A sad day for energy companies and minor league ball clubs alike: the Brooklyn Cyclones ballpark lost its name today. The Cyclones and National Grid, the company who has sponsored the fledgling ballpark for the past decade, ended their naming-rights agreement. The 7,500-seat Coney Island home of the Mets minor league affiliate will go without a name for the time being, until a new partner can be found. As the national economy has tanked, so too has the stadium-naming economy. According to Robert Boland, an NYU sports professor, part of the problem now is that the naming rights are worth around $100,000, and the Cyclones are "probably selling it for $750,000.” Hopefully the Cyclones will be able to find some silver lining out of this.
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