The home of the Chicago White Sox is getting a new name — sort of. It’s more familiar than you may think.
The team posted about the name change — going from “Guaranteed Rate Field” to simply “Rate Field” — Tuesday evening. An official press release on Wednesday followed, saying the name will “streamline the customer experience” as the stadium’s sponsor dropped the word “Guaranteed” from its business earlier this year.
According to the release, the new name of “Rate Field” goes into effect immediately.
“We are now changing the name of this iconic ballpark to Rate Field,” Rate CEO Victor Ciardell said in the release.” Jerry Reinsdorf and his team have been nothing but amazing to us in this process. We couldn’t be happier with our partnership with the Chicago White Sox in this transformation. We are thrilled to showcase our new name on this legendary ballpark for the best fans in baseball in the greatest …