Hey, it's Zachary.

Today, we're bringing you an episode of a terrific podcast called The Indicator from Planet Money.

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Each episode takes a look at one facet of the business or economic world, and it does it in

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Sometimes they give the story behind the news, like how much impact the president really has on the economy. They cover

trends, too, like which jobs are growing fastest or how weather prediction is getting privatized.

And like us, they try to have fun. In this episode of The Indicator, hosts Adrian Ma and Waylon Wong explore the economics of college sports stadium naming rights.

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I'm Adrienne Ma.

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If you drive by any major sports venue, professional or collegiate, in almost any city, there's a good

chance you'll see the name of a bank or a tech company or some other brand that has paid

millions of dollars for the right to name that stadium or arena after themselves.

Yeah, and some of these sponsored stadium names can be more than a little clunky.

For example, the Baltimore Ravens play in M&T Bank Stadium.

I also look at this up.

In Pittsburgh, the penguins play at PPG Paints Arena.

Well, in Chicago, we have guaranteed rate field. That's where the White Sox play. That's bad. And people in Chicago, we have guaranteed rate field.

That's where the White Sox play.

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