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===Naming rights=== Originally called Comiskey Park, the stadium was renamed U.S. Cellular Field in [[2003 Chicago White Sox season|2003]], after Chicago-based telecommunications company [[U.S. Cellular]] purchased the [[naming rights]] at US$68 million for 20 years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Padilla|first=Doug|title=The Cell not in line for name change|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/14560/the-cell-not-in-line-for-name-change|work=ESPN|date=April 26, 2013|access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> U.S. Cellular would later pay $13 million to end the agreement seven years early, saving an estimated $10.8 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yerak|first=Becky|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-us-cellular-naming-rights-1105-biz-20161104-story.html|title=Deal to drop Sox Park naming rights early costs U.S. Cellular $13 million|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> The stadium's next name, Guaranteed Rate Field, was announced on October 31, 2016, after the Chicago-based private residential mortgage company [[Guaranteed Rate]] purchased the naming rights in a 13-year deal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Merkin|first=Scott|title=U.S. Cellular to become Guaranteed Rate Field|url=http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/197437870/white-sox-ballpark-to-be-guaranteed-rate-field/|publisher=Chicago White Sox|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=August 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828013014/http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/197437870/white-sox-ballpark-to-be-guaranteed-rate-field/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ecker|first=Danny|title=White Sox home gets a new name: Guaranteed Rate Field|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160824/BLOGS04/160829927/white-sox-home-gets-a-new-name-guaranteed-rate-field|publisher=Crain's Chicago Business|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> It was later revealed that Guaranteed Rate would pay $20.4 million over ten years for the 13-year agreement. This translates to an average payment of $2.4 million, less than U.S. Cellular's yearly payment of $3.4 million as well as below the average MLB naming rights payment of $3.6 million at the time of the deal's signing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/2016/09/01/guaranteed-rate-paid-white-sox-stadium-naming-rights/|title=What Guaranteed Rate paid for the White Sox stadium naming rights|date=September 1, 2016|last=Ricci|first=Peter Thomas}}</ref> Coinciding with Guaranteed Rate's rebranding as Rate, the Sox announced the ballpark would henceforth be known as Rate Field on December 17, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/white-sox-ballpark-name-change-rate-field-9493d1b0c9625fdd8dd0b59cd813bc0f |title=White Sox shorten ballpark's name to Rate Field |website=[[Associated Press News]] }}</ref>
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