Spencer Fox Eccles Pioneer Stadium naming agreement
Approved 75-year sponsorship naming agreement renaming Ogden Pioneer Stadium the Spencer Fox Eccles Pioneer Stadium in recognition of an $800,000 rodeo grounds contribution and donations since 1982.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Development agreement
- Location
- Ogden Pioneer Stadium
- Applicant
- George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
Every hearing and vote
June 4, 2024 · City Council
Ogden Pioneer Stadium naming agreement (work session)
Discussed
Parks and Cemetery Manager Monte Stewart presented a proposed sponsorship naming agreement with the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation. In return for a recent $800,000 contribution toward rodeo ground improvements and more than 40 years of donations since 1982, the city would give the foundation naming rights to the stadium for 75 years or until it stops being a public stadium. Council members asked about terms and the timing of future stadium work.
June 11, 2024 · City Council
Joint Resolution 2024-2: naming Spencer Fox Eccles Pioneer Stadium
Approved · 7-0
The council and mayor approved a sponsorship naming agreement with the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation. In return for an $800,000 contribution to rodeo ground improvements and four decades of donations since 1982, the foundation gets naming rights for 75 years or until the stadium stops being public. Parks and Cemetery Manager Monte Stewart showed a sign patterned on the arch on Washington Boulevard. Pioneer Days Foundation leaders and Rodeo Director Rick Davis thanked the Eccles Foundation; council members and Mayor Benjamin Nadolski also expressed gratitude.