bloomberg.com - 12/2/2008
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Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The chief operating officer of the New York Mets defended the baseball team’s deal to call its new ballpark Citi Field even after sponsor Citigroup Inc. was bailed out by the U.S. government. “It’s good business for both of us to have the partnership and a relationship,” ...
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
theropolitans.com - 11/26/2008
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theropolitans.com —
The most exciting thing going on in Mets
land right now is whether or not Citigroup should...
retain the naming rights to Citi Field after getting bailed out by the US government. Remember when baseball was an escape from everyday life, where you could focus on nothing but the game and the players...?
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Citigroup and their naming rights
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When Jeffy Wilpon Talks...No One Should Listen
24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan —
Today Danielle Sessa - Bloomberg reported that Jeff Wilpon, COO of the Mets, said he defends Citigroup for not bailing on the $20M annually (for the next 20 years) they agree to pay the Mets for naming rights to Gil Hodges Memorial Park, er Citi Field - the ...
As tour shows, Mets' Citi Field is coming along quite nicely
Big League Stew —
With construction getting down to small detail stage, Jeff Wilpon and the Mets threw open the doors to Citi Taxpayer Field for a media tour on Tuesday. The Mets' new park is expected to be "game-ready" by late January and, as if I need to say it, Citi is going to be quite a bit nicer than Shea Stadium, which will be a parking lot come April. Follow the jump for some reviews (plus a video) of the folks who took an early sneak peek. +MORE+ Ben Shpigel, NY Times: "Wilpon (right), who guided our tour, told us that David Wright, Nick Evans and Daniel Murphy took ...
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NY Post: Sports 12/2/2008
The Mets say the name Citi Field will remain on their new ballpark and believe the struggling bank will survive its current economic crisis following a government bailout. Citigroup is paying the Mets $400 million over 20 years for naming rights...
News tours Citi Field —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 12/2/2008
Citi Field, the Mets' new 42,500-seat ballpark, is simply Amazin'. Chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon showed off the stadium, which is set to open in April 2009, with a media tour on Tuesday afternoon.
