By Alex Ward PUBLISHED: 11:15 EST, 20 February 2013 | UPDATED: 11:23 EST, 20 February 2013 A new 30,000-seat football stadium will be named after America’s second largest private prison operator as part of a $6million (£3.92million) sponsorship deal. Florida Atlantic University announced the partnership with GEO Group Inc, which runs 101 prison facilities with about 73,000 beds, on Tuesday raising questions about the suitability of the match. The university in Florida had been looking for a stadium sponsor for more than two years after spending $70million (£45.7million) building the major stadium, home of the Owls football team. Prison operator sponsor: Florida Atlantic University's stadium (pictured) will be named after America's second-largest private prison operator as part of a $6million sponsorship deal
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Florida Atlantic University's football stadium will be named after sponsor GEO Group Inc
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The private prison company is the second largest operator in America
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The donation from the prison company’s charitable foundation is the ‘largest one-time gift in the history of @placeholder athletics,’ the university said, and will be paid out to the university over 12 years.
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