blogs.reuters.com - 11/26/2008
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Mets fans can rest easy. Citigroup and the New York Mets have confirmed that their record 20-year, $400 million naming rights deal for the team’s new ball park, set to open for the 2009 baseball season, is still on. Not that Citi could wiggle out of the deal anyway. On Sunday, the ...
bizofbaseball.com - 11/22/2008
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bizofbaseball.com —
Despite losing half its value in three days
this week, and announcing massive layoffs, Citigroup remains committed...
to the most lucrative naming rights deal in history with the New York Mets. As The Biz of Baseball first reported on Monday, a spokesman for the New York Mets said that the agreement is
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Amidst Near Collapse, Cititgroup Confirms Retaining ...
bizofbaseball.com - 11/26/2008
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bizofbaseball.com —
As you may have heard, banking giant Citigroup
has been hit with a round-house punch by the...
economy, and is getting rescued by the federal government. Citi also has a naming rights deal with the Mets. Here's why Citi backing out of the deal is harder than it seems.
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Editorial: Citigroup Walking Away from Mets Naming Deal ...
theropolitans.com - 11/26/2008
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Citi Storm Coming Mets Way
The Mets Police —
... Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/11/24/citigroup-bailout-another-subsidy-for-the-mets/ ...
Should the Mets rename Citi Field?
umpbump.com —
... company to maintain its operations and deserve the recognition for their largess.” Mr. Oddo quipped: “Not naming the field after Jackie Robinson in the first place: mindless. Tom Seaver stepping onto the new mound for the first time: timeless. Actually acknowledging the contributions of the hardworking taxpayer: priceless.” Now, Taxpayer Field doesn’t have that nice of a ring to it, but it would be a more accurate reflection of the financing behind the stadium given the situation. Let’s follow the money : The construction of Citi Field is being subsidized with about ...
F–kin’… You Wanna Buy A House?
The Fightins —
... ! Even while the rest of the country is getting hammered by this economic shitstorm, he managed to build himself a brand-fuckin’-new stadium. Sweet! ...
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Pols: Fair to share name —
Newsday.com - Mets 11/26/2008
Two New York City Council members say that Citigroup should
show its thanks for a federal bailout by sharing the naming rights to the new Mets ballpark in Queens.
Mets to accelerate free-agent talks —
Major League Baseball News 11/26/2008
The Mets' patient approach to the free-agent market is likely to accelerate next week, the third week of the shopping season. The club has continued preliminary discussions with the agents representing the players it seeks to acquire, notably closers ...
Citi Storm Coming NY Mets' Way —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/26/2008
Hey Mets, I warned you Monday to get out in front of this one. Return the $20M for the first year (take it on the back end) and make some "noble" statement about jobs and the economy and the holidays ...
