# Non-local companies with stadium naming rights **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974 "2013-05-22T00:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/1 "2013-05-22T00:09:44Z")
Can you think of any corporately named stadiums/arenas in which the company isn’t local to the team? Local ones I can think of: Target Field Wrigley Field Gillette Stadium Levi Stadium (new 49ers stadium) ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/2 "2013-05-22T00:15:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Can you think of any corporately named stadiums/arenas in which the company isn’t local to the team? > > Local ones I can think of: > > Target Field > Wrigley Field > Gillette Stadium > Levi Stadium (new 49ers stadium) Do I misunderstand your post? Target’s corporate headquarters are in Minneapolis; Levi Strauss & Co is in San Francisco; Wrigley’s corporate HQ is in Chicago; and Gillette’s main office is in Boston, MA. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/3 "2013-05-22T00:16:33Z")
Xcel Energy center is in St Paul but they’re based in Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/4 "2013-05-22T00:19:54Z")
**mark** -Those are exceptions I can think of. Sorry if I was vague. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/5 "2013-05-22T00:21:36Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **mark** -Those are exceptions I can think of. Sorry if I was vague. Probably my own reading comprehension is to blame. The gimme here is AT&T, which has a baseball stadium (San Francisco) and a basketball arena (San Antonio). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/6 "2013-05-22T00:51:55Z")
For awhile, we had the Pepsi Arena in Albany. Pepsi’s headquarters was in Purchase, 141 miles from the arena, and has no more presence in Albany than Coke from Atlanta. It’s since been renamed for a local newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/7 "2013-05-22T01:47:25Z")
Federal Express is headquartered in Dallas, but FedEx Field is in Landover, Maryland. Similarly, Lucas Oil is based in Corona, California, but Lucas Oil Stadium is in Indianapolis. ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/8 "2013-05-22T02:45:32Z")
Fifth Third Bank is headquartered in Cincinnati, but they have the naming rights to minor league ballparks in Dayton, Toledo, Grand Rapids, and exurban Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/9 "2013-05-22T02:48:41Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Xcel Energy center is in St Paul but they’re based in Colorado. No, they’re based in [Minneapolis](http://www.xcelenergy.com/About_Us/Our_Company/Company_Profile/Operations_at_a_Glance). ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/10 "2013-05-22T03:04:36Z")
Staples is headquartered in MA, but the Staples center is in Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/11 "2013-05-22T03:35:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Local ones I can think of: > > Target Field > Wrigley Field > Gillette Stadium > Levi Stadium (new 49ers stadium) Coors Field is in Denver. Coors is headquartered in Golden, 20 miles west. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/12 "2013-05-22T03:42:58Z")
**Lamar** and **Joey** named ones I knew, but forgot. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/13 "2013-05-22T07:08:46Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Coors Field is in Denver. Coors is headquartered in Golden, 20 miles west. I’m going to ask for a ruling on the field for this one… The refs are conferring… And they have overturned the call and declared this a local name. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/14 "2013-05-22T07:41:36Z")
At first blush, Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers would match the OP. Comerica Bank is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. However, Comerica was founded in Detroit and paid for naming rights in 1998 when it was still in Detroit. They didn’t move their headquarters to Dallas until 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/15 "2013-05-22T08:32:32Z")
In England, there is the Emirates Stadium (where Arsenal play) and the Etihad Stadium (where Manchester City play) - both being airlines run out of the Middle East. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/16 "2013-05-22T11:05:24Z")
The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League play in Mosaic Stadium and [Mosaic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosaic_Company) is an American company (although it operates mines in Saskatchewan). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/17 "2013-05-22T12:08:05Z")
The Boston Bruins play in the TD Bank Arena, which is named after the TD (Toronto Dominion) Bank group of companies, which isn’t even headquartered in the United States. The Philadelphia Flyers, meanwhile, skate in the Wells Fargo Center. Wells Fargo is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded in New York. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/18 "2013-05-22T14:58:47Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > … > The gimme here is AT&T, which has a baseball stadium (San Francisco) and a basketball arena (San Antonio). The baseball stadium was originally Pacific Bell Park, then AT&T bought them. They kept the name for a while, but eventually phased out using subsidiary names entirely. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/19 "2013-05-22T15:40:28Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > The baseball stadium was originally Pacific Bell Park, then AT&T bought them. They kept the name for a while, but eventually phased out using subsidiary names entirely. And Southwestern Bell used to be located in San Antonio- they now belong to AT&T, too. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974/20 "2013-05-22T17:40:02Z")
Rogers, the Canadian telecom giant, has a stadium in Toronto (where the Blue Jays play) and an arena in Vancouver (where the Canucks play.) The company is headquartered in Toronto. Toronto’s hockey arena, meanwhile, is the Air Canada Centre. Air Canada is headquartered in Montreal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-local-companies-with-stadium-naming-rights/658974.md?page=2)