FleetCenter - JeterCenter
* FleetCenter owners decide to auction one-day naming rights to the building on eBay
* Kerry Konrad, NYYankee fan, Harvard alum and NY lawyer winds bid for $2325 to name it Derek Jeter Center (the prime cut in the Boston Yankee thingie!) on March 1.
* FleetCenter owners get cold feet. You see, much as it is a noble cause because the winning bid money goes to charity, they messed up in not setting filters for possible name selections.
* Afterall, Jeter is the facade of the evil empire to the south - a la NYYankees
* Wished they would've honored a bid won fair and square. Apparently honoring their word is not as important as not pissing their city off (afterall, who can blame'em, it is business, and they are in it for the money)
Update
* Luckily for them, Jerry Rappaport Jr, BoSox fan, Harvard alum and Boston real-estate developer kicks in an additional $6275, raising it to $8600 in honor of the 86-yr long drought beween BoSox championships.
* In the tenor of all's well that ends well, the so-called "winning bid" will now cause FleetCenter to sport "Jimmy Fund Center". All the more noble cuz the Jimmy Fund is a large cancer charity.
1 comment:
While the whole episode is funny, it was a low blow on the part of the damn Yank to try to name, even if it was for a day, the FleetCenter as Jeter Center. I mean, dude, get a life !
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