Yes, a college football stadium will be renamed after the music artist Pitbull. No, it won’t be called Dale Park or Mr. Worldwide Arena.
Instead, Florida International University will rename its football stadium as simply “Pitbull Stadium,” after the artist himself. The new name comes after Pitbull and FIU announced a partnership Tuesday that made FIU the first university to have a college athletics building named after a musician. Pitbull will pay $1.
2 million per year over the next five years for the naming rights, according to details of the partnership sent to The Washington Post by FIU. The singer will create an anthem for the school (which will be played at all FIU sports events), post about FIU on social media 12 times throughout the year and appear at an FIU athletics fundraising event for three hours every year of the deal. Pitbull will see some perks, too.
Mr. Worldwide will receive the title “Official Entrepreneur of FIU Athletics,” and will be allowed to use the stadium for 10 days throughout the year. And his vodka company, Voli 305 Vodka, will be distributed throughout the venue.
He also gets two reserved stadium suites, and a “Pitbull-affiliated performer” can play the halftime or postgame shows. “Renaming the stadium isn’t just about a name change,” said Pitbull, whose legal name is Armando Christian Perez, in a statement. “We’re making history together, and we’re just getting started.
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