The owners (I think) of the Fleet Center had been auctioning off the right to name the building anything you want for a day, the following appeared in The Inside Track in the Boston Herald
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And in more news from the Alternate Universe, the FleetCenter will be re-named the Derek Jeter Center on Tuesday. Big Apple attorney Kerry Conrad shelled out $2,325 on eBay for the one-day naming rights to sock it to his Sox-lovin' buds in Boston. But the crew on Causeway Street think they may have to invoke their right to refuse the name.
``I told him that in this town, that name may not be as bad as A-Rod, but it's still considered obscene,'' said arena spokesguy Jim Delaney. ``But he told me, `It's not like I picked the Aaron Boone Center or the Bucky Dent Center.' ''
[ February 25, 2005, 09:37 AM: Message edited by: Merloni26 ]
Full Version: The Fleet Center
I was at the FleetCenter for the Beanpot finals......I was wondering why they kept showing a "KurtCenter" that looked like the arena logo ad all night long.
I just wonder who the hell Kurt is!
Call it Jeter Center....just as long as MSG can be renamed Schilling Gardens for a day.
I just wonder who the hell Kurt is!
Call it Jeter Center....just as long as MSG can be renamed Schilling Gardens for a day.
What? They haven't renamed it NCNB Centre? 
The Fleet center rejected the bidder.
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There will be no Derek Jeter Center after all.
On Tuesday, New York attorney Kerry Konrad won the right in an eBay auction to name Boston's FleetCenter for a day. For his $2,325, Konrad wanted to honor the New York Yankees shortstop.
But, on Friday, FleetCenter officials rejected the name, which Konrad hoped would add to the 25-year rivalry he has had with his former college classmates who are Boston Red Sox fans.
\"We decided that all the names had to be rated G, and this name was determined to be obscene and vulgar,\" said Richard A. Krezwick, president and chief executive of the FleetCenter, which has auctioned off daily naming rights to about a dozen companies since its contract with the bank was terminated. \"We were afraid of the volume of phone calls bogging down our switchboard, the number of e-mails clogging our portal and the potential graffiti on the side of our building.\"
On Tuesday, New York attorney Kerry Konrad won the right in an eBay auction to name Boston's FleetCenter for a day. For his $2,325, Konrad wanted to honor the New York Yankees shortstop.
But, on Friday, FleetCenter officials rejected the name, which Konrad hoped would add to the 25-year rivalry he has had with his former college classmates who are Boston Red Sox fans.
\"We decided that all the names had to be rated G, and this name was determined to be obscene and vulgar,\" said Richard A. Krezwick, president and chief executive of the FleetCenter, which has auctioned off daily naming rights to about a dozen companies since its contract with the bank was terminated. \"We were afraid of the volume of phone calls bogging down our switchboard, the number of e-mails clogging our portal and the potential graffiti on the side of our building.\"
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MarcusF:
What? They haven't renamed it NCNB Centre?
They could always go with BB&T TownHall
What? They haven't renamed it NCNB Centre?
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