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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Go ahead, I'm used to it

Getting used to SBC Park? Just wait, AT&T name is coming -- SFGate
After having just two seasons to get used to calling the Giants' home 'SBC Park,' baseball fans soon will be asked to refer to the ballpark on the bay by a name that includes 'AT&T.'

SBC Communications Inc. said today that it would adopt the name AT&T Inc. after it acquires the company, a $16 billion deal expected to be official by the end of the year. The name will spread to all of SBC's properties.

Pacific Bell paid $53 million in 1996 for naming rights to the ballpark through 2019, and for four seasons after the stadium opened in 2000 it was called 'Pacific Bell Park.' The naming rights were transferred to SBC, based in San Antonio, Texas, when it bought the local phone company.

It's unclear whether the park could be renamed in time for the 2006 season.

I still call it Pac Bell, but it really needs a nickname now; "AT&T Park" is even more ungainly than "SBC Park".
|| Andrew, 3:14 PM || ||

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