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December 18, 2008
In Pictures: 10 Ways The Economy Is Squeezing Sports
Forbes.com
How is the economic crisis reverberating through pro sports? From sponsorships drying up to ticket sales slipping to international expansion moving to the back burner, a look at the year ahead:
...#8 New Venues and Naming Rights
Two new sparkling NFL stadiums are going up soon, neither of which has secured a naming-rights deal as of yet. The new digs for the Dallas Cowboys (opening in 2009) and the New York Jets and Giants (2010) will get a corporate logo slapped up at some point, but not for the kind of dollars the clubs expected at this time last year. Meanwhile, will the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the supposed new home for the NBA Nets, ever get built?
Posted by eric at December 18, 2008 6:37 PM