Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines are two of numerous companies reportedly in talks to name the Miami Dolphins' redesigned (but not brand new) stadium in north Miami. I believe this would be the first foreign airline naming a U.S. stadium. Very interesting if one of two pans out.

http://www.thenextmiami.com/qatar-airwa ... dium-name/

I am surprised no rich Arab royalty tries to buy an NFL team to be honest.

Given the current level of xenophobia in the U.S. at the moment, this will not go over very well with anyone.

ME3 ads are everywhere. I don't think it will be a big deal.

I find it interesting that they are looking into NFL stadiums now.. Given their relationship with football soccer it would make more sense to look into Beckham's future stadium no?

Trump will probably use it in a Florida campaign commercial hahaha

A) This will never happen. Not after a Muslim just shot up a gay nightclub and killed 49 people in Orlando. Never.

B) If it ended up being QR, American TV announcers would have to learn to pronounce "Qatar." Again, not gonna happen.

Shame the new stadium in Atlanta has a name.

StrandedAtMKG wrote:

A) This will never happen. Not after a Muslim just shot up a gay nightclub and killed 49 people in Orlando. Never.

B) If it ended up being QR, American TV announcers would have to learn to pronounce "Qatar." Again, not gonna happen.

There are still plenty of ME3+TK ads on US media. I don't see how this will be different.

StrandedAtMKG wrote:

A) This will never happen. Not after a Muslim just shot up a gay nightclub and killed 49 people in Orlando. Never.

B) If it ended up being QR, American TV announcers would have to learn to pronounce "Qatar." Again, not gonna happen.

What does the recent evets in ORD affect naming rights? What does TK and QR have to do with it?

The US Constitution guarantees relegious freedom, and relegion CANNOT interfere with any business practices or any rights.

Expect DL to immediately drop all service to MIA if QR gets the stadium named after them.

Qatara340 wrote:

What does the recent evets in ORD affect naming rights? What does TK and QR have to do with it?

The US Constitution guarantees relegious freedom, and relegion CANNOT interfere with any business practices or any rights.

The IATA code for Orlando is MCO.

The Constitution guarantees that the government will not impinge on religious freedom, but a private organization can certainly decline to have one of its properties named after a particular organization if they feel that it would be detrimental to their business.

OB1504 wrote:

Expect DL to immediately drop all service to MIA if QR gets the stadium named after them.

Qatara340 wrote:

What does the recent evets in ORD affect naming rights? What does TK and QR have to do with it?

The US Constitution guarantees relegious freedom, and relegion CANNOT interfere with any business practices or any rights.

The IATA code for Orlando is MCO.

The Constitution guarantees that the government will not impinge on religious freedom, but a private organization can certainly decline to have one of its properties named after a particular organization if they feel that it would be detrimental to their business.

I keep on confusing Chicago and Orlando!

You're absolutely correct; however, Stranded's post suggested, because of the Orlando shooter's relegious beliefs, TK and QR being predominantly Muslim WILL "NEVER" get these naming rights.

This is False. False. False.

They could be forcing DL into a big expenditure they'd otherwise not be willing to make.

The ME3 also sponsor high-visibility sports entities in Europe. Don't see it being any different than the USA. Besides, has any US firm----airline or otherwise----come up with a counter-offer??

This will be money wasted. Much like Mile High in Denver, Jerryworld in Dallas, etc. the dolphin's stadium will more or less always be known as exactly that - dolphin's stadium.

chrisnh wrote:

They could be forcing DL into a big expenditure they'd otherwise not be willing to make.

I can't think of any sporting arenas in the US sponsored by airlines besides those who have an established hub in the city; so this doesn't sound at all like a sandbox that Delta would have any interest in playing in.

winginit wrote:

chrisnh wrote:

They could be forcing DL into a big expenditure they'd otherwise not be willing to make.

I can't think of any sporting arenas in the US sponsored by airlines besides those who have an established hub in the city; so this doesn't sound at all like a sandbox that Delta would have any interest in playing in.

I can't even think of a major stadium (football / baseball) where the naming rights were given to an airline.

The current arenas with Airline naming rights that I can think of are fairly limited:

United Center (Chicago)
American Airlines Center (Dallas)
American Airlines Arena (Miami)

Delta used to have the naming rights in Salt Lake - I don't think they have any current major building.

I think a stadium would be great marketing for either QR or TK. I recently flew QR and many people I spoke had never even heard of Qatar (the country), much less the airline.

dmstorm22 wrote:

winginit wrote:

chrisnh wrote:

They could be forcing DL into a big expenditure they'd otherwise not be willing to make.

I can't think of any sporting arenas in the US sponsored by airlines besides those who have an established hub in the city; so this doesn't sound at all like a sandbox that Delta would have any interest in playing in.

I can't even think of a major stadium (football / baseball) where the naming rights were given to an airline.

The current arenas with Airline naming rights that I can think of are fairly limited:

United Center (Chicago)
American Airlines Center (Dallas)
American Airlines Arena (Miami)

Delta used to have the naming rights in Salt Lake - I don't think they have any current major building.

Don't forget Cargo!!!

FedEx Field for Washington Redskins
FedEx Forum for Memphis Grizzlies

JetBlue Park is also Boston Red Sox's Spring Training Field (with its own Green Monster) in Fort Myers,FL

Finally in Canada, Air Canada Centre in Toronto for Leafs/Raptors

Would love to see more airlines on MLS uniforms like they do in Europe - only have AS on Portland Timbers right now.

adamh8297 wrote:

dmstorm22 wrote:

winginit wrote:

Would love to see more airlines on MLS uniforms like they do in Europe - only have AS on Portland Timbers right now.

This is an interesting area as the NBA recently decided to start allowing jersey ads - they will definitely be less prominent than in global football, but a new avenue for merchandise advertising too (I believe the ads will be on for-sale jerseys as well).

MaxxFlyer wrote:

Given the current level of xenophobia in the U.S. at the moment, this will not go over very well with anyone.

With the recent shootings in Orlando, this may be bad timing for any carrier.