Budweiser/Bud Light Sign On As Exclusive Sponsor Of Arizona Cardinals, New Stadium

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Budweiser, Bud Light Sign On As Exclusive Sponsor Of Arizona Cardinals, New Stadium Through 2010

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ST. LOUIS (Mar. 20, 2006) – Arizona Cardinals fans will step into a whole new world when the team’s new stadium opens for the start of the 2006 NFL season. However, one element will remain the same thanks to a five-year agreement announced today by Anheuser-Busch and the Arizona Cardinals. Budweiser and Bud Light will serve as the exclusive alcohol sponsor of the team, and the brands will have a major presence in the new Cardinals Stadium through 2010.

The popular “Budweiser Red Zone” will occupy a prominent position in the south end zone of the new stadium, marked by an 18-foot by 240-foot sign and flanked by two branded areas in the concourse. Budweiser will host the Red Zone inside the stadium during all Cardinals games. Lucky consumers 21 and over can win game tickets in a special section and win select team merchandise through a sweepstakes held in conjunction with participating radio and retail partners in select local locations.

Budweiser will also have a presence on the new stadium’s video replay boards, scoreboard and concourses, and local wholesaler Hensley Distributing will distribute 150,000 English and 50,000 Spanish team pocket schedules. Away from the stadium, Budweiser and Bud Light customers will recognize the company’s support through advertising on all Cardinals preseason game broadcasts on TV, plus all preseason and regular season English and Spanish radio broadcasts, along with title sponsorship of “The Budweiser Big Red Rage” radio show on ESPN Radio 860.

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I wonder how much it costs to sit in the "Red Zone"
 

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The new Cardinals Stadium will be open in time for the 2006 season....Cardinals Stadium will also be the annual site for the Fiesta Bowl
Omo - Am I reading too much into this?

Does Budweiser being "Official Sponsor" of the stadium mean there will be no other corporate entity the stadium will be named for and that the official name of the stadium will be "Cardinal Stadium" (at least thru 2010)?

If so, I love this. (Although I still think it would be extremely classy if the Cardinals consented to name it "Pat Tillman Field.").

"Cardinal Stadium" sounds so much cooler than "Chick Filet Arena", "Dr. Scholl's Jellin' Field" or "AllTel Park." (The Maras and Tisch's never allowed "Giants Stadium" to be given a corporate name either).

If this is all true, kudos to the Bidwills and to Anheuser Busch!
 

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JeffGollin said:
The new Cardinals Stadium will be open in time for the 2006 season....Cardinals Stadium will also be the annual site for the Fiesta Bowl
Omo - Am I reading too much into this?

Does Budweiser being "Official Sponsor" of the stadium mean there will be no other corporate entity the stadium will be named for and that the official name of the stadium will be "Cardinal Stadium" (at least thru 2010)?



Not the way I read it - official alcohol sponsor only. I'm sure if it named the stadium, it would have said it. The press release title is a little misleading Jim O.
 

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Why not just name the field after Tillman? Call it Tillman's Turf.

Tillman already has a plaza there named after him.

If it's named anything, it will be named after a sponsor or the Bidwill family.

As of now, it's named "Cardinals Stadium" kind of like when you say "did you see the new 'Cardinals Stadium'?" :)
 

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Scott MS said:
Tillman already has a plaza there named after him.

If it's named anything, it will be named after a sponsor or the Bidwill family.


I like the turf better. It's closer to the game.
 

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Scott MS said:
Tillman already has a plaza there named after him.

If it's named anything, it will be named after a sponsor or the Bidwill family.

As of now, it's named "Cardinals Stadium" kind of like when you say "did you see the new 'Cardinals Stadium'?" :)

Yeah, Qwest Field (Seattle) was called "Seahawks Stadium" for the first season it was open. Before they sold the naming rights.

Apparently, the Baltimore Ravens fans and media just refer to their stadium as "Ravens Stadium", due to the fact that they have changed naming-rights sponsors a couple of times, and they all got fed up.
 

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PANTONE194C said:
Apparently, the Baltimore Ravens fans and media just refer to their stadium as "Ravens Stadium", due to the fact that they have changed naming-rights sponsors a couple of times, and they all got fed up.

Odd.

I always thought PSINet Stadium, and M&T Bank Stadium had a nice ring to them.
 

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