The authorities of Miami-Dade and the Miami Heat this Monday made official the Kaseya Center, the new name of the coliseum of this NBA basketball team that emerged from the patronage agreement signed with the technology company Kaseya.
“Today we welcome you to the Kaseya Center for the first time,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava proclaimed at the presentation ceremony held at the team’s headquarters and attended by players Udonis Haslem and Bam Adebayo , as well as council members of this county and more than a hundred euphoric employees of the Miami-based software company.
The mayor noted that the “winner’s” long-term sponsorship deal with Kaseya has made the Coliseum, which hosts the Miami Heat’s home games, the first in the country to bear the name of a local company.
Levine Cava raised his chest for the technology company, which currently has 4,000 employees across 15 countries, after noting that it is currently expanding and looking to fill more than 3,000 positions in its Miami offices, where it already has 900 employees .
Kaseya president Fred Voccola stressed that the sponsorship represents the company’s commitment to “investing in people,” which he says is the reason for its growth since its founding in 2000.
“We have no factories, no ships. We are a software company and software is made by people,” added the director, whose company already sponsors the Miami HEAT Bounce Back from Cancer initiative, which has raised more than 6 since 2019 , $4 million for cancer research.
Part of the presentation ceremony included Heat Group President of Business Operations, Eric Woolworth, and Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners President, Oliver Gilbert, who highlighted the community benefits of the agreement. Local in South Florida.
Participants and attendees applauded the team’s players, especially Haslem, who played in last Sunday’s game at Kaseya Center in which the locals defeated the Orlando Magic, the player was honored for his 20+ year career in the NBA.
Haslem, 42 years old and who has announced his retirement at the end of this season, scored 24 points during 25 minutes of play in the final date of the regular season and ahead of the playoffs.
Last January, Miami-Dade and the Miami Heat announced they were seeking a new sponsor for the 19,600-capacity arena after a federal judge quashed their sponsorship deal with bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, which succeeded American Airlines as sponsor. deleted.
The county, which owns the facility, had asked for the contract to be terminated following FTX’s bankruptcy filing last November.
The cryptocurrency company, which was once valued at $32,000 million, filed for bankruptcy after a swift collapse after many users rushed to withdraw their funds amid reports questioning the company’s solvency.
Source: El heraldo
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