Gophers could be playing in Hunting Bank Stadium next Fall

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BleedGopher said:
TCF Bank is being bought out again, this time by Huntington Bank based in Ohio. Huntington has a better brand than Detroit Chemical (which had kept the TCF name), and that will likely turn TCF Bank Stadium into Huntington Bank Stadium:


Detroit-based TCF Financial Corp. will merge into Huntington Bancshares Inc. in a $22 billion all-stock merger that creates one of the largest regional banks in the U.S. with dual headquarters in Detroit and Columbus, Ohio, the companies announced Sunday.

With Huntington, a major player in the industrial Midwest, the merger will create one of the top 10 largest regional banks in the country. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021 subject to regulatory and shareholder approval.

The headquarters for the commercial bank will be in TCF's new building under construction in Detroit on Woodward Avenue and Elizabeth Street, which will be dubbed the Huntington Tower. Columbus will remain the headquarters for the holding company and the consumer bank, which will represent about 40% of the combined company's business.

TCF to merge into Huntington in $22B deal; dual headquarters planned

The combination will create one of the top 10 largest regional banks in U.S., companies say in announcing merger Sunday night
www.detroitnews.com

Go Gophers!!
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Just save this post. Then every 2-3 years just change the name of the bank
 


As I’ve stated from the happy day when our on-campus outdoor stadium was approved . . . . .

C’mon General Mills, this is so basic and such a perfect fit:

The Wheaties Bowl

Too perfect, and therefore no chance, I imagine.
 

spermophilus said:
As I’ve stated from the happy day when our on-campus outdoor stadium was approved . . . . .

C’mon General Mills, this is so basic and such a perfect fit:

The Wheaties Bowl

Too perfect, and therefore no chance, I imagine.
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I like it, but would amend to The Cereal Bowl.

Go Gophers!!
 

Memorial Blood Stadium...has a nice ring to it...

The Blood Bank
 

highwayman said:
Not so high and mighty. They've sold every piece of Lambeau except taking the name down.

Yankee stadium is one big commercial.

Soldier Field just fakes it and does non-exclusive "exclusive" rights.

Come on, this is the way it is if you want to survive,
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Well, you're really making my point for me.

Yes, there is plenty of advertising inside and around those stadiums.

My point is the stadium name remains non-'corporatized'. Lambeau is named after Curly Lambeau, a Hall of Fame coach from the team's honored past. Yankee Stadium after the baseball team itself. Soldier Field in honor of U.S. soldiers who died in combat.

As you yourself pointed out, the teams are still able to collect plenty of corporate revenue, via the advertising inside and around the stadiums, without totally selling out their team traditions and history. The name of the place itself is preserved, a small nod to those few things that remain above commercial concerns.

Do you think Iowa will ever sell the naming rights to Kinnick Stadium to some here-today, gone-tomorrow corporation? How about Camp Randall? Fenway Park?

I for one hope that those changes never happen.
 
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TCF, Minnesota's third-largest bank, will merge with Huntington and give up its name

The name of the U of M's football stadium will change, along with bank branches.
www.startribune.com


TCF Financial, Minnesota's third-largest bank, is being swept up in another merger — and this time will lose its name.

The bank, which moved its headquarters to Detroit from Wayzata when it merged with Chemical Financial last year, said it will join forces with Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares to become one of the nation's top 20 banks with $168 billion in assets.

The combined company will use the Huntington name. That will lead to the renaming of TCF branches as well as venues where TCF bought naming rights, including the football stadium at the University of Minnesota and the convention center in downtown Detroit, which was in the news last month as the site of ballot counting for that city.

TCF is about 15 years into a 26-year, $35 million sponsorship agreement with the U.

