From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 7/29/2014 10:25 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:38:41 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >   
   >>   Why not sell naming rights to Philadelphia itself?   
   >   
   > No one would want them.   
   >   
   > SEPTA _did_ sell off the name of the Pattison Avenue subway station (BSS) to   
   at&t, so now it is the "AT&T" station.  Apparently it was a very profitable   
   deal. I think NYC is considering likewise to make some cash.   
   >   
   > Sometimes naming rights backfire.  Villanova Univ. sold off the name of a   
   stadium to a duPont who was later was convicted of a nasty murder.   
   >   
      
   NJDOT named Metro Park after a US senator.  It is now probably the only   
   train station in the country named after a convicted felon.   
      
   Notice how many people use the name Harrison A. Williams when referring   
   to that station?   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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