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Neighborhood billionaire Dan Friedkin has actually supposedly remained in talks with the NHL concerning bringing a specialist hockey group to Houston.
On Thursday, NHL deputy commissioner Costs Daly validated in an e-mail to ESPN— which initially reported the tale– that Friedkin’s company had actually met the organization several times to talk about “prospective passion in a Houston development franchise business.”
In a declaration to Houston Public Media, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority claimed it would certainly invite an NHL group.
” We would certainly invite any type of prospective enhancement to the Houston and Harris Region showing off landscape and the favorable financial effect it would certainly carry our area,” a depictive composed.
Houston has actually never ever been home to an NHL franchise business yet formerly had 2 professional hockey groups that both were called the Aeros. The first string completed in the previous Globe Hockey Organization from 1972-78 and was led by hockey tale Gordie Howe, winning 2 organization champions. The 2nd performance of the Aeros was a minors group that played in the International Hockey Organization and American Hockey Organization from 1994-2013.
Friedkin is a Houston-area citizen that possesses Gulf States Toyota and is the chief executive officer of The Friedkin Team, an independently held consortium of services and financial investments. In 2024, Forbes publication reported Friedkin to be the 432nd-richest individual in the world with an approximated total assets of $6.5 billion.
Other Houston-area business people have actually checked out bringing an NHL group to the area. In very early 2024, Houston Firecrackers proprietor Tilman Fertitta was additionally supposedly in talks with the NHL.
Friedkin has some experience in sporting activities group possession, with The Friedkin Team having actually bought 98.8% of the Everton Football Club of the English Premier Organization in December, according to the Associated Press. The Friedkin Team had actually additionally supposedly revealed passion in bidding process on the NBA’s Boston Celtics, which cost a document $ 6.1 billion previously today.
The Friedkin Team did not right away react to an ask for remark Friday.
