M&T Bank gets football stadium naming rights...in Baltimore

[The_Philster]

Baltimore's downtown football stadium will soon become M&T Bank Stadium under the terms of a 15-year deal that was finalized Monday.

M&T, a Buffalo-based banking firm, will pay the Ravens about $5 million a year, including contributions to charities operated by the club, according to C. Michael Zabel, a spokesman for the bank.

Officials of the bank, which catapulted from 26th biggest in the nation to 18th through last month's acquisition of the Baltimore-based Allfirst Financial Inc., were in town Monday to complete final details. An announcement is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The banking company's public profile will greatly expand in July when its name replaces Allfirst's on branches and in its advertising in the region.

The transaction is among the five most lucrative NFL stadium-naming deals....
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[whkfc]

Cool I have used them for loans before.

[Patrick76777]

That's a great bank. I hear great things about that bank.

[Valerie]

I think that bank sucks. And I'm sure anyone who works for them is a loser. Geez, one more reason to hate the Ravens.

[Patrick76777]

I hear they hire some of the best young talent around. Great employees over there.

[Valerie]

I hear they hire uneducated, high school drop outs with absolutely no redeeming qualities at all.

[Patrick76777]

Oh that's not true at all. M&T is a wonderful company. Only the best can make the cut.

[Valerie]

That's not what I heard. I heard that they hire kids who'd be out on the street otherwise. They make them feel important and intelligent when they're really not. It's a pity job for all the losers and dregs of society. I'd NEVER be friends with anyone who works there.

[Ð]

FYI, I'm gonna start a new bank ASAP called the Obscure Acronymn Bank of NY, OK?

[Pride]

they should have purchased naming rights for RWS... The buffalo BILLS play at M&T bank Stadium.

Kinda funny.

I still think we need to go back to RICH.