Economic downturn hinders search for new sponsorship deals at Ford Center
When the Thunder arrived at Ford Center , the team’s owners were free to start the clock on taking bids for naming rights for the arena.
A year later, however, that clock has yet to tick and the only naming rights dollars are those being paid to Oklahoma City by the Oklahoma Ford Dealers under an agreement struck in 2001.
Officials with the Thunder declined to comment and repeated calls to representativ...
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