Repping NY. If any of these had the cash ...
Nathan's Field
Gray's Papaya Park
Zabar's Stadium
Nathan's would be great if we were headed to Brooklyn. Plus think of the awesome concession stand. LOL
By the way, JetBlue was founded in Flushing Meadows, Queens. And they're currently headquartered in the Brewster Building in Long Island City. So, in addition to being the domestic partner for Etihad Airways, they really
are New York's Hometown Airline.
No-brainer in my book.
I did a little more checking on Etihad's naming rights deals, and they had one for Docklands Stadium in Australia for something like $5-8 million per year over 10 years (extended from an original 5-year deal). Something in that range would definitely be workable for JetBlue.
But here is pretty cool twist: The home park of the Mothership is actually called City of Manchester Stadium. Rather than a straight naming rights agreement, the club pays an increased rent and Etihad, the city and CFG have a comprehensive commercial agreement (MCFC-branded plane for a direct flight from Manchester to Abu Dhabi, youth academy moved to the CoMS complex, some other things, mostly community-related).
The total package -- which I think expires at the end of this year, I don't know if they've negotiated a new one -- is worth around £100 million over 10 years. So, if we're talking some kind of integrated public/private partnership to build our park, CFG and Etihad (and by extension, JetBlue) clearly know how to structure that kind of thing.
I have no idea what's going on in negotiations, of course. I think it's just heartening to know we're talking about businesspeople with a lot of savvy and flexibility and creativity. Not to mention a crap ton of money. Hopefully the city and state officials have some game, too.