Naming rights at Michigan Stadium
http://www.michiganstadiumproject.com/capital_gifts.php
Here is a list of all the items at Michigan Stadium that you can donate towards for a naming 'opportunity'. I'd be all over it if for $500 I could claim a urinal. I'd insist that the placard was posted in the urinal bowl.
What would you want to claim if possible?
Maybe the Mgoblog community should pool money together to get rights over one of these items. It would be sweet to have the Mgoblog Clock/Scoreboard
I'd like to claim section 1 and declare it standing room only.
March 27th, 2010 at 12:22 AM ^
But you're going to have to write a check for more than all four towers combined.
Can you get a check to 1000 S. State Street by May 1? And a check to me for $2000 would make me happy, too.
[Actually, I just did some math; if there are 2500 seats in Section 1, which is an approximation, at $500 PSD per seat per year, that's annual income to the Athletic Department of about $1.2m a year. So, what's the present value of an annuity paying out $1.2m/yr.? It would be interest-sensitive of course, but yeah, I would think that a check for $25m from you would cover the nut for the foreseeable future.]
I'd like to claim the 2011 National Championship trophy.
because I got the 2010 one.
The MGoBlueHair Seatback.
I'd also like to claim a restroom and reinstall the trough.
March 27th, 2010 at 12:32 AM ^
with the major exception of losing, this is my biggest Michigan Stadium gripe in the last two years.
I'd like to claim the speakers and claim it a RAWK free zone
March 26th, 2010 at 10:04 PM ^
And let you all tear them down when we beat OSU at home to win the Big Ten Championship outright.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:09 PM ^
Dude, naming the tunnel would be pretty sweet. But since I don't have $5 million, the $50,000 for security would be sweet. I bet that would allow me to kick out the random old guy demanding his actual seat in the student section. Too bad I don't have $50,000 either but, whatever, I can dream . . .
March 26th, 2010 at 10:40 PM ^
I'd love to personally name a urinal, etc. and The MGoBlog Media Room would be SO 21st century (I'd donate); but the tunnel? That should NOT be up for sale IMHO.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:34 PM ^
I'd take the block M in the middle of the field, or the end zones.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:44 PM ^
a couple of the new towers.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:57 PM ^
Claim the endzone in the name of victory?
March 26th, 2010 at 11:41 PM ^
I just hope Crisler doesn't eventually turn into the "Domino Dome."
I'd be down with it if there were a personal pan pizza waiting for me at my seat.
March 26th, 2010 at 11:46 PM ^
Ugh. Some of things should not be allowed to have names attached to them (exception perhaps by a Michigan Football legend). For instance, how ridiculous would it be for the players to run through the "Sally Milligan Tunnel" en route to an epic victory? Good grief, please don't do this.
March 27th, 2010 at 11:10 AM ^
Johnny-If Sally Milligan is willing to offer up her tunnel to inspire victory who are we to take that away?
March 27th, 2010 at 12:00 AM ^
Of course their parents may have something to say about that...
This is all very sad.
Turnstiles, maybe. Are there turnstiles?
March 27th, 2010 at 12:15 AM ^
I'd claim an unused patch of grass between the stadium and the restrooms and put Bongo Man there.
March 27th, 2010 at 12:22 AM ^
in the name of Michael Rosenberg.
March 27th, 2010 at 12:22 AM ^
the bench if i could sit on it few Saturdays in the fall
It seems like there's always room for one more. So many fellas choose to stand all the time, I would think that they could accomodate you.
March 27th, 2010 at 12:46 AM ^
The "Worst State Ever" (with appropriate logo) Visiting Athletic Director's Box
Didn't Dave Brandon just say this week, "If you don’t know what to do ask your customer...When I was a regent and this subject came up, we went out and did pretty qualified, professional, third-party research on the views of our fans...of the game-day experience at Michigan Stadium. And the research I saw at that time caused me to conclude that the thing that was the most objectionable, the thing that turned off the fan the most, was the idea that they would come to a football game and they would be blasted with advertising."
If Sanjay Gupta or Larry Page or those three astronauts want to put their names on a tower, that would be pretty cool. But if there's a CNN tower, a Google tower, and a NASA tower, maybe not so much. OK, a NASA tower WOULD be cool.
A Google tower would be great if they'd also provide free wireless internet throughout the stadium.
Donor recognition is a standard practice in institutional fundraising. These are not corporate sponsorship (i.e., advertising) opportunities. Look around at any museum, hospital, library, university, and the like and you'll see these kinds of philanthropic "naming opportunities." The John & Mary Smith Reading Room, etc. All this gets you is some signage. Three of the four towers are already taken, and I guarantee you they are named for people who have already given big money to the stadium renovation project. I suppose if Google wanted to give the $5 million to name the stadium tunnel, the university wouldn't turn them down, but all Google is getting is a sign somewhere and its name on a list of big donors -- no logos, and certainly no sponsorship deal that says broadcasters have to call it Google Tunnel or whatever.
I am actually kind of disappointed that they are naming the tunnel. That to me has a special meaning and should not be subject to naming rights.
I thought you guys were joking about naming the tunnel, then I went to the link.
Not a good idea. "The players are lined up in the EmConCom Lending Tunnel! The crowd is watching on the BriteSmile! Installment Payment Scoreboard!"
I claim the spot for our future Big Ten and National Championship trophies.
Naming the tunnel is quite, quite lame. I can deal with them slapping a name on the outside of the towers, on the doors of suites and concourses I'll likely never see, etc. etc.
The tunnel, however. That's a little overboard. Slight Northwestern territory.
March 27th, 2010 at 11:13 AM ^
I would claim the toilet seats in the visitors locker rooms so I could be a pain in Jim Tressel's ASS!
March 27th, 2010 at 11:24 AM ^
I would claim the Writing Press area in the name of "Dickless Drew Sharp".
March 27th, 2010 at 12:17 PM ^
Agree with everyone else on naming the tunnel - that's going too far.
I'm surprised that the scoreboard/clock is only $50,000 - that seems like it'd be a really prominent one. Unless it only applies to the current scoreboards, which may be replaced sometime in the future.