NY Post: Mets May Pay For Citi Slump (RR)
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Baseball Primer Newsblog —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Saturday, November 22, 2008 NY Post: Mets May Pay For Citi Slump (RR) Mets rep Jay Horwitz yesterday insisted, “There is no change in regard to Citi’s commitment to the new ballpark.” Who’s “commitment” will it be? Tom D Posted: November 22, 2008 at 08:12 AM | 0 comment(s) Related News: General , Business , NY Mets Reader Comments and Retorts Go to end of page Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the ...
The Name Citi Field even make it to opening day?
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... ago to just under 4.00 a share. Glad I don't own stock in it. Well with this mess now there is some talk of takeover at Citibank. So even though the boys at Citibank say they are not planning to change anything with there naming rights with the Mets home, if the bank is bought out there will be a new name on top of that stadium by April 2009. Will it be HSBC field? To read the latest on what the Mets say and what other names might be up on our park in 2009 check out the article here ...
Mets’ Stadium May Need Congressional Bailout
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... The Mets made a cool $400 million by selling the naming rights for Citi Field to Citigroup. But with Citigroup taking billions of dollars in losses because of the subprime mortgage meltdown, there’s now doubt whether the company will be able to stay in existence, let alone afford to sponsor a stadium. Citigroup laid off 52,000 workers this week (not including Willie Randolph ), and it’s stock is down 90 percent from a year ago, making it a prime target for a takeover. As the NEW YORK POST opines , “Think ‘Goldman Sachs Diamond,’ ‘Morgan Stanley Stadium’ or ‘HSBC Field.’” ...
“Fred & Jeff’s Baseball Hut” Has Quite A Ring To It
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Shitty times for the U.S. economy and Citibank in particular have put a $400 million naming rights deal for the New York Mets’ glittering monument to avarice & greed new stadium in jeopardy, writes the New York Post’s Kate Sheehy.
Mets rep Jay Horwitz yesterday insisted, “There is no change in regard to Citi’s commitment to the new ballpark.” But David Howard, the team’s vice president of business affairs and main spokesman on the deal, for the first time deflected all ...
Citi-Slump has Mets concerned.........
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In the Ny Post , Kate Sheely writes that the Mets should not get too attached to the name of their new ball park. The Mets have a $20 Million, 20 year deal on the naming rights with Citi-group. ...
