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Message: [QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 1792653, member: 559"] I think this whole debate is a bit premature. If the Carrier Dome were razed and a new facility built on the same site no one would have an issue with reopening naming rights. If the decision was made to simply replace the existing roof with no other major changes I don't think anyone would ethically support reopening naming rights. Fact of the matter is that the eventual solution will be somewhere between these two points on the spectrum and as of now we're not sure where it will land - minor renovation, major renovation or a de facto new facility built leveraging some portion of the existing structure. As to capacity, I'm fine with maintaining or even slightly reducing current capacity but there should be some scalability in design to accommodate expansion if the football program takes off. Tough to do with a fixed roof, but capacity or near capacity crowds were not uncommon during the late 80's to mid 90's period when we had a Top 25 caliber team year in and year out. It is not unreasonable to think Coach Babers and the new administration can rise to those levels again. If capacity (supply) is capped long term and demand increases there will be no alternative but to raise prices and have the average fan bear the burden of any success. Finally there is a lot of merit on both sides of the argument. The concept and value of naming rights was largely an unknown in the late 70's The market has changed. I'm not sure what exactly the contract with Carrier states, but a fundamental change in the market can be a legal tactic to reopen it. And the reputation of Carrier Corporation has certainly suffered due to offshoring both locally and nationally but economically it is not only a right, but a duty to its shareholders for UTC to react to an increasingly global market. Thus the political debates that are ongoing regarding protectionist tactics and isolationism that I won't get into here. [/QUOTE]

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