Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily

Verizon to Buy Naming Rights to Oakland Coliseum?

August 10, 2009 at 1:50 am PT

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is reportedly in the final stages of negotiating a five-year, multi-million dollar deal for the naming rights to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the decrepit home of the Oakland A’s and the Oakland Raiders. The report, by the San Francisco Chronicle columnists Philip Matier and Andrew Ross, notes that the stadium has been without a naming deal since the expiration of a 10-year naming agreement with McAfee (MFE) in 2007.

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