Sunday, April 25, 2004
Network Associates Coliseum to Become McAfee Coliseum
Last Thursday, Network Associates, Inc. announced that it would rename itself McAfee, Inc., taking the name of its well-known antivirus program. A spokesman for the company confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle that the renaming will extend to the Athletics' ballpark, which will be renamed McAfee Coliseum during the third quarter of 2004.
Unlike in San Francisco, where the change from Pacific Bell Park to SBC Park met with considerable public opposition, no one in Oakland seems to mind the proposed change. As Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown noted, "It's got fewer syllables."
Network Associates signed a 10-year naming-rights deal for the Coliseum in 1998. It paid $1 million for the first year, with annual 5% increases since then.
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Last Thursday, Network Associates, Inc. announced that it would rename itself McAfee, Inc., taking the name of its well-known antivirus program. A spokesman for the company confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle that the renaming will extend to the Athletics' ballpark, which will be renamed McAfee Coliseum during the third quarter of 2004.
Unlike in San Francisco, where the change from Pacific Bell Park to SBC Park met with considerable public opposition, no one in Oakland seems to mind the proposed change. As Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown noted, "It's got fewer syllables."
Network Associates signed a 10-year naming-rights deal for the Coliseum in 1998. It paid $1 million for the first year, with annual 5% increases since then.
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