MTA May Sell Naming Rights to Subway Stations
The authority that runs New York City’s subway system is considering whether to raise money by selling naming rights to some of its stations.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently drafted a set of rules outlining how to handle those types of corporate sponsorships. Its board is set to discuss the issue next week.
Right now, nearly all of New York’s stations carry the name of streets intersecting the line. But the authority has experimented with sponsorships in the past. In 2009 it changed the name of a major Brooklyn hub to “Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center,” after the British banking firm put its name on the new arena.
This article appeared in print on page 5 of edition of Hamodia.
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