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Article: Pacific Bell buys new San Francisco ballpark's name.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- April 3, 1996
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SAN FRANCISCO _ ``Pacific Bell Park _ I think that has a nice ring,'' said John Polumbo, the telephone company's president of consumer communications.
The name also has a nice price. Pac Bell and the Giants announced Wednesday that they have formed a ``strategic alliance'' in which the telephone company will pay $50 million for the right to name the team's new downtown baseball stadium.
Coming just eight days after residents here voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposed $255 million stadium, the name sale puts the Giants well on the way toward securing financing for the first privately-built baseball park since Dodger Stadium was constructed in Los Angeles ...