Jazz to rename building

SALT LAKE CITY (November 20, 2006) – Larry H. Miller announced today a new partnership and naming rights for the home of the Utah Jazz. In agreement with EnergySolutions, a national energy services company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the home of the Utah Jazz is now renamed the EnergySolutions Arena.

The sponsorship deal reached today is a ten-year agreement which includes exclusive sponsorship and advertising rights and prominent signage on the exterior and interior of the building.

“As we were looking at companies to approach, EngerySolutions quickly rose to the top of the list as an ideal partner,” said Larry H. Miller. “It is a national company headquartered in Salt Lake City, with a bright future and values shared by the Utah Jazz. For our arena, EnergySolutions was the right choice. This partnership strengthens our organization which provides the best in professional sports as well as the most entertaining family shows and concerts in Utah.”

Early in the season, this year’s Utah Jazz has emerged as a young and progressive team in the NBA. EnergySolutions has also emerged this year as an industry leader making for an ideal partnership between the two organizations.

“I have long admired Larry Miller and his commitment to this community,” said Steve Creamer, the president and chief executive officer of EnergySolutions. “No one has done more to make our community an attractive place to live. We share a common goal of making Salt Lake City and the State of Utah one of the most desirable and livable places in America. When the Larry H. Miller Group asked if we would be interested in a partnership, we were delighted with the opportunity.”

Larry H. Miller built the arena in 1991 as the multi-purpose home of the Utah Jazz. Since that time the arena has entertained millions of Jazz fans, hosted the NBA Finals, 2002 Olympic Winter Games, hundreds of concerts, the circus and ice shows as the entertainment center of Salt Lake City.

EnergySolutions, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah since 2004, provides a full range of waste management solutions, including decommissioning, decontamination, site closure, nuclear materials management and the safe, secure disposition of nuclear waste. EnergySolutions’ customers include government, utilities, universities, medical laboratories and pharmaceutical firms. It employs more than 2,000 people with over 500 based in Utah, comprised of scientists, nuclear engineers, technicians and support teams.

EnergySolutions is owned principally by Lindsay, Goldberg & Bessemer of New York City as well as the Utah investment firms of Peterson Partners and Creamer Investments.

Delta Air Lines will continue its relationship with the Utah Jazz as a sponsor and advertiser.

http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/Delta_Center_Becomes_EnergySolutions_Arena.html

Delta Air Lines will continue its relationship with the Utah Jazz as a sponsor and advertiser.

Well i read somewhere that US airways are going to merge with Delta and be one huge airline under the name Delta airways(or something like that).

Well I guess that business is business and that all that matters is money.

Though that is an ugly name for an arena!

The Jazz now have the most retardedly named arena in sports, but I guess it fits the bill for Salt lake with its other dumb named arenas/stadiums like Franklyn Covey, the E center and Rice/Eccells.

Bran Faurschou wrote:The Jazz now have the most retardedly named arena in sports, but I guess it fits the bill for Salt lake with its other dumb named arenas/stadiums like Franklyn Covey, the E center and Rice/Eccells.

I have been to the E center, the Puck accros the street was pretty cool.

I've been by the puck, but never gone inside. I hear its a pretty nice place.