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SOME IN TAMPA FIND `HOULIHAN'S STADIUM' HARD TO SWALLOW

6.11.1996

     Tampa Stadium will be renamed Houlihan's Stadium, after the
restaurant chain run by Bucs Owner Malcolm Glazer.  Joe Henderson
of the TAMPA TRIBUNE writes the restaurant signed a $10M naming
rights deal with the Bucs in November and that the name change
will become official in August.  Initial reaction was poor with
Tampa Mayor Dick Greco saying, "I don't think it's something
people are going to be real happy about."  Mickey Farrell, who
manages the stadium for the Tampa Bay Sports Authority, said the
stadium name is likely to change back if the Bucs leave (TAMPA
TRIBUNE, 6/11).

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