Mall of America signs on as official sponsor for Minnesota United FC
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
The Mall of America is a shopping mall owned by the Triple Five Group. It is located in Bloomington, Minnesota , southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and across the interstate from the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. Opened in 1992, the mall receives over 40 million visitors annually, the most of any mall in the world. 80 percent of the visitors are from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas, Illinois, Ohio, and Canada. The Triple Five Group, owned by Canada's Ghermezian family, owns and manages the Mall of America, as well as the West Edmonton Mall.
About Property:
Minnesota United FC is an American professional soccer team based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area in Minnesota, which will join Major League Soccer as an expansion team in 2018. Founded in 2010, the team currently plays in the North American Soccer League, a professional league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. The team won the 2011 NASL championship. On March 25, 2015, Major League Soccer announced it had selected Minnesota United as an expansion team, to begin play in 2018.