Pitbull buying naming rights to FIU football stadium - ESPN

International recording artist Pitbull is set to purchase 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 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.

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.

The stadium has a seating capacity of 20,000, according to the FIU Website, and opened in 1995.

FIU has been playing football since 2002 and has been in the FBS since 2004. They've played in five bowl games in school history, haven't had a winning season since 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