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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Naming rights for sports stadiums

sponsor versus club – who makes the proper brand?

Thomas Bezold

pp. 121-131

Abstract

This paper describes the applications, benefits and risks of using naming rights at sports stadiums for branding purposes. Naming rights offer a broad range of marketing activities. For the arena operator, the selling of the naming right generates an additional source of income. In this context, our own research was undertaken to compare the naming right activities and contracted revenues in Germany, Europe and USA on the basis of selected examples of stadiums. Further, it shows the options of naming rights and discusses the main communicative functions to a sponsor and the branding possibilities.

Publication details

Published in:

Sonnenburg Stephan, Baker Laura (2013) Branded spaces: experience enactments and entanglements. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 121-131

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-01561-9_8

Full citation:

Bezold Thomas (2013) „Naming rights for sports stadiums: sponsor versus club – who makes the proper brand?“, In: S. Sonnenburg & L. Baker (eds.), Branded spaces, Dordrecht, Springer, 121–131.