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Loading ...Long-term sponsors Franklin Covey are believed to be reconsidering their options concerning the naming rights to the Salt Lake City stadium. It is believed that the Bees are waiting to hear from Franklin Covey before listening to potential new sponsors.
If the Utah based company decline to renew their 15 year naming rights agreement, Franklin Covey Field will get a new name.
“We don’t know what we’re going to do,” said Franklin Covey spokeswoman Debra Lund. She would not elaborate on the company’s internal discussions.
Bees representatives have met with Salt Lake Mayor Ralph Becker in the past couple of weeks and anticipate meeting with Franklin Covey “in the very near future,” said Randy Rigby, president of Miller Sports & Entertainment.
“We’re anxious to address that sooner than later,” he said, adding the city intends to turn negotiations over to the Bees.
Rigby said the team has fielded inquiries from companies interested in putting their names on the stadium. It’s waiting on talks with Franklin Covey before pursuing them.
Franklin Quest contributed $1.4 million – $600,000 from the company and $200,000 each from four of its principals, including Sen. Bob Bennett – toward construction of the mostly taxpayer-funded $18 million park in 1993. The name changed after Franklin Quest and Covey Leadership merged in 1997.
Source & Full Article: Deseret News
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Franklin Covey Field on sportingsights.com
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