To get around the league’s rules for owning multiple professional sports franchises in different markets, he agreed to transferred ownership of the other teams to his son. He also bought an MLS team, the Colorado Rapids, as well as a professional lacrosse team in Denver. He also served on the Walmart board of directors for a time.īefore buying the full ownership stakes in the Rams in 2009, he bought the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, through one of his other companies, Kroenke Sports& Entertainment. His real estate business is best known for large, suburban retail developments anchored by big box stores, like Walmart. He founded the Kroenke Group, a real estate holding company, and later THF Reality. Not coincidentally, that’s when his real estate business took off. In his early thirties, he married Ann Walton, daughter of Walmart co-founder James Walton, brother of Sam Walton. Born and raised in Missouri, he went into the real estate business. While some NFL teams are forever associated with great quarterbacks, stout defenses or trophy-winning dynasties, the Los Angeles Rams will be forever known as the team owned by a series of cartoon villains.
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