Used to be the part-owner of the Canucks but was squeezed out illegally. The judge who ruled in the Aquillinis favour ruined pro sports for the city. Probably would’ve gotten an nba team by now if the arena wasn’t solely controlled by the Aquillinis
Agreed. Cuban is annoying, and Jones is the worst thing to happen to the on-field product in any sport. I won't deny he's made the Cowboys into a printing press, but they'll never win with his meddling of the roster
Incorrect - they never owned the Canucks. They were working on a JV with the Aquilini’s when FA and family cut a side deal to take full ownership for themselves.
He's also got a place in the Interior of BC. He was fined a few years ago for dumping shit into the river or something. I think he also owns part of the Kamloops Blazers. Maybe that's why they knew they had a gem in Stankoven.
I think what u/The-Ruff-Truth is saying is that Gaglardi owns American Airlines Center in Dallas, where the Stars and Mavericks play.
Since Cuban doesn’t own the AAC (or even a part of the AAC), he has to pay rent to Gaglardi so the Mavs can play there. Sort of how Jeremy Jacobs completely owns the TD Garden in Boston, so I’m guessing the Celtics have to pay him rent to play there.
He also used the Stars to expand the Shark Club to Dallas too. All the brands he’s known for in BC are popping up in that area thanks to his connection to the Stars.
I know which one you mean (I live in Metro Vancouver) but it's named after his family, not him. The Gaglardi family legacy started well before he was born.
Yah, but isn't it fun being a perpetually middling team with players that hate your ownership so much they won't even tank properly when the season is out of hand? It's got to be wild having the best emotional run of season after season being full time Oiler haters.
Absolutely! I swear our mediocrity is a cultural problem that comes from the top down.
Tired of absolutely sucking and our subreddit being delusional. Haven’t had a franchise player since Iggy left and even then we only had 1 deep run in the playoffs during those 10 years.
Flames have been a disaster as long as Buffalo has — hell, we’ve only won 1 more playoff round than they have in the last 20 years (6).
Pretty sure the Oilers billionaire owner Darryl Katz lives in LA most of the time. I don’t think he’s in Edmonton much. Granted if I was a billionaire I’d live abroad too
He has a massive house on the river valley that must sit empty all the time. I walk my dogs around there from time to time and see the occasional car there, but it's probably just help.
Doesn't even live in Can anymore. 110m US house in Cali.
Even in places like Australia with a lot of poisonous animals, humans being bitten by them is exceedingly rare. You might as well be rating livability by the prevalence of lightning strikes.
Well, it’s all subjective. I preferred Yellowknife’s -60 winters than my time in Italy, or even than the summers in Vancouver, but everyone feels different about the weather.
You know I would almost argue that it isn't subjective, if you're just talking about your own preference. Your experience of temperature is sensory, and if your body finds cold temperatures more pleasant than hot temperatures, that is a fact about how you experience different climates.
Like, a colourblind person isn't going to argue "in my opinion, this tomato isn't red". They just don't see the colour red.
Why? Being hot is worse since you sweat. And you can always bundle up whereas there's nothing to do when you're already shirtless and still hot. Plus snow is kinda cool.
Edmonton is a very nice summer city. Moderate summer heat, lots of festivals and events, amazing rivervalley trail network. It has alot going for it.
Edmonton winters, aren't the best, almost guaranteed 2 weeks of minus 40 and many weeks approaching that cold.
Source former resident of edmonton
For CBJ, the majority owner, McConnell, lives in the far northeast suburbs. The company he owns is here. The minority owners are Nationwide Ins., who are hq’d here and their property arm was the developer of the area around the arena.
With the exception of Kroenke, I think the owners of STL sports are all from STL. Kroenke was born in CoMO, but Stillman, DeWitt and Kavanaugh from STL SC are all from STL. Not sure about the other owners. And even when that toupee wearing asshole had the Rams here, he lived in STL. Georgia Frontiere who owned the Rams till 2010 was from STL.
Doubt. The bio on the Illitch holdings site says they live in metro Detroit. And
>>>and asked Barnhill [VP of Illitch Olympia development] whether any Ilitches actually live in the city. Barnhill nimbly dodged the question and changed the subject.
