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Porn Company Offers $10M Per Year For Naming Rights To Miami Heat ArenaSouth Florida September 18, 2019 Deirdra Funcheon, Bisnow South Florida All the luxury condos filling up Miami's skylines can't quite cover up the ever-present sex appeal of the city that gave us Miami Vice, 2 Live Crew, Pitbull and so much in between. Miami's old mayor regularly stripped down for bodybuilding competitions, and our new mayor loves to show off his CrossFit routine. Miami officials have tried to clean up its reputation, touting incoming banks and tech companies. But a local porn company, trying to get naming rights for the downtown arena where the Miami Heat play and concerts are held, is hoping millions can convince the city to embrace its history and personality, once and for all. American Airlines bought the 20-year naming rights to the arena for $42M in 1999, and the deal is set to expire at the end of this year. With the news that AA would not be extending its sponsorship, BangBros — a Miami-based internet porn company — decided it would try to penetrate the arena naming rights market on behalf of adult entertainment. The company announced on Twitter it had made a $10M-per-year offer to Myles Gallagher of Cleveland-based Superlative Group, which is handling the sponsorship deal. Days later, BangBros executive Cullen McRae told a Miami Heat blog that the company is even willing to increase that offer. The company already bought the domain name BangBrosCenter.com. "Both the Heat and Bangbros have become staples of the city, with huge fans of each. It doesn't get much more Miami than having the arena sponsored by Bangbros," the company said in its initial announcement. The offer was dismissed by some as a publicity stunt, but McRae, who left a video coaching job with the Miami Marlins to work in porn, has said, "Bang Bros is trying to make porn more acceptable in society through mainstream avenues. Sex is everywhere, society is a bit hypocritical and we are trying to take it out of its shell." The Heat had been in control of the naming rights until last year, when the county exercised its right to take them over, according to Superlative. "The existing arena deal costs Miami-Dade about $5.5M in annual subsidies, and the county receives almost no revenue from the $2M that American pays the Heat each year," the group wrote. Any new deal is expected to fetch $6M per year or more. Critics pooh-poohed the idea of BangBros taking over, especially since sports games and concerts are supposed to be family-friendly events. But, as a columnist for the Miami New Times wrote, "The "BBC" (BangBros Center) has a nice ring to it, the money is on point, and it's 2019, dammit." The county, which has decency rules in place that might have to be worked around to approve the deal, will have the final say. Oddsmakers have chimed in: BetOnline calculated that the odds of the change happening are at +1000, or 10-to-1. BisNow What are the decency rules? It's not like they are going to have their "product" on the jumbotron during timeouts... I do understand the concern.. 12 year old kids googling BangBros Center and ... well, NOT getting the arena website..
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Haha I saw this and laughed ... I could see someone like the Raiders calling it Bangbros Stadium in Las Vegas
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Glad they aren't doing that in Cleveland, because I would never support such a stadium. (or company)
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Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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I don't see the need to get even mildly get worked up over this. It was obviously a publicity stunt by BBC to get them some free advertising (people talking about their offer). Funny thing, it worked. I wonder how much their site traffic went up, 10-25%?
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I don't see the need to get even mildly get worked up over this. It was obviously a publicity stunt by BBC to get them some free advertising (people talking about their offer). Funny thing, it worked. I wonder how much their site traffic went up, 10-25%? ... yeah, that’s the reason I visited their site today
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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[satire]Well of course it was. [/satire]
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[satire]Well of course it was. [/satire]
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I didn't read the article.
I think it's cool that firework company wants to have naming rights to an arena. I bet they will have great firework shows.
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The naming ceremony will be held at "the crack of Dawn".
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. - John Muir
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The naming ceremony will be held at "The Crack of Dawn".
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I'm sorry to be a stick in the mud, but I don't find this humorous. These guys are pimps. They recruit and seduce 17-18 year old girls, tell them this is their path to the "mainstream" movie business (HOLLYWOOD!!), hook them on cocaine or worse, and then use them up until its time to farm them out to the "Gentleman's Club" circuit or worse, the slap-dash strip bars up and down freeways like I-75, until its time to discard them altogether.
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Come on out and watch the Cowboys at "Debbie does Dallas Stadium"
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Every dude I ever dated from Miami was a womanizing douchebag, so, this seems about right.
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If I recall correctly, back when the stadium in Glendale, Az was being built, a restaurant chain put in a bid for the stadium name. People didn't like the idea of Pink Taco stadium - it'll be interesting to see if 15 years (ish) later bangbros is any different.
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Glad they aren't doing that in Cleveland, because I would never support such a stadium. (or company) I'd put 25 dollars of my own money toward right thinking people, from way up here in Columbus if it made a stupid idea like this disappear for good. But uhh, it'll never happen.
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BangBros Center Pornhub Gardens
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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BangBros Stadium motto: 'Let's get it on!'
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I guess that's better than their motto being "We Suck"
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Not sure I'd want to sit in the end zone.
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Or be tackled and get a mouthful of it...
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One thing is for sure, the copiers in the office suite will always work.
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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a Miami-based internet porn company — decided it would try to penetrate the arena naming rights market on behalf of adult entertainment.....
"Penetrate"....
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a Miami-based internet porn company — decided it would try to penetrate the arena naming rights market on behalf of adult entertainment.....
"Penetrate".... That's all well and good, but I still think they would pull-out before they would ever cough up that kind of cash.
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I dont want to know what kind of game balls they hand out there.
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So are you saying they are going for the money shot
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One thing is for sure, the copiers in the office suite will always work. And there will be plenty of delivered pizzas.
How does a league celebrating its 100th season only recognize the 53 most recent championships?
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