page_title: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
section_title: Helping Columbus become a major league city
hierarchical_section_title: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company / Sponsorships / Helping Columbus become a major league city
caption_attribution_description: English: One Nationwide Plaza in Columbus, the headquarters of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
context_page_description: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and affiliated companies is a group of large U.S. insurance and financial services companies based in Columbus, OH. The company also operates regional headquarters in Scottsdale, AZ; Des Moines, IA; San Antonio, TX; Gainesville, FL; Raleigh, NC; Sacramento, CA, and Westerville, OH. Nationwide currently has approximately 34,000 employees, and is ranked #73 in the 2019 Fortune 500 list. Nationwide is currently ranked #53 in Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For".
  Nationwide Financial Services, a component of the group, was partially floated on the New York Stock Exchange prior to being repurchased by Nationwide Mutual in 2009. It had owned the majority of NFS common stock since it had gone public in 1997.
context_section_description: By 1997, the city of Columbus had grown to become the 15th largest city in the United States.  However, Columbus by this time was the largest American city without a professional sports franchise competing in the top leagues in the United States (i.e., Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, or the National Hockey League). 
  After plans to move the Hartford Whalers to Columbus failed when voters rejected a tax levy, the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company announced that it would build an arena adjacent to One Nationwide Plaza in an effort to bring an NHL franchise to Columbus.  This second effort was successful, and the Columbus Blue Jackets began play at Nationwide Arena in late 2000.  Nationwide Arena, named for the company, is the centerpiece of the Arena District, an area of entertainment venues, restaurants, and hotels linking downtown Columbus with The Short North neighborhood.
  Nationwide Realty Investors is the company's real estate development arm, and is involved with providing the land for a new stadium in Columbus.
caption: One Nationwide Plaza, the headquarters in Columbus.
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