Amazon Buys Naming Rights to Seattle Arena for Climate Branding

Amazon has acquired the naming rights to the former KeyArena in Seattle, which will house an NHL team and a WNBA franchise. They are going to call it the Climate Pledge Arena, powering it with renewable energy and striving to not have a carbon footprint.

Here's what Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had to say about it on Instagram:






The end of his statement about making the greenest ice in the NHL is kind of funny. Another franchise should take him up on that challenge, and try to make greener ice for sport.

In February, Bezos pledged $10 billion to combat climate change. At the time, NBC News expressed some skepticism:

Will be interesting to see how all this turns out.





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Ryan Glasspiegel grew up in Connecticut, graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and lives in Chicago. Before OutKick, he wrote for Sports Illustrated and The Big Lead. He enjoys expensive bourbon and cheap beer.