"It will become Huntington over time," Steve Steinour, Huntington's CEO, said of the stadium in an interview Monday with the Star Tribune. "We'll run with a single brand. But we want to be sensitive to the history and the legacy of TCF, and the stadium, so there's work we'll have to do with the university and other interested parties."
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I guess I don’t understand the naming rights deals negotiations (both here and in Detroit, for TCF) omitting a clause for termination in a situation like this, for the group representing the venue at least. I don’t think anyone here wants a stadium named Huntington BancShares.
 

SuperSenior13 said:
I guess I don’t understand the naming rights deals negotiations (both here and in Detroit, for TCF) omitting a clause for termination in a situation like this, for the group representing the venue at least. I don’t think anyone here wants a stadium named Huntington BancShares.
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Probably not, but they sure as heck wanted the money that TCF coughed up back then.
 

MplsGopher said:
Probably not, but they sure as heck wanted the money that TCF coughed up back then.
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Oh totally get the $. I just think a situation like this ultimately hurts the Gopher brand more than it helps it. If I built a big shiny stadium I’d sure want control over what the name is on the outside.
 




Currently the deal has 10 years left and the bank can add 10 more for $4M. Hope the U tries to not allow that and get a better local deal for 2030 and beyond.
 

How about this for a stadium name?:

"Your Fly By Night Corporate Gobbledygook Name Goes HERE For The Right Price Field".

Man, I can can almost hear that name being dramatically intoned by the TV announcer before a huge game vs. Wisconsin...

"You're looking LIVE at our overhead camera shot high above Your Fly By Night Corporate Gobbledygook Name Goes HERE For The Right Price Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota... as we get ready to KICK IT OFF; the Wisconsin Badgers vs. the Minnesota Golden Gophers!"

It just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

"I still remember, years ago, when Grandad took me to Your Fly By Night Corporate Gobbledygook Name Goes HERE For The Right Price Field to see the Gophers play the Badgers back in 2021..."
 
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SuperSenior13 said:
Oh totally get the $. I just think a situation like this ultimately hurts the Gopher brand more than it helps it. If I built a big shiny stadium I’d sure want control over what the name is on the outside.
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Yes, the original contract should have covered name change approval or TCF permanence etc.
 

SuperSenior13 said:
Oh totally get the $. I just think a situation like this ultimately hurts the Gopher brand more than it helps it. If I built a big shiny stadium I’d sure want control over what the name is on the outside.
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You did, in fact, build many big, shiny stadiums... assuming taxpayer dollars were involved.

But, no; so sorry... you have no say whatsoever in the naming of these buildings.
 
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MaxyJR1 said:
Currently the deal has 10 years left and the bank can add 10 more for $4M. Hope the U tries to not allow that and get a better local deal for 2030 and beyond.
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Lmao talk about looking ahead
 

RememberMurray said:
Do you think Iowa will ever sell the naming rights to Kinnick Stadium to some here-today, gone-tomorrow corporation? How about Camp Randall? Fenway Park? I for one hope that those changes never happen.
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Well that's because Lambeau Field and Kinnick Stadium are paid for. If the Green Bay Packers or the Iowa Hawkeyes build a new stadium, you can absolutely bet they will sell naming rights to raise the necessary capital to build the new venues. The Hawkeyes or Packers aren't "better" for not having naming rights. They just haven't decided to build new facilities yet. Naming rights usually aren't for advertising revenue. The naming rights income is usually used to help pay on the annual debt/bonds of the construction costs, which are crazy.

As for Fenway Park, do you realize it was named Fenway Park in part because the family that owned it wanted to promote their Fenway Realty Company? Same with Wrigley Field (gum) and Busch Stadium (beer) and others. Corporate names on stadiums is much more commonplace now, but it isn't something new.

I don't know why we get bent out of shape. People bitched when the stadium was named after TCF Bank to begin with. Now, we're bitching that it won't be called that anymore.
 
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RememberMurray said:
Thank God Lambeau Field and Soldier Field and Yankee Stadium haven't sold out to corporate interests.

