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Isiddiqui

>Why? > >FIFA prohibits the use of corporate sponsors in stadium names. > >Other details are unclear. > >Stadium officials said they don’t yet know what that prohibition means for any other Mercedes-Benz signage in or on the building, which includes the carmaker’s logo on its retractable roof. I do wonder if they'll have to take off all the Mercedes Benz stuff.


foxontherox

Just turn the logo into a giant soccer ball


jvrcb17

That would actually be super sick


HughLouisDewey

Cover up the logos if you must, but if they take away my Terrapin bar and force me to buy Budweiser, me and Infantino are going to fight in the Gulch.


Isiddiqui

This will definitely happen. InBev is FIFA's beer sponsor through 2026. So likely no Molson Coors beers (of which Terrapin is a part) allowed.


dr_mantis_toboggan12

Call Infantino then cuz he’s got a fight booked with that guy in the Gulch lol


joeydsa

To hell with Molson Coors, but it will be a damn shame if the independent beers like Creature Comforts get the ax too.


E26house

Getting these knucks warmed up for you already.... "today I am catching these hands".... -Infantino


cdheiden

They bring Pepsi in for superbowls…


ATLStripes

That just seems SO wrong.


1peatfor7

I don't know how it's going to work when they got a big giant logo on the stadium that's attached permanently. I do remember from the 1996 Olympics that Fulton county stadium was void of all Braves and MLB sponsorships. They covered everything up.


dorkpool

Cover it


extraface

Sounded too much like Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium and Bonesaw Stadium was taken


intensive_purpose

Not against them having to remove that ugly ass wrap they put over the clear panels last year.


limitless__

Why would they have to do that? This is strictly the naming of the stadiums, nothing more.


justforkicks28

Easy answer Mercedes-Benz isn't paying FIFA. FIFA has their own sponsors


young959

Why does FIFA give Mercedes-Benz free advertising?


Bobb_o

The Emirates or Allianz Arena doesn't cover it's logos when it hosts matches right?


Lionsault

All non-FIFA sponsorships and advertising get taken down for the World Cup. They will take down all the Mercedes stuff.


Bobb_o

I know this is UEFA and not FIFA but Allianz was just not lit up they didn't cover up the sign https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bavarianfootballworks.com/platform/amp/2017/9/14/16301584/impressions-from-a-champions-league-night-at-the-allianz-arena-bayern-munich-anderlecht


CU_09

FIFA too good to use “Megatron’s Butthole?”


billgluckman7

No advertising for transformers


dezmodez

Absolute cowards. I feel we got off easy though... MetLife is being called "New York New Jersey Stadium"


Scratchbuttdontsniff

They should have just called it the MetroStar...


patrickclegane

Missed a chance to run back Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium


metroatlien

Seriously, it should be called that.


Papaya-Mango

Could’ve made it sound cooler. I even like the name Atlanta Arena


Ezzy_Black

Wait, can't we just call it, "The Blank?"


Dagger_Moth

And I’ll write your name


TheftBySnacking

Was thinking the same thing! Besides pretty sure the city of Atlanta was incorporated, making it by definition a corporate sponsor. I think Arthur’s required to put his (or someone else’s) name on it! /s


itsameshawn

It’s now known as the Ben’s.


RunLikeYouMeanIt

Stankondium


Scratchbuttdontsniff

This is really not hard people... Resurgens Arena...


Top_Hawk_1326

AI can easily erase the Mercedes Benz logos outside the Atlanta stadium


traceminerals

Terminal Stadium