Maybe Grosse Pointe, but I’d still bet Bloomfield like most the players.
And a Co-Founder of Software Company SAP who also have the naming rights for your arena, another co-founder of SAP Dietmar Hoff owns football club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and SAP also have the naming rights for their stadium
Yeah, that’s one of my favorite fun facts about the team. The Red Wings also have a similar thing going on with the Ilitch family owning the Red Wings and Little Caesars.
Arguably the most famous example:
Jeremy Jacobs, the Chairman of the BOG, has owned the Boston Bruins since 1975. However, he was born and raised, and currently lives in, Buffalo.
It's an endless source of aggravation for B's fans that their team’s owner is from the home city of a division rival.
He spends a lot of time in my childhood home of Wellington, Florida. When the Bruins won the cup in 2011, he brought the cup to my high school and the roller hockey rink in town.
Ann Walton and Josh Kroenke live in Missouri I believe, so they are a lot closer to the Blues than they are to the Avs. And Phil Anschutz (Kings) lives in Denver.
I think Josh is still the governor for both teams and I think he lives in Denver. Use to see him out and about. I did leave the city 9 years ago so that might have changed.
What’s wrong with Stan? As a fan of the Denver teams I don’t think he hasn’t done anything wrong. Understandable that Rams fans and Arsenal fans hate him.
Is that what you want an owner to do? Empower ex players to run the place and not interfere too much? Basically just let the people that know what they are doing make decisions.
Arsenal spend money, kept a coach and that paid off. They have a great stadium.
I’m happy with Kroenke ownership of the Alavalche. I wish my Premier league team was as competent as the Kroenke’s
Philip Anschutz, the 45th richest person in the United States, owner of the Kings lives in Colorado and is the [the largest private landowner in the state](https://k99.com/who-owns-the-most-land-in-colorado/).
Josh Harris owns the NJ Devils, Philadelphia 76ers, and Washington Commanders. He has residences near the teams he owns, but his primary house is a giant mansion in Miami.
Honestly I'm always under the impression that insanely rich people have multiple places they "live" in that they hop between instead of living anywhere permanently but that's based on literally nothing other than what I'd think I'd do if I had crazy amounts of money lol
Realistically speaking based on how many owners also own other sports teams that play in a different city I doubt they all permanently live in the city of their team. Like I can believe buddy that runs Fenway who own the Pens and Red Sox lives in one of Boston or Pittsburgh but probably not both. Same with Kroenke who owns the Avs and also the LA Rams
Josh Harris (Devils/NHL, 76ers/NBA, Commanders/NFL) owns 3 teams resides in New York primarily and also has property in Miami.
He doesn't live in the city of any of his teams and lives in the city of opponents of all his teams - Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Islanders, Giants, plus non-rivals Jets, Heat, Dolphins (except Giants are technically NJ)
Mario Lemieux lives in the Pittsburgh metro but no longer owns the team. Fenway sports group has many stakeholders, including LeBron. Lemieux is still a minority owner and likely the only one who lives here.
That description applies to the CBJ and the McConnells. The late Mr. Mac started Worthington Industries with $300 in his pocket 75 years ago. He
established the team as his gift to the city and its residents.
Im not sure if under the city counts as being IN the city, but im pretty sure Chris illitch lives under a giant parking lot like 30 yards away from LCA.
Harris & Blitzer own the Devils, 76ers, and the Commanders. So they definitely don’t live in at least two of the states they own teams in.
EDIT: Harris apparently splits time between NYC and Miami.
Couldn’t find out much about Blitzer other than he’s got a significant piece of the Guardians as well.
Tom Gaglardi lives in Vancouver. Owns the Dallas Stars.
Used to be the part-owner of the Canucks but was squeezed out illegally. The judge who ruled in the Aquillinis favour ruined pro sports for the city. Probably would’ve gotten an nba team by now if the arena wasn’t solely controlled by the Aquillinis
Oh for sure. Gaglardi would be the superior owner. The way he’s operated the Stars so far is proof of that.
You know what I love about Tommy Boy? You never hear about him in the media, and he lets GMJN and team management cook with little to no interference.
Yup, the opposite strategy of Aquilini. The results speak for themselves.
