New stadium 1999 Houston Astros season
exterior of minute maid park
in 1999, astros played final season in astrodome new stadium being prepared play begin in 2000 season. ballpark first named enron field on april 9, 1999, naming rights sold houston energy , financial trading company in 30-year, $100 million deal. astros management faced public relations nightmare when energy corporation went bankrupt in midst of 1 of biggest corporate scandals in american history in 2001, , bought remainder of enron s thirty years of naming rights $2.1 million, renaming ballpark astros field on february 7, 2002. field unofficially known field formerly known enron fans , critics alike, in wake of enron scandal. on june 5, 2002, houston-based minute maid, fruit-juice subsidiary of coca-cola, acquired naming rights stadium 28 years @ price exceeding $100 million.
based on downtown location next old union station buildings, 1 of suggested names (and nicknames) ballpark @ union station, or bus. during days enron field, dubbed ten-run or home run field due cozy left-field dimensions. in keeping theme while paying homage current sponsor, nickname juice box colloquially used today.
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