AP: Crane Kenney says Tribune still studying naming rights

“We’re sensitive and I would think we would get some credit to the way we’ve run the ball park since the Tribune has owned. We haven’t ruined the ball park,” said Crane Kenney, the Tribune Co. executive in charge of the Cubs.

Kenney and Cubs legend Ernie Banks appeared at the Chicago Board Options Exchange on Monday to promote a new seat auction partnership between the team and the CBOE.

“I remember when lights were introduced and a number of people who said, ‘Nothing will be the same, the park will be ruined and the atmosphere is going to change.’ And it hasn’t,” Kenney added.
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“Naming rights has gotten a lot of attention lately, and I think Sam, as he is at the Tribune generally, is stirring the pot and asking people to reevaluate the way we do business and rethink everything we do throughout the organization,” Kenney said.

“His charge to me as the person in charge of the Cubs was, ‘Have I thought of everything, are we looking at every opportunity?’ … The answer is we are looking at naming rights. That’s about as far as it goes. We’re looking at it. I think people jumped on Sam’s comments as if something was imminent. There are no imminent transactions.”
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Kenney said the stadium issues must be resolved before the team can be sold, a transaction that could finally take place by the end of the year.