Atletico Madrid’s stadium will be called ‘Ryadh Air Metropolitano’

Saudi Arabia’s new airline, Ryadh Air, has reached a sponsorship agreement with Atletico Madrid for the next nine years. The agreement, writes Al Arabiya, provides for the club’s Metropolitan stadium to be named Riyadh Air Metropolitano until 2033. The figures are not known but the Saudi company thus becomes the most important sponsor in the history of the Madrid club.

Atletico has announced that the new naming of the stadium will take place in the coming weeks. The Saudi state company was already the main shirt sponsor of the club for the period 2023-2027 for 40 million euros per year. During the first year of sponsorship, the logo on Riyadh Air it appeared on the front of the men’s first team kits in all domestic and international matches. Riyadh Air was created in 2023, but has not yet operated a flight. Its commercial operations are expected to begin in the summer of 2025.