Sears Tower to become Willis Tower

Written by DJ Special Blend from Chicago on July 16, 2009

CHICAGO, IL – Who is this Willis character anyway?

The public renaming ceremony will be hosted by Willis Group Holdings. That’s the London-based insurance brokerage that secured the naming rights as part an agreement to lease 140,000 square feet of space. Willis has said it plans to bring hundreds of jobs to the city.

Oh, okay. An insurance company in London.

But how dare they change the name of the building without asking me first. I probably would have said no, but they could’ve at least asked.

Dude, that has been the Sears Tower as long as I can remember.

We were able to see this building from all over the city, and from different states even. They say that we still will be able to see the building even though the name will officially change today, but that ain’t the point.

I hope the City of Chicago and Mr. Willis don’t mind if I continue to call the building the Sears Tower. They will just have to deal with it like the people at that company called US Cellular.

I’m about to go to Comiski Park to watch the game.