{"id":67978,"date":"2023-11-03T01:03:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T01:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/?p=67978"},"modified":"2023-11-03T01:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T01:03:33","slug":"miami-heats-ftx-arena-naming-rights-deal-terminated-amid-fraud-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/celebrities\/miami-heats-ftx-arena-naming-rights-deal-terminated-amid-fraud-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat's FTX Arena Naming-Rights Deal Terminated Amid Fraud Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FTX Arena is no more — the Miami Heat’s home will be scrubbed of the failed cryptocurrency exchange’s branding immediately, a judge ruled Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Sam Bankman-Fried<\/strong>‘s company bought the naming rights to the facility — formerly known as American Airlines Arena — in 2021 for $135 million … but as the exchange faces serious allegations of fraud and mishandling customer funds, the Heat and Miami-Dade County made it clear a change was necessary.<\/p>\n Of course, FTX — which was one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world — filed for bankruptcy in November … and SBF has since been charged<\/strong> with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the Miami Herald<\/strong>, a federal bankruptcy judge terminated the agreement between the county and FTX as the investigation continues … bringing the deal to a screeching halt ASAP.<\/p>\n In fact, the order states any signage displaying the FTX name will be removed immediately.<\/p>\n The move was mutual, according to the report, as FTX’s new leadership also wanted to cancel the naming-rights deal.<\/p>\n It was a short run for FTX Arena … but the move was all but inevitable.<\/p>\n