Pretty soon all stadiums will be "BlahBlahBlahDotComPark". Each name will last for about two seasons, then they'll become "BleeeDeeeBlahDotComPark".

PetMedsDotCom Stadium has such a civic feel to it. So does Google Field. I hope we'll see those names used soon.
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Land O' Lakes Field. Save us!
 

RememberMurray said:
"Your Fly By Night Corporate Gobbledygook Name Goes HERE For The Right Price Field".

Man, I can can almost hear that name being dramatically intoned by the TV announcer before a huge game vs. Wisconsin...

"You're looking LIVE at our overhead camera shot high above Your Fly By Night Corporate Gobbledygook Name Goes HERE For The Right Price Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota... as we get ready to KICK IT OFF; the Wisconsin Badgers vs. the Minnesota Golden Gophers!"

It just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
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Brett Mussberger retired I'm afraid.
 

tjgopher said:
Well that's because Lambeau Field and Kinnick Stadium are paid for. If the Green Bay Packers or the Iowa Hawkeyes build a new stadium, you can absolutely bet they will sell naming rights to raise the necessary capital to build the new venues. The Hawkeyes or Packers aren't "better" for not having naming rights. They just haven't decided to build new facilities yet. Naming rights usually aren't for advertising revenue. The naming rights income is usually used to help pay on the annual debt/bonds of the construction costs, which are crazy.

As for Fenway Park, do you realize it was named Fenway Park in part because the family that owned it wanted to promote their Fenway Realty Company? Same with Wrigley Field (gum) and Busch Stadium (beer) and others. Corporate names on stadiums is much more commonplace now, but it isn't something new.

I don't know why we get bent out of shape. People bitched when the stadium was named after TCF Bank to begin with. Now, we're bitching that it won't be called that anymore.
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In a nutshell: you're fine with corporatizion over tradition. I'm not.

And, yeah... the money, the money, the money. I get it. It's always about money, and has been since time began.

Sure, sure... Nile KInnick won the Heisman at Iowa, and died in the service during WWII.

And, Curly Lambeau is a Hall of Famer who co-founded the Green Bay Packers (owned by the community, by the way) and put them — and Green Bay itself — on the map.

It's nice to have real tradition, and honor something worth honoring. Sort of quaint; kinda cute!

But hey, I'm glad to learn the hallowed corporate history involved in Whazzitsname Bank. Hopefully, it reveals that several people got really, really rich and lived happily ever after.

And traditions are... sooooo 'pre-internet', anyway. Old-fashioned, by definition.

Speaking of the Heisman Trophy: that's kind of old-fashioned, too, isn't it? Maybe they should sell the naming rights to the trophy itself to the highest corporate bidder. The Taco Bell Chalupa Grande Heisman Trophy; that really has a nice ring to it!
 
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RememberMurray said:
In a nutshell: you're fine with corporatizion over tradition. I'm not.

And, yeah... the money, the money, the money. I get it. It's always about money, and has been since time began.

Sure, sure... Nile KInnick won the Heisman at Iowa, and died in the service during WWII.

And, Curly Lambeau is a Hall of Famer who co-founded the Green Bay Packers (owned by the community, by the way) and put them — and Green Bay itself — on the map.

It's nice to have real tradition, and honor something worth honoring. Sort of quaint; kinda cute!

But hey, I'm glad to learn the hallowed corporate history involved in Whazzitsname Bank. Hopefully, it reveals that several people got really, really rich and lived happily ever after.

And traditions are... sooooo 'pre-internet', anyway. Old-fashioned, by definition.

