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Jimmy Buffet Gets Drunk on the Miami Dolphins

We knew Floridians had an extra special place in their hearts for Jimmy Buffett's beach bum tunes, but this is taking it to the extreme. To honor LandShark Lager, a beer produced by Buffet's Margaritaville brand, the Miami Dolphins football team has just renamed their home field LandShark Stadium.

Reportedly, Buffett will help finance the deal by performing at the stadium for little or no cost. At a kickoff concert this weekend, Buffet unveiled "FINS," a song he wrote for the Dolphins—no word on whether that was part of the contract.

This brings a whole new chapter to the saga of building naming rights. It looks like the once highly-debated rights are not the hot commodity they once were. We all still remember a couple years ago when Citigroup shelled out $400 million for naming rights on the Mets' new stadium and now the going price on a stadium is a few free Buffet tickets. What's next? Will we be heading to games at Jessica Simpson Field at Cowboys Stadium? In any case, you can now sing "Cheeseburger in Paradise" loud and strong while in the concessions line at the Dolphins stadium.

Related Stories:
· New name for home of Dolphins and UM: LandShark Stadium? [Sun Sentinel]
· Buffett rocks Dolphins’ LandShark Stadium [Yahoo]
· Jimmy Buffett Busted For X in France [Jaunted]

[Photo: LandShark Stadium]