Facilities Venues

MARINERS STILL TALKING ABOUT NAMING RIGHTS, BUT NO DEAL YET

5.11.1998

          The Mariners and the Safeco Insurance Co. "both denied
     they have an agreement" to sell the company naming rights
     for the team's new ballpark, according to a report in the
     SEATTLE TIMES.  Mariners Dir of PR Dave Aust said that no
     deal has been signed and that "none was imminent."  Aust
     also said that the team is "still negotiating with several
     companies."  Safeco spokesperson Pat Hillis "confirmed that
     Safeco has talked to the Mariners about naming rights," but
     said that there "is no deal" (SEATTLE TIMES, 5/8).

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