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Yes, we finally have a new main videoboard and state-of-the-art LED lighting at Nationals Park. All of this comes after the first large scale upgrades from the DC Stadium Authority in the 16-years since the stadium opened. The ballpark needed technology updates, and could use some new “wow factor” too.

But this stadium still does not have a naming rights partner. It was eight years ago when news broke that the Washington Nationals had contracted with Korn Ferry and MLB Advanced Media to sell the naming rights for the stadium on South Capitol Street. There was speculation at the time that the Nationals could wrap-up a deal quickly which was not the case.

With a possible sale of the Baltimore Orioles to David Rubenstein and partners, the Angelos family that currently controls the team is now on the clock to help push the sale to the finish line. While this sale should not be as complicated as the sale of the Montreal Expos to MLB — then subsequently to the Lerner family and their partners, these sales often have issues to overcome. All sales of teams must adhere to the rules of the MLB Constitution. That is a key document, and all thirty MLB owners must agree to its terms.

The MLB Constitution is a confidential document comprised of 16-pages filled with an abundance of legal language, and normally you would never have seen it unless you owned an MLB team. But there we have this document because it was an evidentiary exhibit in the first MASN lawsuit brought by Peter Angelos against the Nationals nearly a decade ago.