Enos Stanley Kroenke is an American billionaire businessman.
24 Facts About Stan Kroenke
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Stan Kroenke was estimated to be worth US$10.7 billion by Forbes in 2022.
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In 2021, Stan Kroenke was involved in an aborted effort to end the traditional European football system by creating a closed European Super League which would have included Arsenal and several other teams.
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Stan Kroenke has an MLS Cup to his credit as owner of the Rapids, and two National Lacrosse League Championships as owner of the Mammoth.
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Stan Kroenke grew up in Mora, Missouri, an unincorporated community with a population of approximately two dozen, where his father owned Mora Lumber Company.
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Stan Kroenke founded the Kroenke Group in 1983, a real estate development firm that has built shopping centers and apartment buildings.
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Stan Kroenke has developed many of his plazas near Walmart stores.
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Stan Kroenke is the chairman of THF Realty, an independent real estate development company that specializes in suburban development.
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Stan Kroenke founded this corporation in St Louis, Missouri, in 1991.
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Stan Kroenke is a major owner of working ranches, owning a total of 848,631 acres.
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In 2004, Stan Kroenke launched his own competitor to FSN Rocky Mountain, Altitude, a new regional sports network which became the official broadcaster for both of Stan Kroenke's teams on launch.
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Stan Kroenke established TicketHorse, a ticket company that provides in-house sales for all of his teams.
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In 2000, Stan Kroenke became full owner of both the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets and the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche, purchasing the teams from Charlie Lyons's Ascent Entertainment Group.
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In 2002, Stan Kroenke partnered with Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and former Bronco quarterback John Elway to become part-owner of the Arena Football League's Colorado Crush.
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Stan Kroenke continued to grow his sports empire in 2004 when he purchased the National Lacrosse League's Colorado Mammoth and Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids from Phil Anschutz.
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In 2010, Stan Kroenke exercised his right of first refusal to purchase the remaining interest in the Rams from the estate of late owner Georgia Frontiere.
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On January 5,2015, it was announced that the Stan Kroenke Group was teaming up with Stockbridge Capital Group to build a 70,000-seat NFL stadium and venue in Inglewood, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, threatening the Rams' future in St Louis.
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At the NFL relocation presentation, Stan Kroenke stated that St Louis was no longer a viable market for the NFL, and was best served by only two teams.
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St Louis officials countered that Stan Kroenke was misrepresenting the city and defended that St Louis was being misrepresented at the owners' meetings.
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The Stan Kroenke family released a statement saying they would not sell the club.
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Stan Kroenke is of German descent and was raised Lutheran.
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Stan Kroenke is a somewhat reclusive man who prefers to avoid the spotlight.
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Stan Kroenke is popularly known as "Silent Stan" because he almost never gives interviews to the press.
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In 2022, Kroenke experienced a unique feat with three of his teams winning championships in the same calendar year - the Rams winning the Super Bowl, the Mammoth winning the NLL Championship, and the Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup.