Is baseball for sale?A huge deal will name the new ballpark of the New York Mets
 This article or section is about a planned or proposed stadium.It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the construction and/or . (Its entry rotunda rotunda In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. will honor Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers legend who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947.) The current ballpark, Shea Stadium, is named after William A. Shea, a lawyer who helped bring National League baseball back to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of after the Dodgers and Giants left for the West Coast. Citigroup is paying more than $20 million a year for at least 20 years for the naming rights. But experts are questioning whether New York baseball fans will welcome a sponsored name or spurn it. Opinions are divided, but not everyone is against the change. "I could care less about the name," says one fan, "as long as the stadium has good sightlines."--Stuart Elliott (11/14/16) |
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