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New stadium naming deal being discussed.

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05-24-2014, 10:35 AM

Quote:Have they gotten offers? 
 

 

Quote:In 2002 a significant battle broke out over attempts to sell naming rights to the still-unfinished arena.

 

“When we found out the new arena was being named in honor of veterans, we were very happy,” said Pete Dowling, a former Marine and member of the Jacksonville Semper Fidelis Society. “Then we found out certain people inside the Delaney administration wanted to sell the name and were courting some big people. Coca-Cola was one of them.”

 

Dowling, Lt. Col. Bob Adelhelm and other veterans, including two now-deceased World War II veterans, fought against selling the naming rights and won a major victory when the City Council passed ordinance 2002-428-E.

 

“The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena shall not bear the name of any individual or company or any other thing as any part of the title, but shall be designated only as ‘Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena,’ ” the ordinance states.

 
 


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New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-23-2014, 04:47 PM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-23-2014, 04:50 PM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-23-2014, 04:59 PM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-23-2014, 05:01 PM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-23-2014, 05:09 PM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-23-2014, 07:25 PM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by thunderbuns - 05-24-2014, 10:35 AM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-27-2014, 01:04 PM
New stadium naming deal being discussed. - by FBT - 05-28-2014, 11:13 AM



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