MIAMI.- He Inter Miami of Lionel Messi announced this Wednesday that its future stadium will have the official name of Nu Stadium, as part of a new alliance with the Brazilian financial firm Nubank.
The venue, with capacity for 26,700 spectators, must be inaugurated on April 4 in a North American league match (MLS) in front of Austin FC.
Since entering the MLS in 2020, Inter has been competing in the Chase Stadium from Fort Lauderdale, a town in the Miami metropolitan area where it also has its training facilities.
In that scenario, he won his first MLS title in December with the help of Messi, whose future new home already has a name.
“Nu is exactly the partner we are looking for: driven by the same disruptive mindset and global ambition that define Inter Miami,” said the franchise’s principal owner, Jorge Masin the advertisement.
The Brazilian giant, one of the main digital banks in the world, is also present in Mexico and Colombia and last January received initial approval to operate as a bank in USA.
Nubank was founded in 2013 in Sao Paulo, the main Latin American financial center, with the promise of offering alternatives to the traditional Brazilian banking system and currently has 131 million clients internationally.
The firm, which began trading in Wall Street In 2021, it is among the five best-listed companies in Latin Americawith profits of 2.9 billion in 2025.
Logo on the t-shirt
Under the agreement with Inter, the financial details of which were not disclosed, the Nu logo will appear on the back of the team’s jerseys when this advertising is introduced in MLS next August.
The new stadium, which will also host concerts and other types of events, will be located in the Miami Freedom Parka 58-hectare recreational and commercial area under construction near the international airport.
“Nu Stadium will solidify our brand in the United States, allowing us to connect with a diverse international community as we build the world’s most influential consumer technology platform,” he said. Cristina Junqueiraco-founder and CEO of the bank in the United States.
