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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Inter Miami unveils new name for stadium
Inter Miami CF, the soccer team that has drawn international attention with superstar Lionel Messi, will play at a newly named stadium. DRV PNK Stadium has been renamed to Chase Stadium. The new signage was on display Tuesday at the venue. The partnership between Inter Miami CF (which is short for Club International de Fútbol Miami) and JPMorgan Chase was introduced as a “multiyear partnership.” It’s Chase’s first stadium naming rights deal in professional “fútbol.”
› No costume? No problem. Pensacon has something for everyone
Make sure your lightsaber is charged and ready, as Pensacon, Pensacola's annual pop-culture convention, celebrates its 11th year Feb. 23-25. If there’s one message that Pensacon Marketing Director Julio Diaz wants to get across – it’s that Pensacon is for everyone, from the Power Ranger enthusiasts to the people watchers.
› The founder of a St. Pete trust fund is accused of taking $100 million
A St. Petersburg nonprofit that administers trust funds for people with medical needs has filed for bankruptcy and is accusing its founder of taking $100 million in an unsanctioned loan. The Center for Special Needs Trust Administration filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Tampa federal court this month after learning that about half of the $200 million in trusts it oversees are missing.
› Embry Riddle professor says NASA’s CLPS initiative will bring change to the lunar economy
Through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, NASA is working with several American companies to deliver science and technology to the moon. Commercial company Intuitive Machines launched a lunar lander, named Odysseus, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center last Thursday, Feb. 15, and it is expected to reach the moon on Thursday, Feb. 22.
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