The Downtown Phoenix arena, now formally known as Footprint Center, home to the Phoenix Suns and Mercury, will begin the process of renaming the arena as the naming rights deal with Footprint, an environmental tech company, ended early.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Player 15 Group, the investment group that houses the Suns and Mercury, will have a new name for Footprint Center as early as the 2025-26 season, according to Sportico.
Removal of the signage on the arena started on Monday and carried into early Tuesday where an X (formerly Twitter) post by 12 News Anchor and Reporter Troy Lynch garnered much speculation on why and how this name change came about.
Looks like there will no longer be a ‘Footprint Center’ in downtown Phoenix. The signage at the front of the arena was taken down recently, and workers tell me they’re taking the rest of the signage down today. #12News pic.twitter.com/NvIkjnYWXm
— Troy Lynch (@mrtroylynch) February 18, 2025
The arena’s name-rights deal started in 2021 and was reported to have been a 10-year contract worth nearly $9 million per season, according to Sportico.
While the renaming process is still in its very early stages, the downtown arena should garner commanding interest given that the 2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four and the 2027 NBA All-Star Game will be hosted in the arena.
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Reporter Connor Moreno covers the Phoenix Suns for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @cmorenosports, and on Bluesky, @cloading.bsky.social