Speaking of the Heisman Trophy: that's kind of old-fashioned, too, isn't it? Maybe they should sell the naming rights to the trophy itself to the highest corporate bidder. The Taco Bell Chalupa Grande Heisman Trophy; that really has a nice ring to it!
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I prefer names like Kinnick and Lambeau and Camp Randall, as well. But in building big buildings for games, I'm totally fine with letting "Put Your Name Here" Bank pay for a bulk of the construction as opposed to more taxpayer money or ticket license money. So, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it or let it get me worked up if the name changes from TCF Bank to Huntington Bank Stadium. I'm not going to long for the good old days of TCF Bank Stadium as some grand tradition. It is what it is. My enjoyment of Gopher football hasn't been lessened one bit by watching games at TCF Bank Stadium instead of playing in a stadium named to honor someone important - like say Hubert H Humphrey. Not one bit. But, if it bothers you, so be it. I'm sorry about that.

You mentioned Fenway without even knowing that was one of the first "corporate" names ever put on a stadium in the US. So, corporate names on stadiums are kinda old fashioned, too.
 


tjgopher said:
I prefer names like Kinnick and Lambeau and Camp Randall, as well. But in building big buildings for games, I'm totally fine with letting "Put Your Name Here" Bank pay for a bulk of the construction as opposed to more taxpayer money or ticket license money. So, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it or let it get me worked up if the name changes from TCF Bank to Huntington Bank Stadium. I'm not going to long for the good old days of TCF Bank Stadium as some grand tradition. It is what it is. My enjoyment of Gopher football hasn't been lessened one bit by watching games at TCF Bank Stadium instead of playing in a stadium named to honor someone important - like say Hubert H Humphrey. Not one bit. But, if it bothers you, so be it. I'm sorry about that.

You mentioned Fenway without even knowing that was one of the first "corporate" names ever put on a stadium in the US. So, corporate names on stadiums are kinda old fashioned, too.
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I'm not losing sleep over anything at all. I'm giving an opinion, and it differs from yours... although exactly how it differs is growing murkier with every post.

Would you agree that 'corporatization' of sports naming has increased since the days when stadiums were named Fenway and Wrigley?

Would you be for or against, say, selling the teams' nicknames? I mean, nobody is making any money by calling the Minnesota Vikings the 'Vikings'. It's merely a charming though old-fashioned attempt to connect the team to the state. Quaint. Cute.

What, by your way of thinking, would be objectionable about making some money with the nickname? Sell the naming rights to the team itself: call them the Minnesota Taco Bell Chalupas, or the Minnesota Midas Mufflers, or the Minnesota State Farm Good Hands People?

Same thing applies to 'Golden Gophers'. Sell that name as well. Why not?

I mean, it's the same principle, yes? Or do you, too, draw a line somewhere, at some point?
 
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That's the way...of the world.
I supposed I will get used to it...eventually. It can't be any more annoying than a radio broadcast of a Gopher game...
"That's a Mr. Plow Golden Gopher first down!".
"Mo into the Case/IH red zone!"
"That sack brought to you by Utz...Utz Are Better Than Nuts!”
 

FredCoxRocks said:
That's the way...of the world.
I supposed I will get used to it...eventually. It can't be any more annoying than a radio broadcast of a Gopher game...
"That's a Mr. Plow Golden Gopher first down!".
"Mo into the Case/IH red zone!"
"That sack brought to you by Utz...Utz Are Better Than Nuts!”
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You nailed it. And there is no bottom. It will get worse and worse.

Eventually, it will be greed that kills big-time sports. People will get tired of the constant, blatant, in-your-face commercialization... and simply lose interest.

It's pointless to root for the home town team when it seems like the team belongs to the corporate sponsors rather than the community/university.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
Brent is in Vegas as part of some type of gambling organization. He's also the radio voice of the Raiders.
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Yep, Faribault Shattuck's Grad, Mr.Musburger in now living in Las Vegas. He's one of the voices of VSiN, The Sports Betting Network. Co-founded by his son, and agent Brian Musburger. They have a big glass walled booth on the floor of South Point Casino in Las Vegas. Just off the Sportsbook and right next to their Sports Lounge.

We've watched them build the booth and seen Brent broadcast from there a few times.

Corporate naming rights go back a long ways. So does nepotism and betting on sports.
 
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