Prison Group Escapes FAU Stadium Naming Rights Deal

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Florida Atlantic University's football stadium will not be called GEO Group Stadium after all, according to George Zoley, chairman and CEO of the private prison company that pledged $6 million to FAU in exchange for stadium naming rights.

The original pledge of $500,000 annual gifts to the athletic department over 12 years was made Feb. 19, but instantly set off alarms in the court of public opinion. Protesters cited a judge's ruling condemning conditions in one correctional facility operated by GEO, as well as multimillion-dollar lawsuits GEO had lost over treatment of prisoners.

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