Cuse Carrier Dome Name Change

[shadow force]

Syracuse University and JMA Wireless on Thursday announced a 10-year partnership for naming rights of the university's iconic indoor stadium.

The agreement means the name Carrier will be replaced for the first time since the venue opened in 1980. It will be called the JMA Wireless Dome. Terms of the deal were not revealed.

 

[Mayoman]

Syracuse University and JMA Wireless on Thursday announced a 10-year partnership for naming rights of the university's iconic indoor stadium.

The agreement means the name Carrier will be replaced for the first time since the venue opened in 1980. It will be called the JMA Wireless Dome. Terms of the deal were not revealed.

Another tradition bites the dust...as money talks and the Carrier walks away into the sunset. Boo!

 

[BooneCo_Card]

Carrier Corporation was once synonymous with the city of Syracuse. The Dome cemented the relationship and added the Orange to the mix. Carrier moved a lot of jobs to other locations to the point its footprint is now very small. Just another remnant of the area's industrial past gone by the wayside leaving barely a trace with the name change.

 

[KozmasAgain]

Well at least it’s not going to be called the China Dome.

 

[glassmanJ]

Carrier Corporation was once synonymous with the city of Syracuse. The Dome cemented the relationship and added the Orange to the mix. Carrier moved a lot of jobs to other locations to the point its footprint is now very small. Just another remnant of the area's industrial past gone by the wayside leaving barely a trace with the name change.

like GE here

 

[Steelers2012_rivals379029]

Ugh… really miss the days before venues (and events) started adding the names of corporate sponsors. I fully realize and understand the financial necessity of accepting sponsor dollars for naming rights, but it just cheapens the name and identity of the program or event in my mind and heart. I mean, the Yum Center is bad enough, but the “Poulan Weed Eater Independence Bowl“? Give me an effing break.

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[KozmasAgain]

My daughter-in-law works for GE and she was sent to Appliance Park for training. There are still over 7000 employees there that is still a big footprint.

 

[glassmanJ]

My daughter-in-law works for GE and she was sent to Appliance Park for training. There are still over 7000 employees there that is still a big footprint.

techinically is HAIER now. and i'm from a GE family, we moved here in '71, dad was acct in schenectady power generation and transferred, i did move co-ops there in the early 90's, and in it's heyday GE employed over 40,000 at appliance park, i believe it's under 5k now. so wouldn't necessarily call 1/8 or so of what it used to be and being owned by a foreign company a big footprint anymore. does anyone knwo anything about Haier? regretfully, they failed to adapt and got beaten by Whirlpool, Lg and Samsung. We are UPS, Ford, YUM Brands, Norton and Amazon now.

 

[cardinalrod]

I’m sure Carrier was offered the advertising rights before switching. As a businessperson I understand, and I'll bet it wasn’t an easy decision.