The Astros and Daikin Comfort Technologies North America have reached agreement on a 15-year naming rights for the team’s downtown ballpark, the team announced (video link via X). Beginning in 2025, Houston’s Minute Maid Park will be renamed Daikin Park. The new name will remain in place through the 2039 season.
“We are excited to be partnering with Daikin for our ballpark’s naming rights,” owner Jim Crane said in a statement Monday morning. “Daikin is an international company that proudly calls the Greater Houston area its North American home. The Houston Astros and Daikin share the same values, a commitment to excellence and a desire to give back to our local community.”
The Houston Chronicle’s Matt Kawahara reports that the prior 28-year naming deal with Minute Maid Co. had been slated to run through the 2029 season but was ended early for yet-unknown reasons. That agreement paid the Astros an estimated $170MM over the life of the deal, per Kawahara. Minute Maid remains a marketing partner but will no longer claim those naming rights. It’s not yet clear how much of that estimated $170MM was yet to be paid out or how the new naming rights agreement will impact revenues.
The team’s lease at the current ballpark runs through 2050, so it’s possible there’ll be at least one additional new name somewhere down the road. Of course, the Astros and Daikin could agree to an extension of the new naming rights agreement at a later date.
Sounds dumb for a Houston ballpark, but money is money I guess
We use the hell out of some A/C down here. Makes some sense.
Gallery Furniture Park seems more appropriate
They are going all out to sign Sasaki.
Huge buy low on the naming rights. The Daikin Comfort Technologies North America fan inside of me loves this move!
Would have loved for your O’s to buy low on Daikin Comfort Technologies for 2025.
Cedric Mullins and Griff O’Ferrall for the Daikin Comfort Technologies North America naming rights, who says no?
Baseball at its very best….
Steelers’ officials called to profusely thank the stros for new worst Stadium name
Acrisure, Daikin, pick your poison as to the worst name.
Progressive
Guaranteed Rate Field has to be up there
Especially since their graphic is an arrow pointing downward…
Smoothie King Center?
“My Pillow Fort”
name is as good as any in this capitalist world. how did Minute Maid Park in Houston really make sense either though? I don’t naturally think Houston = OJ. just glad it’s not FanDuel Park or something in the sports betting world.
Thank you for making me realize it could be a lot worse. I’d prefer the name of a giant radish over a gambling business.
Bet365 Stadium in Stoke, England. Yeah.
“Over a gambling business”..It won’t be long now; gambling interests (Fan Duel)have already taken over a major sports broadcast company and will soon fly their flags over sports stadiums all across the USA. Major sports leagues will soon rue the day they got into bed with shady sports gambling companies.
Giant Radish Stadium has somewhat of a ring to it.
Minute Maid has been headquartered in Houston since the 60s
ダイキン工業株式会社
Maybe they can attract Sasaki to pitch in Houston…
Your characters reminds me of something funny.
A guy went up to my Japanese friend hoping to impress, pulled up his sleeve to show the two Japanese characters tattoo, boasting it said “great warrior”. She took one look at it, looked at him and said “it actually says beef and broccoli.”
@This one belongs to the Reds
I’m not trying to impress anyone. That’s the company name.
Oh I know, just reminded me of that funny story.
Actually more kanji, hiragana, katakana, romaji script, I say.
The name is dumb, but I’d argue Guaranteed Rate Field tops it. That’s the White Sox ballpark for those that don’t know. I just call it Sox Park…
The only Guaranteed Rate is the rate of failure.
The Mariners are the only franchise that “guarantees” a rate of failure… 46% or greater.
I’m only enough to remember the White Sox playing in Comiskey Park.
I’m old enough to remember visiting relatives in Oakland, going to an A’s game and being able to see the beautiful Oakland hills in CF at the Coliseum without “Mount Davis” blocking the view
The White Sox sponsor rebranded, changing its name simply to “Rate”, dropping the Guaranteed part. That actually happened, no joke.
lmao
“Daikin” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I’m guessing after this 15 year deal is over that very few people will ever know who they are.
No! As a Rangers fan, I hate the Astros with all my heart, but this? Urgh!
As an Astros fan, we don’t even care about the Rangers LOL
I’m still calling it Minute Maid or H*ll instead of this new name. Yikes…
Minute Maid losing a park name and Tropicana Field ruined by a hurricane? Bad offseason for orange juice.
It’s bad “juju juice”.
Soulless
Daikin shares the asterisks values? You mean they both bang trash can lids?
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No, they can use the AC unit to bang on now.
Oh, brother.
I never know what these things are named anymore so I just call them “the damn *insert city name* ballpark” now.
I just call it Dodger Stadium.
Well it sure beats Enron Field 🙂
Hopefully we’ll be hearing the phrase “Rakin’ at Daikin” a lot from now on.
It’s pronounced “dye-kin,” which throws off the rhyme scheme there, sadly.
even with name change i will continue to refer to is as “the juice box”
The “ice box” nickname (Daikin manufactures air conditioners) floating around social media is actually pretty great, ha.
I’ve also seen “the condenser unit” going around, which I kinda like better.
Hope the Yankees and Dodgers always play at Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium.
It’d be just great if everyone rejected calling it by these sponsored names. Corporate names are annoying and transient. I’d much rather have a strong name that can become hallowed than a transient one that means nothing to the team besides paying for the owner’s valet parking.
No more Juice Box.