If you received your season tickets for the upcoming Syracuse University football season in the mail on Monday, you might have been left scratching your head while looking at the package.
That's because the location for the games was listed as the “Syracuse University Dome” and not the “Carrier Dome.”
The $118 million a renovation on the Dome is underway, but is there a name change going along with all of the work?
Spectrum News reached out to SU for clarification, but did not receive much of an answer.
“We are excited about the new fan experience we are working to create at the Dome,” SU officials said in a statement. “Our $118 million investment will change the face and footprint of the Dome, providing a game-day environment unlike anything our campus community, student-athletes, fans and visitors have had before.”
If the university is considering a change, Carrier won't likely let the name go without a fight.
"Carrier and Syracuse University have enjoyed a long and mutually beneficial partnership dating back to 1979, when Carrier provided the crucial final leg of funding to make the Carrier Dome a reality,” Carrier told Spectrum News in a statement.
"In return, the University legally granted the company the right to name its stadium the Carrier Dome. The language in the agreement is clear, which in part says Carrier has the right ‘to officially name the stadium facility the 'Carrier Dome.'"
Syracuse University officials have made public statements recognizing that the agreement remains in force in a 2009 amendment and again with a marketing agreement in 2018.