Same stadium, new name, Banc of California Stadium the home of MLS Cup champions Los Angeles Football Club has a new name, BMO Stadium.
Located in the heart of Los Angeles, BMO Stadium will continue to be the home of the 2022 MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield Champions LAFC, the National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) Angel City Football Club (ACFC), and host to numerous top-level marquee concerts and events.
Known as The Bank of Soccer, BMO has over a decade of experience partnering with other MLS teams including Toronto FC, CF Montréal, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. BMO has also invested over C$25 million to engage, develop and cultivate youth soccer at every level of competition across Canada since 2005, supporting 150,000 youth athletes in the sport. Through partnerships like these, BMO has been growing the game across North America, working as a driving force to make the game both equitable and accessible, building the next generation of players, leaders, and coaches.
The partnership reinforces BMO’s commitment to growing the game of soccer across North America and supports the U.S. expansion pillar of BMO’s North American growth strategy, where BMO currently serves clients through over 500 branches, access to 42,000 ATMs, more than 5,000 employees, and digital banking services in all 50 U.S. states.
Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider – the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of C$1.14 trillion as of October 31, 2022, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.