Mr. FIU: Pitbull purchasing rights for football stadium

• Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 6, 2024, 10:45 AM ET International recording artist Pitbull is set to acquire the naming rights to Florida International’s football stadium, pending a vote of the school’s board of trustees that is considered a formality.The FIU Board of

  Trustees is set to vote Tuesday to approve a five-year offer to provide the name Pitbull Arena to what’s presently called FIU Stadium, per FIU board documents.Pitbull will pay the

  school$ 1.2 million annually for five years, according to the files tied to the vote. The rapper, singer and entrepreneur, whose name is Armando Christian Perez, is likewise known as”Mr. 305 “– a nod to Miami’s location code– and participated in Miami Coral Park High School.The Miami-based university will become the very first to have a college athletics constructing called after a musician. Recording artist Pitbull is acquiring the naming rights for Florida International’s 20,000-seat football stadium for$1.2 million per year over 5 years. It will be known as Pitbull Arena. AP Photo/J Pat Carter Included in the deal is an option for Pitbull to renew the arrangement for 5 extra years.As part of the offer, according to the files, Pitbull will produce an anthem for FIU, post about the school on social media 12 times a year and appear at one sports fundraising occasion annually throughout the term of the agreement.Editor’s Picks < img src=" https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/photo/2024/0530/r1339564_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center

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1 Related Pitbull will get usage of the arena 10 days annually throughout the regard to the offer and the vodka business he owns will be the preferred brand name dispersed in the stadium. There’s likewise perks like 2 reserved suites for all home football games.The arena has

a seating capacity of 20,000, according to the FIU Site, and opened in 1995.

FIU has actually been playing football since 2002 and has remained in the FBS given that 2004. They have actually played in 5 bowl games in school history, have not had a winning season given that 2018 and are coming off back-to-back 4-8 season under coach Mike MacIntyre.The Panthers will host Central Michigan on Sept. 7 for the first game in Pitbull Arena.