New SoFi Stadium To Host Rams, Chargers, Super Bowl & Olympics

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SoFi StadiumSoFi’s appetite to reach NFL viewers is going above and beyond just Super Bowl commercials. The fintech company that started with student loan refinancing, has secured the naming rights to a new professional football stadium in Inglewood, California. SoFi Stadium, which opens in 2020, will host both the Rams and the Chargers. The stadium will also be home to Super Bowl 56 in 2022 and will serve as the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Anthony Noto, SoFi’s CEO, served as CFO of the NFL for almost 3 years from 2008 – 2010.

In an interview with CNBC, Noto explained that the naming rights are more than just people coming to a game and seeing their brand there and that it will also give them a TV broadcast platform for all types of events the stadium hosts. It’s the ultimate advertising campaign, which the company believes they need to market their new products such as SoFi Money.

“Now that we have a complete suite of financial services […] we have to build awareness of those products, which requires us also to build trust, so being part of this iconic destination, allows us to elevate and accelerate how quickly we can get there,” Noto said.

The move could be perceived as too flashy or premature given how young and new SoFi is, but Noto says that the naming rights only make up about 10% of their marketing budget.

A single night of football, they estimate, would put them in front of 10-15 million unique potential customers, equal to all of their other total sponsorships they’ve done combined.

LA Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff said during a separate CNBC interview, “I think when you look at someone like Anthony Noto, who was in part of the NFL, who understands the allure of football and what it brings to people on sundays, and throughout the nation and helps bring people together, but also right there the entertainment factor when you think about what can happen, on this field right below, I think it’s something that gives everybody a point of pride.”

Last modified: September 16, 2019

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