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From Big League To Little League, How Sports Arenas Get Their Names

Pro sports stadiums and arenas are commonly named after huge corporations that can gain a lot from the marketing and advertising. At the college level, the facilities usually adopt the names of major donors who specifically would like that to be a part of their legacy.

But in high schools, the fields and stadiums arrived at their names a little more innocently. That’s what local PR professional Scott Hanson explores in his new book, "Who Is Gym?"

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Steve Goldstein was a host at KJZZ from 1997 to 2022.