MUSC to pay Charleston Battery $925000 for stadium naming rights - Charleston Post Courier
The Medical University of South Carolina will pay the Charleston Battery soccer club $925,000 over the next five years for the naming rights to its Daniel Island stadium. The medical university already had a long-standing relationship with the soccer club, providing the team with on-site medical services for the Battery players since 2008. MUSC Health will continue as the club’s sole sports medicine provider. “MUSC Health has a significant history with the Charleston Battery and is now forging a deeper, more strategic relationship with the team to promote more youth sports injury prevention, general health education, and community wellness,” Woolwine... The previous agreement — in which MUSC paid $40,000 per year to be the exclusive sports medicine provider — did not include naming rights to the stadium,. In addition to professional soccer matches, MUSC Health Stadium will host events including the Special Olympics, the Mount Pleasant Rotary Soccer Classic, the Clash of the Carolinas, plus high school and college soccer matches. “MUSC Health and the Sports Medicine program are delighted and inspired as we forge a deeper relationship with the Charleston Battery in promoting better health throughout our community,” said Shane Woolf, M. D. , chief of the MUSC Health... Source: www.postandcourier.com
