Sunday, September 16, 2018

Corporate Names on Stadiums and Arenas


Note: Includes Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Soccer (MLS).

Banks, 36: Banc of California, Bankers Life, Bank of America, Barclays (2), BB&T, BBVA Compass, BMO, Capital One (2), Chase, CitiBank, Citizens Bank, Comerica, Fiserv, Golden 1, Great American, Investors Group, KeyBank, M&T Bank, PNC Bank (in 2 cities), Quicken Loans, Raymond James, Scotiabank (in 2 cities), ScotTrade, SunTrust, TCF Bank, TD Bank (2 in 1 city, 1 in another), TIAA Bank, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo (2)

Food, 17: Busch, Coors, Hard Rock, Heinz, Little Caesars (2 in 1 city), Miller, Minute Maid, Molson, Pepsi (2 in 1 city), Red Bull, Saputo, Smoothie King, Tim Hortons, Tropicana, Wrigley (gum counts as "food")

Insurance, 13: Globe Life, Guaranteed Rate, Lincoln Financial, Mapfre, MetLife (2 in 1 city), Moda, Nationwide, Progressive, Prudential, Safeco, State Farm (in 2 cities)

Communications, 12: AT&T (in 3 cities), Avaya, Bell Canada (in 2 cities), CenturyLink (2 in 1 city), Rogers (in 3 cities), Spectrum

Automotive, 11: Audi, Bridgestone, Canadian Tire, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz (in 2 cities), Nissan, Toyota (in 3 cities)

Retail, 11: Amway, Dick's Sporting Goods, Petco, Staples (3 in 1 city), StubHub (2 in 1 city), Target (2 in 1 city), The Brick

Energy, 8: Amalie, Cheseapeake Energy, First Energy, Lucas Oil, Mosaic, NRG, Rio Tinto, Xcel Energy

Geography, 7: BC Place, Camden Yards, Fenway, Los Angeles, Madison Square (2), Orlando City

Team, 7: Angel, Broncos, Dodger, Marlins, Nationals, Yankee (2). Apparently, "Yankee Stadium," "Madison Square Garden," "Dodger Stadium" and "Fenway Park" are "name brands" all by themselves, but the Dallas Cowboys didn't think "Cowboys" was enough of one. As for the others, they're probably just waiting to sell naming rights; indeed, the Angels and Broncos already have.

People, 5: Kauffman, Lambeau, McMahon, Paul Brown, Soldier Field

Airlines, 4: American Airlines (in 2 cities), United (2 in 1 city)

Health products, 4: Children's Mercy, Gillette (2 in 1 city), Providence

Clothing, 2: Levi's, New Era

Computing, 2: Oracle, SAP

Delivery, 2: FedEx (in 2 cities)

Resorts, 2: Gila River Casinos, Talking Stick Resort

Home improvement, 1: PPG Paints

Security, 1: Vivint Smart Home

Other, 1: Arrowhead

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