Florida International will soon be playing football in Pitbull Stadium, as the recording artist is buying naming rights to the 20,000-seat stadium for five years.
The FIU Board of Trustees is set to vote Tuesday to approve a five-year deal to give the name Pitbull Stadium to what's currently known as FIU Stadium, per FIU board documents.
Pitbull will pay the school $1.2 million per year for five years, according to the documents tied to the vote. The rapper, singer and businessman, whose name is Armando Christian Perez, is also known as"Mr. 305" -- a nod to Miami's area code -- and attended Miami Coral Park High School. The Miami-based university will become the first to have a college athletics building named after a musician.
Recording artist Pitbull is purchasing the naming rights for Florida International's 20,000-seat football stadium for $1.2 million per year over five years. It will be known as Pitbull Stadium. Included in the deal is an option for Pitbull to renew the agreement for five additional years. As part of the deal, according to the documents, Pitbull will create an anthem for FIU, post about the school on social media 12 times a year and appear at one athletics fundraising event per year throughout the term of the agreement.Pitbull will get use of the stadium 10 days per year throughout the term of the deal and the vodka company he owns will be the preferred brand distributed in the stadium. There's also perks like two reserved suites for all home football games.
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