Local entrepreneur, Stan Kroenke (born in Columbia, MO), is now the majority owner of Arsenal Football Club.  Kroenke became Arsenal’s biggest shareholder by increasing his stake in the club to 28.3 percent on Friday, putting him in a stronger position to mount a takeover.  A mandatory offer for the remaining shares becomes immanent when a shareholder owns 30% of the team.

Two things:

1.) If Kroenke is so into soccer, why hasn’t he shown more interest in the effort to get an MLS team here in St. Louis?  Seems a bit strange.  Although, if you have the means to date (read:own) a new, sexy European supermodel…who could blame the guy for forgetting about that old high school girlfriend who can’te decide if she wants to live somewhere in Collinsville, IL or the St. Louis Soccer Park.

2.) Since Kroenke and his wife (Anne Walton) own roughly half of the planet, we often lose track of “what” he owns.  Here’s a summarized list:

• Denver Nuggets (NBA), full owner
• Colorado Avalanche (NHL), full owner
• Colorado Crush (Arena Football), co-owner
• Pepsi Center (stadium for aforementioned team), full owner
• St. Louis Rams (NFL), co-owner
• Arsenal Football Club (EPL), majority investor
• Colorado Mammoth (National Lacrosse League), full owner
• Colorado Rapids (MLS), full owner

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Tags: st. louis soccer, stan kroenke

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