Gloucester tries to sell naming rights to stadium

Pro teams do it. Some colleges do it. So why not a high school?

Gloucester is selling the naming rights to its high school sports stadium for $500,000.

Mayor Carolyn Kirk’s office has drafted a request for proposals for title sponsorship rights to the aging stadium that needs $3 million worth of repairs. A private fundraising effort is also under way.

Kirk tells The Gloucester Daily Times ( http://bit.ly/p6HpZ2) that any new name must include the current name of the facility, Newell Stadium. It was named after a local naval officer killed in World War I.