Friday 29th of March 2024

please salute...

salute

Sponsorship in the USA has reached an unprecedented level. There are presently talks of naming entire schools after the sponsor of the canteen or the gymnasium, just to get more cash... This is designed to teach kids that everything is for sale, including their soul and integrity. Yoohoo...

naming rights...

 

In the private sector, naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising whereby a corporation or other entity purchases the right to name a facility or event, typically for a defined period of time. For properties like a multi-purpose arena, performing arts venue or an athletic field, the term ranges from three to 20 years. Longer terms are more common for higher profile venues such as a professional sports facility.[1]

The distinctive characteristic for this type of naming rights is that the buyer gets a marketing property to promote products and services, promote customer retention and/or increase market share.

There are several forms of corporate sponsored names. A presenting sponsor attaches the name of the corporation or brand at the end (or, sometimes, beginning) of a generic, usually traditional, name (e.g. Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome). A title sponsor replaces the original name of the property with a corporate-sponsored one, with no reference to the previous name.

In a few cases, naming rights contracts have been terminated prematurely. Such terminations may be the result of contractual options, sponsor bankruptcy, or scandals.

read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_rights

 

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What's not for sale in branded America?

Mark Engler bemoans the corporate colonization of public space.