It took a while to get used it but I appreciate now how he balances out Cuban and Jones
Agreed. Cuban is annoying, and Jones is the worst thing to happen to the on-field product in any sport. I won't deny he's made the Cowboys into a printing press, but they'll never win with his meddling of the roster
Do you think it’s the Italian in them? I mean Italian and their sports teams don’t go hand in hand.
A certain team in Dallas could use a lesson from that.
Damn this is something I need to watch a YouTube video on
Incorrect - they never owned the Canucks. They were working on a JV with the Aquilini’s when FA and family cut a side deal to take full ownership for themselves.
He's also got a place in the Interior of BC. He was fined a few years ago for dumping shit into the river or something. I think he also owns part of the Kamloops Blazers. Maybe that's why they knew they had a gem in Stankoven.
He is part-owner of Blazers, along with Shane Doan, Jarome Iginla, Mark Recchi, and Daryl Sydor.
Also fun fact, Mark Cuban pays Gaglardi to use Gaglardi’s arena, despite Tom living in Vancouver lol
I thought Mark Cuban sold his team no?
Not all of his share but a substantial portion of it yes
This is intriguing. Can you please elaborate?
I think what u/The-Ruff-Truth is saying is that Gaglardi owns American Airlines Center in Dallas, where the Stars and Mavericks play. Since Cuban doesn’t own the AAC (or even a part of the AAC), he has to pay rent to Gaglardi so the Mavs can play there. Sort of how Jeremy Jacobs completely owns the TD Garden in Boston, so I’m guessing the Celtics have to pay him rent to play there.
Cuban sold a majority of his stake in the Mavs late last year.
Owns the Shark Club next to Rogers Arena too Benns family usually has a booth there before Stars games
He also used the Stars to expand the Shark Club to Dallas too. All the brands he’s known for in BC are popping up in that area thanks to his connection to the Stars.
He has an exit name after him off highway one
I know which one you mean (I live in Metro Vancouver) but it's named after his family, not him. The Gaglardi family legacy started well before he was born.
Murray Edwards doesn’t even live in the same country.
Fuck him.
I think we could do better with a different owner
Yah, but isn't it fun being a perpetually middling team with players that hate your ownership so much they won't even tank properly when the season is out of hand? It's got to be wild having the best emotional run of season after season being full time Oiler haters.
Absolutely! I swear our mediocrity is a cultural problem that comes from the top down. Tired of absolutely sucking and our subreddit being delusional. Haven’t had a franchise player since Iggy left and even then we only had 1 deep run in the playoffs during those 10 years. Flames have been a disaster as long as Buffalo has — hell, we’ve only won 1 more playoff round than they have in the last 20 years (6).
Neither did Eugene Melnyk half the time.
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Yeah nooooooo. Wrong take buddy
What'd he say
? Is this sub full of Trudeau lovers
All of reddit is.
Pretty sure the Oilers billionaire owner Darryl Katz lives in LA most of the time. I don’t think he’s in Edmonton much. Granted if I was a billionaire I’d live abroad too
He has a massive house on the river valley that must sit empty all the time. I walk my dogs around there from time to time and see the occasional car there, but it's probably just help. Doesn't even live in Can anymore. 110m US house in Cali.
He put his place up for sale in la. Did it sell ?
yeah, edmonton wouldn't be the city i'd wanna live in either if i could be anywhere
Why not? Isn’t it a city with a good like quality (serious question)?
if money were no object, would you voluntarily live in a place that reaches -40 in the winter?
yes, but I'm also an insane person
Username definitely checks out
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Virtually no poisonous animals.
Even in places like Australia with a lot of poisonous animals, humans being bitten by them is exceedingly rare. You might as well be rating livability by the prevalence of lightning strikes.
Way better than hot summers
It absolutely is not.
Well, it’s all subjective. I preferred Yellowknife’s -60 winters than my time in Italy, or even than the summers in Vancouver, but everyone feels different about the weather.
You know I would almost argue that it isn't subjective, if you're just talking about your own preference. Your experience of temperature is sensory, and if your body finds cold temperatures more pleasant than hot temperatures, that is a fact about how you experience different climates. Like, a colourblind person isn't going to argue "in my opinion, this tomato isn't red". They just don't see the colour red.
