Werner Enterprises signs on as naming rights partner for Omaha Storm Chasers
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. is an American freight carrier and transportation and logistics company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It was founded in 1956 by Clarence L. Werner.
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The Omaha Storm Chasers are a United States minor league baseball team currently based in the Omaha suburb of Papillion, Nebraska. The team is the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals major league club and has been a member of the expanded Pacific Coast League since 1998. From 1969 to 1997, Omaha played in the now dissolved American Association. The team is owned by the Omaha Royals Limited Partnership; principal owners include Bill Shea, Warren Buffett & Walter Scott, Jr.
<p> AP 3:43 p.m. EDT May 14, 2014<p>PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Werner Park will remain the name of the Omaha Storm Chasers' baseball stadium in Papillion (puh-PILL-yun) until at least 2020.<p>The Storm Chasers and Werner Enterprises on Wednesday announced the extension of the naming rights contract. The extension comes in year four of the original five-year agreement.<p>The partnership between the trucking company and the minor-league baseball team began in 2006, when the club played at the old Rosenblatt Stadium.<p>Since Werner Park opened in 2011, more than 1.3 million fans have watched Storm Chasers' games.<p>The team plays in the Pacific Coast League and is the top farm club of the Kansas City Royals.<p>Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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