The Houston Astros will now play baseball at Daikin Park underneath a 15-year naming-rights partnership introduced Monday.
The settlement with Daikin Consolation Applied sciences North America Inc. takes impact on Jan. 1 and runs by way of the 2039 season.
Beforehand referred to as Minute Maid Park since 2002, the 41,000-seat facility initially opened as Enron Discipline in March 2000.
Daikin, based in Japan in 1924, operates the biggest HVAC manufacturing facility in North America within the Houston space, the place it employs about 10,000 individuals. The corporate’s main manufacturers embody Goodman, Amana and Quietflex.
“We’re excited to be partnering with Daikin for our ballpark’s naming rights,” Astros proprietor and chairman Jim Crane stated in a information launch. “Daikin is a global firm that proudly calls the Higher Houston space its North American dwelling.
“The Houston Astros and Daikin share the identical values, a dedication to excellence and a need to present again to our local people. As we have a good time the twenty fifth anniversary of this ballpark in 2025, I’m proud to have Daikin alongside us to create much more particular reminiscences for our followers now and sooner or later.”
The primary sport at Daikin Park shall be on March 24 because the Astros host Triple-A affiliate Sugar Land in an exhibition sport. The Astros open the 2025 common season on March 27 in opposition to the visiting New York Mets.
–Discipline Degree Media