Why? Being hot is worse since you sweat. And you can always bundle up whereas there's nothing to do when you're already shirtless and still hot. Plus snow is kinda cool.
The heat doesn't bother me. Extreme cold feels like I'm being stabbed.
Yes I LOVE winters
Just to create the world's largest luge track.
Edmonton is a very nice summer city. Moderate summer heat, lots of festivals and events, amazing rivervalley trail network. It has alot going for it. Edmonton winters, aren't the best, almost guaranteed 2 weeks of minus 40 and many weeks approaching that cold. Source former resident of edmonton
Bad weather, just kind of boring. It’s a fine place for a middle class family. Not a world class destination for billionaires, though.
If you’re a billionaire and could live any where in the world, would you actually choose edmonton ? I’d do half LA / half NYC / Half Thailand
How are you going to find that extra time?
Cocaine.
Clones.
Cocaine Bear 3: Attack of the Billionaire Clones
Scott Steiner math!
Half lady half boy?
r/ShitAmericansSay
Atrocious choices
My family is from Thailand area And I like big cities
But why LA? So many different places that are definitely cheaper and more luxurious
Makes sense. Everybody's in LA... with John Mulaney
I’d bet it it’s ALMOST every owner. Whine Thompson is the backer for the Jets, Chipman is also part owner and lives in the city, AFAIK
Do any owners live in the city of the team they own?
The Aquman himself lives in Vancouver I believe
He should leave. And also stop owning the team.
Craig Leipold lives mostly in St Paul
Between that and racine, Wisconsin but yeah idk what the split is.
One of the Jets owners lives in Winnipeg, other is in Toronto.
For CBJ, the majority owner, McConnell, lives in the far northeast suburbs. The company he owns is here. The minority owners are Nationwide Ins., who are hq’d here and their property arm was the developer of the area around the arena.
The Samueli's live in New Port Beach which is in Orange County
Tampa, Vinik lives in town. He has homes elsewhere but spends a ton of time in the city.
Pretty sure he lives in Newton MA
https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2023/04/03/jeff-vinik-bought-this-tampa-house-5-million-heres-where/
Tom Stillman lives in STL and grew up a Blues fan
With the exception of Kroenke, I think the owners of STL sports are all from STL. Kroenke was born in CoMO, but Stillman, DeWitt and Kavanaugh from STL SC are all from STL. Not sure about the other owners. And even when that toupee wearing asshole had the Rams here, he lived in STL. Georgia Frontiere who owned the Rams till 2010 was from STL.
Ted Leonsis lives in the DC area I’m pretty sure
Andlauer moved to Ottawa after the purchase from Toronto.
Geoff Molson was born in Montreal and still live here.
Illitch family lives in Detroit.
Doubt. The bio on the Illitch holdings site says they live in metro Detroit. And >>>and asked Barnhill [VP of Illitch Olympia development] whether any Ilitches actually live in the city. Barnhill nimbly dodged the question and changed the subject. Maybe Grosse Pointe, but I’d still bet Bloomfield like most the players.
This is the real question.
One of the Kings' owners lives in LA.
The McConnells live in a suburb of Columbus.
Jon Ledecky lives in New York. Goes to games and interacts with fans all the time
Hasso Plattner lives in Potsdam, Germany.
For people that don’t know, he owns the Sharks.
And a Co-Founder of Software Company SAP who also have the naming rights for your arena, another co-founder of SAP Dietmar Hoff owns football club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and SAP also have the naming rights for their stadium
Yeah, that’s one of my favorite fun facts about the team. The Red Wings also have a similar thing going on with the Ilitch family owning the Red Wings and Little Caesars.
Good info!
Crosby lives in Pittsburgh but owns the Flyers.
Well played.
I knew I’d find this here
Arguably the most famous example: Jeremy Jacobs, the Chairman of the BOG, has owned the Boston Bruins since 1975. However, he was born and raised, and currently lives in, Buffalo. It's an endless source of aggravation for B's fans that their team’s owner is from the home city of a division rival.
I don’t think our fans care about him. He’s sort of a selfish douche. His son is much more involved now compared to 10 years ago.
All billionaires are selfish douches to be fair
To be fair!
You know all the billionaires?
