Pitbull purchases naming rights to FIU Panthers' football stadium
FIU announced on Tuesday that international music star Pitbull had purchased the naming rights to their football stadium, making it "Pitbull Stadium" for the next five years.
FIU football is going international. On Tuesday, the university announced it is naming its football field Pitbull Stadium.
The 43-year-old music star will pay the university $1.2 million per year for five years for the naming rights to the stadium, ESPN reported.
Pitbull will create an anthem for the school, post about FIU on social media 12 times a year, and appear at one athletics fundraising event per year, according to ESPN, citing the terms of the agreement.
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The Miami native will also get to use the stadium 10 days per year throughout the term of the agreement. The vodka brand the singer owns will be the preferred brand distributed in the stadium.
Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Perez, will reportedly get two reserved suites for all home football games.
The stadium opened in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 20,000. It was known as FIU Community Stadium from 1995 to 2001. Ocean Bank was the first company to purchase FIU’s naming rights. From 2001 to 2017, it was known as Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.
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From 2017 to 2022, it was known as Ricardo Silva Stadium. Over the last two years, it was known as FIU Stadium as the school was looking for a new sponsor.
In the deal, there reportedly is an option for Pitbull to renew the agreement for five more years.
The Panthers are coming off consecutive 4-8 seasons under head coach Mike MacIntrye and have not had a winning season since 2018.
The school started playing college football in 2002 and has been a part of the FBS since 2004.
FIU will host Central Michigan on Sept. 7 for the first game in Pitbull Stadium.
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