Perhaps Stan Kroenke isn't going to stop buying sports
franchises until he has one of each — a franchise in each major
spectator sport, that is.
Via Rant Sports
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January 26, 2012
As news surfaced earlier this week that St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke was interested in placing a bid with Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, most believed that this was just his attempt to add another professional sports franchise to his portfolio. Now that another story has developed concerning the Rams’ future in St. Louis, perhaps some dots can begin to...
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January 25, 2012
Arsenal FC owner Stan Kroenke is looking to unload some money, but none of it will be going to one of England's biggest Premier League teams. Kroenke -- who owns the St. Louis Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Rapids along with Arsenal -- is trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to the Daily Mail. Arsenal's owner has frustrated supporters with...
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January 25, 2012
ST. LOUIS - Fans are wondering about the fate of football in St. Louis as a deadline approaches for a plan to upgrade the home of the Rams.
Next Wednesday, Feb. 1, is the deadline for the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission to outline how it will transform the Edward Jones Dome into a "first-tier" stadium by 2015. If it fails to do so, the Rams can break their...
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January 25, 2012
Stan Kroenke owns the St. Louis Rams. And the English soccer club Arsenal. He also owns, through family members, the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. But he doesn’t own a baseball team. Yet. According to the Los Angeles Times, Kroenke has “explored” the possibility of joining the bidding for the L.A. Dodgers.…
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January 24, 2012
The Dodgers received "more than 10" opening bids for the team by Monday's deadline, according to a person familiar with the sale but not authorized to discuss it.
As the bankers handling the sale evaluate the bids, prospective buyers can evaluate whether to join forces. In addition, because the bankers can waive the deadline at their discretion, new bidders could emerge...
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January 24, 2012
The Dodgers received "more than 10" opening bids for the team by Monday's deadline, according to a person familiar with the sale but not authorized to discuss it.
As the bankers handling the sale evaluate the bids, prospective buyers can evaluate whether to join forces. In addition, because the bankers can waive the deadline at their discretion, new bidders could emerge...
Via AP on Fox
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January 25, 2012
Former Colorado coach Gary Smith has been hired to manage English third-tier club Stevenage, two months after being fired by the Rapids.
The 43-year-old Englishman joined the Rapids as an assistant coach in 2008 before taking charge of the Major League Soccer team later that season and winning the 2010 MLS Cup.
Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace says he took a ''different...
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January 25, 2012
The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday that calls for $124 million in improvements to the Edward Jones Dome in hopes of making sure the city doesn't lose another NFL team.
The commission had faced a Wednesday deadline to deliver the plan to the St. Louis Rams, which leases the dome.
The lease requires the dome to be ''first tier...
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January 24, 2012
Don’t be surprised if you hear some members of the St. Louis Rams speaking with English accents in the next couple of years or becoming quite fond of fish and chips. This is because the NFL team has committed to playing a regular-season game at Wembley Stadium in London, England in each of the next three seasons. They’ll basically become London’s home team during that time...
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