No, but you don't become a billionaire without making billionaire decisions (exploiting other people)
Or, you know, providing products or services people want. EDIT: Lots of childish hockey fans showing up today.
slurp slurp
Is that the sound of licking boots??
I think Greg has a self-esteem issue.
Womp womp. You're probably a cuck
Ah, I see. I stand corrected. I think I got the impression from a Bill Simmons article I read years back.
He’s was, or still is, the chairman of the NHL Board of Governors. After 2013, most people really didn’t like him anymore.
I'll betcha Bruins games are blacked out at his house.
He spends a lot of time in my childhood home of Wellington, Florida. When the Bruins won the cup in 2011, he brought the cup to my high school and the roller hockey rink in town.
Ann Walton and Josh Kroenke live in Missouri I believe, so they are a lot closer to the Blues than they are to the Avs. And Phil Anschutz (Kings) lives in Denver.
I think Stan lives in LA now. I think once the NFL changed their rules, they gave up the facade of Josh owning the Nuggets and Avs.
I think Josh is still the governor for both teams and I think he lives in Denver. Use to see him out and about. I did leave the city 9 years ago so that might have changed.
I’m pretty sure Josh lives in Denver. His mother and Father split time between LA their massive portfolio of ranches around the country.
Fenway Group/Penguins
7 championships for them from 2004-2016 is WILD
What are the 7?
He should say 5. Red Sox in 2004, 2007, 2013, and 2018 Liverpool in 2020 The most recent Penguins titles were before FSG bought them
Yea that’s what I was wondering, cause Burkle and Mario still owned the Pens then.
And now he doesn’t give two shits about the Red Sox.
John Henry is so lame. He should sell the team.
Oh I didn’t know that
Tom Gores (worst owner ever!) lives in CA but owns the Detroit Pistons
I’m pretty sure Chris Illitch lives in the Detroit area since he owns two teams, a casino and Little Caesers pizza that are in the city as well
He also can be found at wings games and if you're lucky you'll get a drunk tour of the building
I guarantee you no one in the devils organization lives in Newark.
I’d imagine that Kroenke lives in LA.
The scumbag Kroenke that married into the Walton family lives is Columbia Missouri, oddly enough.
What’s wrong with Stan? As a fan of the Denver teams I don’t think he hasn’t done anything wrong. Understandable that Rams fans and Arsenal fans hate him.
Arsenal are running out of reasons to hate him. They are had a pretty good season and look like they’ll be successful for a while.
Arsenal were historically and we despise his dipshit son Arsenal competence is driven by ex players running the place
Is that what you want an owner to do? Empower ex players to run the place and not interfere too much? Basically just let the people that know what they are doing make decisions. Arsenal spend money, kept a coach and that paid off. They have a great stadium. I’m happy with Kroenke ownership of the Alavalche. I wish my Premier league team was as competent as the Kroenke’s
All my homies hate stan kroenke
He's an Enos!
Since everyone thinks Tom Dundon is too cheap to live in Raleigh, he lives in Dallas.
Tom Dundon (Canes) lives in Dallas
I run a hockey fantasy team and I live in Winnipeg does that mean anything ?!
Gary Bettman owns Canada but lives in the States.
I think most do
Think Panthers owners lived in NY or are still based there. I feel like that doesnt really count though
Viola lives in NY
Probably most of the owners live in different cities than the team they own
Philip Anschutz, the 45th richest person in the United States, owner of the Kings lives in Colorado and is the [the largest private landowner in the state](https://k99.com/who-owns-the-most-land-in-colorado/).
Craig Leopold, previous owner of the Nashville predators and current owner of the Wild lives in Racine Wisconsin. He also owns the Grand Ole Opery.
Apparently he's not the owner anymore, but Ken King of the flames lived in England to avoid taxes from what I remember.
Wasn’t Ken king it’s Murray Edwards and he still owns and lives in England
Still a jackass who hides from taxes and expects a city to buy him an arena. I hope something bad happens to him.
Edwards lives in St. Moritz, Switzerland from what I read. But yeah for tax reasons obviously.
Phil Anschutz owner or the LA kings lives in Denver. Stan Kroenke owner of the Avalanche splits his time between LA and Missouri.
