Why the Champions League final stadium has its name changed
Bayern Munich's stadium - the Allianz Arena - will officially be known as Munich Football Arena for the 2024-25 Champions League final between Paris St-Germain and Inter Milan.That is because of Uefa regulations regarding stadium sponsors, which state the home club must provide a "clean stadium" for fixtures.It means no branding of the stadium sponsor - including any name, logo, trademark, design elements, slogan or corporate colours - may be visible in the "commercial exclusive zone" (inside the stadium).The rule is implemented for any Uefa competitions, and also applies to team names that include sponsors.Allianz Arena previously adopted the Uefa-approved name for the 2024 European Championship, and 2012 Champions League final.During Uefa competitions, Austria's Red Bull Salzburg are known as FC Salzburg, Manchester City's Etihad Stadium is known as the City of Manchester Stadium and the Emirates Stadium is the Arsenal Stadium.There are a few exceptions to the rule - the name of the stadium sponsor can be announced over a PA system, the stadium sponsor may appear as part of the name on printed materials, and may appear as part of the permanent stadium name signage on the outside of the stadium building.This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team.
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