Pink Taco Stadium?!?!?!?
08-23-2006 | 03:45 PM
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Pink Taco Stadium?!?!?!?
Pink Taco's owners make bid to name Cards stadium
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 21, 2006 02:55 PM
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 21, 2006 02:55 PM
First, they shook up the Scottsdale establishment. Now the family behind the Pink Taco restaurant chain is rattling the Arizona Cardinals' cage.
Would you believe Pink Taco Stadium? That's what the Morton family, famous for creating the Hard Rock Café and Morton's Steakhouse, is saying they want to name Cardinals Stadium.
They are offering $30 million for 10 years as evidence of their commitment and are promising to pursue an agreement with the Arizona Cardinals. advertisement
One problem. The Cardinals, who control the stadium's naming rights, said they want no part of that name.
Harry Morton, president and CEO of Pink Taco, said his group is prepared to use the $30 million as a starting point. He held a press conference Monday to announce the stadium proposal.
The family said it offered the Cardinals a $5 million good faith check during a meeting last week to show that they are serious about the proposal.
The Cardinals took the presentation as a joke and dismissed the Monday press conference by the family as a publicity stunt.
"There is zero chance of this happening," said Mark Dalton, director of media relations for the Cardinals. "We are in serious and legitimate naming rights discussion with several companies, this is not one of them."
Locally, the restaurant, named after a slang term for the vulva, caused a stir in Scottsdale when Mayor Mary Manross objected to the restaurant's opening in Scottsdale's Waterfront project.
Dalton said the team doesn't wanted to be associated with the Pink Taco brand, but wouldn't say exactly why.
Morton said on Monday that his family is very serious about the naming deal. He plans to meet with the Arizona Cardinals in the coming days. The Cardinals said there is no scheduled meeting.
The family dismissed the team's reaction as a "knee jerk" one and stated the proposal was not an attempt to get more publicity for the restaurant.
"We're talking about $30 million," he said. "That's an expensive publicity stunt."
A Pink Taco restaurant will be opened in Los Angeles early next year. The company is working on building a second restaurant in Arizona and looking at future sites in San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas.
Would you believe Pink Taco Stadium? That's what the Morton family, famous for creating the Hard Rock Café and Morton's Steakhouse, is saying they want to name Cardinals Stadium.
They are offering $30 million for 10 years as evidence of their commitment and are promising to pursue an agreement with the Arizona Cardinals. advertisement
One problem. The Cardinals, who control the stadium's naming rights, said they want no part of that name.
Harry Morton, president and CEO of Pink Taco, said his group is prepared to use the $30 million as a starting point. He held a press conference Monday to announce the stadium proposal.
The family said it offered the Cardinals a $5 million good faith check during a meeting last week to show that they are serious about the proposal.
The Cardinals took the presentation as a joke and dismissed the Monday press conference by the family as a publicity stunt.
"There is zero chance of this happening," said Mark Dalton, director of media relations for the Cardinals. "We are in serious and legitimate naming rights discussion with several companies, this is not one of them."
Locally, the restaurant, named after a slang term for the vulva, caused a stir in Scottsdale when Mayor Mary Manross objected to the restaurant's opening in Scottsdale's Waterfront project.
Dalton said the team doesn't wanted to be associated with the Pink Taco brand, but wouldn't say exactly why.
Morton said on Monday that his family is very serious about the naming deal. He plans to meet with the Arizona Cardinals in the coming days. The Cardinals said there is no scheduled meeting.
The family dismissed the team's reaction as a "knee jerk" one and stated the proposal was not an attempt to get more publicity for the restaurant.
"We're talking about $30 million," he said. "That's an expensive publicity stunt."
A Pink Taco restaurant will be opened in Los Angeles early next year. The company is working on building a second restaurant in Arizona and looking at future sites in San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas.
08-23-2006 | 03:58 PM
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08-23-2006 | 05:42 PM
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I seriously doubt it will happen officially, but regardless, it will now be referred to as P**sy Park.
A Pink Taco restaurant will be opened in Los Angeles early next year. The company is working on building a second restaurant in Arizona and looking at future sites in San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas.
08-24-2006 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by F-C
Is the food any good?
Just dont put it on the business credit card. I ate there, put the tab on my card, and got a call 2 days later from my resource manager asking why i went to a strip club and put it on my card
Needless to say he didn't believe me when I told him it was a restaurant inside the Hard Rock Hotel. He actually called and verified it existed and that it wasnt what he thought it was. 
08-24-2006 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by saiko_cl_duck
yes, the food is good. Went to the one in Vegas, they had good food, 2 for 1 corona's, and the women who work there, HOT!!!!!! Like, unbelievably hot.
Just dont put it on the business credit card. I ate there, put the tab on my card, and got a call 2 days later from my resource manager asking why i went to a strip club and put it on my card Needless to say he didn't believe me when I told him it was a restaurant inside the Hard Rock Hotel. He actually called and verified it existed and that it wasnt what he thought it was.
Just dont put it on the business credit card. I ate there, put the tab on my card, and got a call 2 days later from my resource manager asking why i went to a strip club and put it on my card
Needless to say he didn't believe me when I told him it was a restaurant inside the Hard Rock Hotel. He actually called and verified it existed and that it wasnt what he thought it was.
08-24-2006 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by goose25
Don'r screw around with that Gov travel card man, i've seen too many people get busted up for doing it. Whenever i travel, I always take a cash advance so i can spend the money at any place that i need to without worrying about the charge being questioned by our resource manager. We recently had two civilians get in trouble for using their cards at a questionable place recently (think sex shop).
08-24-2006 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by saiko_cl_duck
yeah, i dont mess around with it. But i didnt realize where i was eating, and i guess i cant blame the guy. But making 72 bucks a day for 3 weeks in per diem, and only having a 500 advance limit, i had to put all my tabs on the card
08-24-2006 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by goose25
Talk to your resource advisor and see if they can raise your advance limit. Mine is $1k with a $15k overall limit. I've never come close to either of those figures but it's nice knowing that it's available.
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