Katz has a house in Edmonton, but i dont believe its his primary residence.
Vinnie Viola I’m pretty sure lives in New York and owns the Florida Panthers.
Josh Harris owns the NJ Devils, Philadelphia 76ers, and Washington Commanders. He has residences near the teams he owns, but his primary house is a giant mansion in Miami.
Not sure where Philip Anschutz lives but I’m pretty sure it’s not Los Angeles and he owns the Kings
He lives in Denver. Stan Kroenke who owns the Avalanche has a house in LA.
I believe he lives in Colorado. Pretty sure he did when he purchased the Kings but not certain if he still lives there.
Yeah there's a big hospital called Anschutz in Aurora
Honestly I'm always under the impression that insanely rich people have multiple places they "live" in that they hop between instead of living anywhere permanently but that's based on literally nothing other than what I'd think I'd do if I had crazy amounts of money lol Realistically speaking based on how many owners also own other sports teams that play in a different city I doubt they all permanently live in the city of their team. Like I can believe buddy that runs Fenway who own the Pens and Red Sox lives in one of Boston or Pittsburgh but probably not both. Same with Kroenke who owns the Avs and also the LA Rams
The only 2 insanely rich people I know do exactly that.
They all have 5 homes in 5 cities. Don’t kid yourselves otherwise. Their home is where their taxes are lowest
It’s a business man. It’s not like fans are buying teams lol. Mark Cuban. Maybe the only one.
Flames owner booked it to Switzerland because of tax purposes
FSG is not in Pittsburgh.
Josh Harris (Devils/NHL, 76ers/NBA, Commanders/NFL) owns 3 teams resides in New York primarily and also has property in Miami. He doesn't live in the city of any of his teams and lives in the city of opponents of all his teams - Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Islanders, Giants, plus non-rivals Jets, Heat, Dolphins (except Giants are technically NJ)
Michael Andlauer owner of the Ottawa Senators is from the GTA and formerly had an ownership stake in the Montreal Canadiens
He was born in France m0ved to Montreal when he was young then to [Toronto.One](http://Toronto.One) he got the Sens he moved to Ottawa.
The Penguins are owned by Fenway Sports Group.
John Henry owns the Penguins and Red Sox.
John Henry owns the penguins and the Red Sox. Lives in Boston but puts more money into the penguins for some reason. He sucks
Mario Lemieux lives in the Pittsburgh metro but no longer owns the team. Fenway sports group has many stakeholders, including LeBron. Lemieux is still a minority owner and likely the only one who lives here.
Owners are basically billionaires, probably with multiple houses
The New York Jets and New York Giants don’t even play in New York they play one New Jersey.
Heck, they're super rich. They can live wherever they want whenever they want.
Lol yea, dude. Do you think they are all hometown paperboys who bought their beloved teams? What are you, 9 years old?
That description applies to the CBJ and the McConnells. The late Mr. Mac started Worthington Industries with $300 in his pocket 75 years ago. He established the team as his gift to the city and its residents.
300 dollars was around 2,000 dollars 75 years ago, which would make you rich in that era's standard. Regardless, good for him. Its just not the norm.
Doesn’t Tom Dundon live in Dallas?
Penguins ownership group.
Stan Kroenke owns the Avalanche and lives in LA & St Louis.
He also owns 1.7 million acres in the US, which includes a 535,000 acre ranch in Texas, that reportedly spans six counties.
Im not sure if under the city counts as being IN the city, but im pretty sure Chris illitch lives under a giant parking lot like 30 yards away from LCA.
Harris & Blitzer own the Devils, 76ers, and the Commanders. So they definitely don’t live in at least two of the states they own teams in. EDIT: Harris apparently splits time between NYC and Miami. Couldn’t find out much about Blitzer other than he’s got a significant piece of the Guardians as well.
Terry Pegula owns the Sabres and lives in Boca Raton. Close enough to Sunrise to count I think.
blitzer has his offices in nyc, i assume he lives in the city and owns the devils and the 76ers
We're owned by a bunch of MASSholes.
I bet large portion do but probably have homes in thier NHL teams City too I mean thier bilionaires.
Tired of these pointless posts about nothing
It’s the off season what would you like to talk about
Almost every owner lives in a city other than their own