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NEWS ABOUT: Citi Field

Citi Field stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - New Yorkers would like to go out to the ball game, but the Wipons and Steinbrenners “have let their unfettered greed keep the fans at bay,” writes Allen Barra in the Wall Street Journal. Fans are outraged that their tax dollars have gone to fund stadiums they... More »

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New York Mets • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • baseball • ticket sales • Citi Field

OPINION

 Baseball-Savvy Actress 
 Explores Mets' New Park 

Mets fans will take time to warm to new stadium, actress says

Apr 17, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The name of the Mets' new ballpark may evoke unpleasant parallels between the crashing economy and the team's penchant for late-season collapses, but maybe Citi Field can still represent a fresh start for the Mets, writes Julia Stiles for the Wall Street Journal. The award-winning actress, an avid fan, opens... More »

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New York Mets • cuisine • hot dogs • baseball • Shea Stadium • Citi Field • Julia Stiles

OPINION

Citi's Mets Deal Makes Sense in the Long Run

$400M, over decades, will generate lots of publicity, help pay back bailout funds

Feb 4, 09 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Citi’s $400 million naming-rights deal with the New York Mets may seem “tone-deaf and stupid” after the bank took $45 billion in bailout funds, Daniel Gross writes in Newsweek—but it’s a good idea. “Companies—even companies getting bailed out by the feds—need to attract... More »

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advertising • Citigroup • New York Mets • Citibank • baseball • corporate sponsorship • Citi Field • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout • TARP • naming rights

Citi May Bail on $400M Marketing Deal With Mets

The call to spend taxpayer money more wisely may overshadow agreement

Feb 3, 09 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Citigroup, trying to duck controversy over its use of taxpayer bailout dollars, is considering  reneging on a $400 million marketing deal with the New York Mets, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 20-year partnership—which includes naming the Mets new stadium Citi Field—may be scratched because Citi accepted $45... More »

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Citigroup • New York Mets • baseball • Shea Stadium • bailout • Citi Field • financial crisis • TARP

Bailed-Out Banks Won't Bail on Sports Sponsorships

Gaudy expenditures anger public, Congress

Nov 25, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Citibank is getting billions from taxpayers and cutting thousands of jobs, but it's not canning its 20-year, $400 million deal to dub the New York Mets’ new stadium “Citi Field.” Such big advertising deals are coming under the microscope—and have critics crying foul, ABC News reports. “... More »

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advertising • Manchester United • Citigroup • New York Mets • AIG • bailout • Comerica Park • stadium financing • banking industry • Citi Field • financial crisis

OPINION

 New Stadium Strikes Fear
 in Mets Foes

New stadium, opening next year, will open financial 'chasm' for other NL teams

Jul 24, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - National League teams visiting Shea Stadium this summer can’t help looking past the outfield with fear at the New York Mets’ new home, Citi Field, which opens next year. “It is the ballpark that could make the Mets financially untouchable,” Rich Hofmann writes in the Philadelphia Daily ... More »

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Philadelphia Phillies • New York Mets • business • spending • baseball • Shea Stadium • Citi Field

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