My hunch is Mr. Kroenke wants to win with his LA Rams more than at anytime with any other of his sports franchises. Enos Stanley Kroenke (Turns 69 on 07/29/2017)
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In August 2010, National Football League owners unanimously approved Mr. Kroenke’s bid to become principal owner of the St. Louis Rams.
Mr. Kroenke became sole owner of the Rams in 2014. He previously served 16 seasons as co-owner of the club increasing his stake to 40 percent in 1997.
Mr. Kroenke is the majority shareholder of Arsenal FC (Barclays Premiere League), London’s storied football club. Since taking control of the Rams and his other teams, he has been widely recognized as one of the top owners in professional sports, as well as a strong and committed leader throughout the community.
In 2012, Mr. Kroenke spearheaded the process that led to the hiring of Head Coach Jeff Fisher and General Manager Les Snead. In addition to guiding the Rams, Mr. Kroenke plays an active role in NFL matters. He currently serves on the league’s Broadcast Committee. Among others, he has served on the NFL’s Workplace Diversity Committee.
In 2011, Mr. Kroenke worked with his fellow owners to reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association to assure labor peace in the NFL for the next 10 years. In addition to his sports team holding, Mr. Kroenke has steadily built a presence in media. In 2004, Mr. Kroenke launched the Altitude Sports & Entertainment network.
The 24-hour regional sports network is home to the Nuggets, Avalanche, Mammoth and Rapids, and also produces the Rams’ preseason television broadcasts. Altitude is the most watched regional sports network in the Rockies and is seen in more than 3.1 million homes in a 10-state territory.
In addition to Altitude, Mr. Kroenke owns KSE Media Ventures, LLC. This subsidiary of KSE manages their outdoor-related multichannel network, as well as publishing and digital media assets. KSE Media Ventures operates the Outdoor Sportsman Group (OSG), which includes The Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, and the World Fishing Network.
Collectively, the OSG businesses tailor to the outdoor enthusiast and gives KSE the largest multimedia portfolio in the world that focus on the outdoor lifestyle, across TV, print and digital media. Mr. Kroenke’s current and former board and trustee memberships include Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Central Bank Holding Company; Boone County National Bank in Columbia; Community Investments Partnership of St. Louis; the College of the Ozarks and the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mr. Kroenke has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Missouri. E. Stanley Kroenke, named after baseball legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial, was born in Cole Camp, Mo., and grew up in Mora, Mo. Mr. Kroenke and his wife, Ann, have a daughter, Whitney, and a son, Josh, Governor and President of both the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche.
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Rams owner and property developer Stan Kroenke, who has an estimated personal net worth of $7.4 billion, is credited with spearheading the return of NFL football to the country's second largest city. The new stadium is expected to be complete in time for the 2019 NFL season, with the team playing at their former home at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, until then.
The stadium: The 3.1 million-square-foot multipurpose venue will be the league's largest (in square feet.) International architecture giant HKS have been contracted to design the venue and have announced that it will center on a 19-acre transparent canopy, which will cover the entire stadium and parts of the surrounding development.
The canopy will be made from the same transparent ETFE plastic that coats Bayern Munich's stadium, the Allianz Arena, and the Beijing National Aquatics Center.
Kroenke has publicly estimated the cost at $1.86 billion, but the Los Angeles Times quotes unnamed "(NFL) officials and owners" who say the true cost could reach
$2.66 billion. The New York Times and others have put the value at nearly
$3 billion.VIDEO: Kroenke Talks about moving back to Los Angeles
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