link navigate to url on an entire Flash stage with AS3

The accurate way to insert a link to an entire flash stage as a banner or animated logo is adding a listener to MouseEvent.CLICK in the whole stage:

var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("[dest URL]");

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onStageClick);

function onStageClick(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    navigateToURL(url, "_self");
}