There seems to be celebrity fascination in getting the Ottawa Senators, the National Hockey League team for sale in Canada’s capital town.
Rap impresario Snoop Dogg stated in an Instagram put up Monday that he was “looking forward” to being part of a bid by Los Angeles-based businessman Neko Sparks, who would be the initial Black owner of an NHL team.
“I WANNA Carry HOCKEY TO OUR Community,” Snoop Dogg wrote.
Final week, Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds was reportedly linked to a bid that would leading $1 billion for the staff. Neither Sparks nor Reynolds have publicly verified their fascination in shopping for the Senators.
Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney past thirty day period basked in the storybook run of their Welsh soccer club, Wrexham, which secured promotion to the fourth tier of the English sport.
The board of directors of Senators Sports activities & Leisure announced in November that a method has been initiated for the sale of the club. The board retained Galatioto Sports Companions, a agency specializing in the athletics finance and advisory organization, as its money adviser.
“A ailment of any sale will be that the group stays in Ottawa,” the team said at the time.
Senators proprietor Eugene Melnyk died final 12 months at 62 soon after battling an sickness. He had previously stated he prepared to depart the crew to his daughters, Anna and Olivia. Melnyk obtained the Senators in 2003 for $92 million at a time when the franchise confronted personal bankruptcy and a tenuous upcoming in the nation’s money.
A the latest valuation by Forbes mentioned the Senators at $800 million, 24th out of the NHL’s 30 teams.
Underneath Melnyk, the Senators performed in the Stanley Cup closing in 2007 when Ottawa missing in 5 games to the Anaheim Ducks. Ottawa approximately returned to the Cup ultimate a ten years afterwards but misplaced the selecting sport of the meeting remaining in double time beyond regulation. Given that that loss, the Senators have missed the playoffs 6 straight seasons.
The staff has performed at the Canadian Tire Centre in a former suburb considering that the arena opened in 1996. The staff has expressed desire in setting up an arena at a site closer to downtown Ottawa.
