Politics & Government

Long Beach May Sell Naming Rights To Lifeguard Pavilion

The city is considering a proposal to sell the naming rights for 50 years in exchange for $300,000.

The City of Long Beach is considering a plan to sell the naming rights to the lifeguard pavilion for 50 years in exchange for $300,000.
The City of Long Beach is considering a plan to sell the naming rights to the lifeguard pavilion for 50 years in exchange for $300,000. (Alex Costello/Patch)

LONG BEACH, NY — The City of Long Beach is considering selling the naming rights to its new lifeguard pavilion for $300,000 for decades to come.

The City Council will discuss the proposition at its meeting on Tuesday. The City Council will be meeting at 7 p.m. to discuss the plan. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the council will be meeting via zoom instead of in person. The meeting will be live-streamed on the city's YouTube page. Anyone who wishes to participate and voice their opinions at the meeting has to register for the Zoom conference by clicking here.

Under the proposition, the city would sell the naming rights to the pavilion to John A. Carbona for $300,000. The purchase would give him the right to have his name, his family name or the name of another family member on the pavilion for 50 years.

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The naming agreement has to be approved by the City Council in order to take effect.

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