News Article: Hurricanes Extend Lease at PNC Arena for Five Years

[Svechhammer]

So apparently the 20 year naming rights deal that RBC Centura signed in 2002 expires this year. Have to imagine the team will be able to capitalize a bit more than the $4m per year deal that was signed originally.



Also, a 7 year deal would take us to the 2029-30 season, and I wonder if that's the time frame that we'll either have a full on major renovation of the current arena, or have built something downtown.

 

[HisIceness]

I think Coca-Cola should buy the rights so we can nickname the building "The can".

Or maybe Krispy Kreme and we can call it "The doughnut hole".

But it will be something boring and no funny nickname.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I think Coca-Cola should buy the rights so we can nickname the building "The can".

Or maybe Krispy Kreme and we can call it "The doughnut hole".

But it will be something boring and no funny nickname.

I, too, am interested in the Kremey Hole.

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

Bo's needs to step up.

 

[Chrispy]

I think Coca-Cola should buy the rights so we can nickname the building "The can".

Or maybe Krispy Kreme and we can call it "The doughnut hole".

But it will be something boring and no funny nickname.

You going to the Lottery Ball for the game tonight?

 

[poobags]

/u/RamblinWrecked17/ suggested Rod Brind'Arena

 

[Chrispy]

Looking at the larges employers in the Triangle, I wonder who the candidates are if it’s someone local:

DUHS and WakeMed are possible sponsors, although WakeMed already sponsors the soccer park.

I don’t see IQVIA (quintiles) or SAS getting into the sponsorship business. Cree, IBM/Red Hat, Cisco, MetLife, BASF, Syngenta, and Lenovo are also options with major Triangle presence.

If we are going outside the Triangle like RBC (and to a lesser extent PNC) then who knows.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Looking at the larges employers in the Triangle, I wonder who the candidates are if it’s someone local:

DUHS and WakeMed are possible sponsors, although WakeMed already sponsors the soccer park.

I don’t see IQVIA (quintiles) or SAS getting into the sponsorship business. Cree, IBM/Red Hat, Cisco, MetLife, BASF, Syngenta, and Lenovo are also options with major Triangle presence.

If we are going outside the Triangle like RBC (and to a lesser extent PNC) then who knows.

Epic games is another possibility.

Team's ascent certainly makes the naming rights more marketable.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Epic games is another possibility.

Teams ascent certainly makes the naming rights more marketable.

The Epic Games Arena would be pretty baller ngl

 

[Highest Boss]

Truist. Every other gd thing is named Truist, why not?

 

[Chrispy]

The Epic Games Arena would be pretty baller ngl

Epic Games Arena would be good.
Unreal Engine Arena would be great.

Fortnight Arena would be awful.

 

[Whalermania]

Marley Drug Arena
“Are you up for a game tonight?”

 

[tarheelhockey]

C’mon, Golden Corral. This is your time to shine.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Epic Games Arena would be good.
Unreal Engine Arena would be great.

Fortnight Arena would be awful.

The Arena of Epic Games.

Come on, Epic. Do it.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

advanced auto parts pit stop

biscuitville biscuitdome

 

[skipnjump]

So apparently the 20 year naming rights deal that RBC Centura signed in 2002 expires this year. Have to imagine the team will be able to capitalize a bit more than the $4m per year deal that was signed originally.



Also, a 7 year deal would take us to the 2029-30 season, and I wonder if that's the time frame that we'll either have a full on major renovation of the current arena, or have built something downtown.

Way back in the day, I worked at Centura/RBC Centura when the arena was built and I feel some nostalgia for the original name. I cast another vote for the Krispy Kreme arena

 

[AD Skinner]

I absolutely loved Entertainment and Sports Arena. But Epic Arena would be a very close second

 

[tarheelhockey]

E. Stephen Stroud Center for Sports, Entertainment, and Economic and Cultural Development in Partnership with the Centennial Authority and North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

Nickname: The BureaucraDome

 

[poobags]

E. Stephen Stroud Center for Sports, Entertainment, and Economic and Cultural Development in Partnership with the Centennial Authority and North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

Nickname: The BureaucraDome

The Bureaucrasseum

 

[AD Skinner]

Hermes Conrad approved

 

[Svechhammer]

All of these options and nobody has considered the best option.

Raising Cane's Arena

 

[Navin R Slavin]

All of these options and nobody has considered the best option.

Raising Cane's Arena

That would actually be a good name for the current Invisalign arena where the baby Canes play

 

[tarheelhockey]

All of these options and nobody has considered the best option.

Raising Cane's Arena

This highlights the absurdity that Raising Cane’s still doesn’t have a location any closer than the ECU food court.

 

[HisIceness]

I absolutely loved Entertainment and Sports Arena. But Epic Arena would be a very close second

I did too, it was simple and to the point. But we all knew eventually corporate money would buy the name rights

 

[Svechhammer]

Epic just makes sense from a marketing standpoint. And maybe tie it into the Canes partnering with or creating a eSports team. And Epic has money to burn right now.