGM, or some local company? Maybe Huntington Press?

You’re correct in saying that naming rights for pro-sports arenas and stadiums cost big bucks.

The naming-rights deal for U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, completed in 2016 for the Minnesota Vikings, is $11 million for 20 years, while MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, where both the New York Giants and Jets play, opened in 2010 and commands $16 million a year for naming rights, the top naming-rights deal in North America currently, according to Sports Business Journal.

The SBJ quoted one expert who believes that the Raiders’ stadium could earn up to $18 million a year over 20 years for naming rights. And the Rams-Chargers stadium, under construction in Inglewood, California, could fetch up to $30 million a year.

As for what company might pay that kind of money to have its name on the new stadium in Las Vegas, LVSportsBiz.com reports that discussions are under way “with naming-rights suitors, though [a spokesman] declined to name the industry category” -- i.e., banks, insurance, tech, car, and food companies, and wealthy families.

The scuttlebutt around town is that the perfect candidate would be Southwest Airlines. We agree, though the original no-frills airline might not relish spending a third of a billion dollars for an image ad in a market it already dominates.

We doubt it’ll be MGM Resorts; the company is too closely linked with the Vegas Golden Knights, who play in MGM’s T-Mobile Arena, and the Las Vegas Aces, who play in their Mandalay Bay Events Center (MGM also owns the Aces).

It could, actually, be the Las Vegas Advisor, if 20,000 of our website readers were willing to commit to putting up $900 a year for 20 years. We’d like to call it Question of the Day Stadium. Second choice would be Anthony Curtis Stadium.

What say you, QoDers? We’re sure you can come up with some entertaining possibilities for the name of Las Vegas’ new football digs.

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[email protected] Aug-10-2018

Call it Macaroni

Vegas is so trendy. 20 years ago it was kid-friendly hotels and attractions. At-the-moment, it's how many oversized stadiums can we build on The Strip. I do not go to Vegas or even my own home-town sports games. TV coverage is close enough. I do not think about what I do not consider important. Yawn.

Gary Edwards Aug-10-2018

LVA Blackjack Stadium

Count me in on the $900/yr!!! 19,999 to go:)))

Deke Castleman Aug-10-2018

This in via email from Norm

How about Fans are Sheep, or Sucker  Stadium?

It appears it is being built without the concern for the fans' easy access or parking provisions; if you are disabled, just watch it on TV. People are sheep, just ask the owners. Welcome to Suckerville...

Aug-10-2018

Scholl's Oder-Eaters Stadium!

The team is probably gonna stink, so...

VegasVic Aug-10-2018

Resort Fee Stadium

is the only choice.

Roy Aug-10-2018

Stadium

Bob Stupak Memorial Stadium.  Each 5 yard section of turf will alternate between red and black and the team sidelines will be even and odd.

Roy Furukawa Aug-10-2018

It’s a Cinch...

Tell Phil Ruffin to bring back the pirate theme at TI and the Raiders are a natural to be a part of it!

That Don Guy Aug-10-2018

Who has money?

When there was money to spare in the DotCom Bubble days, you got some strange names - for example, Infineon bought naming rights to Sears Point (now Sonoma) Raceway for 10 years, even though the company would be out of the USA after five or so.

Now watch Caesar's pay for it and, as a nod to Oakland, call it...the Coliseum.

Deke Castleman Aug-10-2018

This in via email from XY, our crack LVA correspondent

I think that I have come up with a decent and accurate name for the new domed stadium. How about the "Runnin' Raiders Dome"?  That would cover both teams using the stadium.

[email protected] Aug-10-2018

Kindred  Spirits?

Wow! I really started something here! Apparently several other "critics" don't take stadium naming all that seriously. I used to believe that the UV and Boyd stadiums were enough, but of course I am unaware of their capacities or (lack of)luxury features. The only game I would go to in Vegas is a women's charity game featuring Vegas servers and showgirl-strippers, such as Hooters-Twin Peaks v. Crazy "Fantasy" Girls, in uniforms that would make the "Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders" blush. (Am I serious?-Maybe!)

August Hasbrouck Aug-11-2018

A BARGAIN BY LCVA STANDARDS

Hey those prices for a major league stadium name look cheap compared to the $80 million yes that's right 80 million to name the new baseball park for the Triple A baseball stadium going up in Summerlin . More tax payers money being dumped into the over priced sports scene.

O2bnVegas Aug-12-2018

stadium name

Puff the Magic Dragon Stadium.  Some Vegas connections:  Weed, magic shows, and dragon-themed slots all over casino floors. LOL.

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