INTER MIAMI have paid tribute to Lionel Messi in the club’s latest stunt.
Their new stadium, set to open on April 4 will have a stand honouring the football legend.
Inter Miami’s “Nu Stadium” is set to open next week for their clash against Austin FC.
The club released a video on X for the stand reveal – focusing on Messi’s worldwide impact.
The video was centred around how his famous name is everywhere.
This was one of many justifications for naming the stand after the world champion.
In a statement the club said: “Inter Miami CF is excited to announce Leo Messi stand, with our number 10 and captain set to become part of a rare and unique case in global sports: an athlete regularly playing at his home stadium with a stand named in his honor.”
They went on to say: “Traditionally, tributes look to the past. They are built from nostalgia. From memory. This one is different. This one is born from the present.
“From what is happening right now. From what you feel every time Leo steps onto the pitch.”
It is not the first time Messi has had a stand named after him – his boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys also paid tribute to one of football’s all-time greats.
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The 38-year-old has made a monumental impact on Inter Miami’s fortunes since joining the club in 2023.
He led them to the inaugural expanded Leagues Cup trophy in his first season.
They then won the 2024 Supporters’ Shield and the 2025 MLS Cup.
The club part-owned by fellow football legend David Beckham also broke the MLS points tally record in 2024.
The Argentine won back-to-back MVP awards in the MLS in 2024 and 2025 – the first player to do so.
He is also Inter Miami’s all-time leading goalscorer with a staggering 82 goals in 94 appearances.
He holds the record for assists with 53 – this would have been boosted by the arrival of Luis Suarez in late 2023.
Messi has assisted the Uruguayan more than any other player in his career.
