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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 3416201, member: 1423"] But this isn't just a new scoreboard or some roof panels. It's a ground-up re-do ... from the footers to the top of the crown. Admittedly, "Destroyed" does not apply to every part of the facility. The entryways and concrete superstructure will remain, along with some of the concessions. But it's even more inaccurate - and premature - to call the project "kitchen cabinets" in the middle of Phase I. There is reason to believe that, when all phases are complete, the facility will be transformed: 3-4 times the cost of the original, with vertical structures doubled in height and the soft, air-supported "Dome" conspicuously absent. In place of the Dome's namesake - the roof - there will be a new prominence - a steel/PTFE truss system carving a dramatically new skyline. Many other alterations - almost as substantial - are underway or planned ... plumbing, electric, HVAC, sound, light, restrooms, the roof, and the seats ... all begging the question ... when does it become a substantially different facility? If there is no movement in negotiations, your point about whether the Carrier-SU contract is a naming gift or a donation will take on more significance. Without the language, we don't know if Carrier offered a donation and the Chancellor threw in the naming rights or the other way around. The facts determine applicable legal precedents and other factors (per OrangeCuse's post) that would be considered during legal construction. At the end of the day, I have long felt that, despite the importance of Carrier's initial investment, it would encounter rough sledding trying to convince a court to enforce a one-sided "perpetual" agreement against a not-for-profit educational institution. Short of a court fight (that no one wants), there are many options. SU could leave "Carrier" at the bottom of one panel but call it a different name, and start selling "naming" rights to every part of the interior. Or, as you stated, the parties could fashion a settlement that supports SU, adds to the project and accounts for the disproportionate benefits that have inured to Carrier over the past 40 years. [/QUOTE]

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