SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Professional sports, property management, entertainment |
Founded | 2012 |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | St. Louis |
Key people | Thomas Stillman |
Products | Professional sports teams, sports venues |
Owner | Thomas H. Stillman (majority owner) John C. Danforth and 14 Partners (minority owners) |
Subsidiaries | St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center Peabody Opera House |
SLB Acquisition Holdings, LLC is a consortium based in St.Louis, Missouri. It was founded in 2012 by American businessman Thomas H. Stillman and 15 local investors including the former US UN ambassador and senator John C. Danforth.
History
On May 10, 2012 , it became clear that SLB Acquisition Holdings, LLC has acquired St. Louis Blues, the Peoria Rivermen, the lease and daily care of Scottrade Center, as well as a majority stake in Peabody Opera House from SCP Worldwide for a purchase price of $ 130 million.[1]
"We are honored and humbled to take ownership of the St. Louis Blues. Our new ownership group is 100 percent local, and we are 100 percent committed to the Blues and to St. Louis. We see the Blues as an important civic institution, and we know what the Blue Note means to this city and to the best fans in the NHL." - Majority Owner and Chairman Thomas H Stillman
Toronto Sun[1]
Stillman later spun off the Peoria Riverman to Canucks Sports & Entertainment who relocated them to Utica, New York as the Utica Comets a Vancouver Canucks affiliate.
Assets
Sports
- St. Louis Blues- (NHL)
- Scottrade Center - The task of managing the daily work with the arena
Entertainment
- Peabody Opera House - Majority Owner
Former assets
- Peoria Rivermen - (AHL)
Shareholders
Majority Owner
- Thomas H. Stillman - Chairman of the Board & CEO, Summit Distributing.
Minority Owners
- James A. Cooper - CEO, Thompson Street Capital Partners.
- Christopher B. Danforth - Owner and Marketing Manager, Kennelwood Pet Resorts.
- John C. Danforth - Shareholder, Bryan Cave, LLP. Danforth was former senator of the state of Missouri & US UN ambassador.
- James L. Johnson - Senior Vice President , Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
- James P. Kavanaugh - CEO, World Wide Technology, Inc.
- Jerald L. Kent - Chairman and CEO, Suddenlink Communications & CEO, Cequel III.
- Donn S. Lux - Chairman of the Board & CEO, Luxco.
- W. Stephen Maritz - Chairman of the Board & CEO, Maritz Inc.
- Scott B. McCuaig - Former President , Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
- Edward M. Potter - Private Investor.
- John S. Ross, Jr. - President, Summit Development Group.
- Thomas F. Schlafly - Co-owner, Thompson Coburn & Founder, The Saint Louis Brewery.
- David L. Steward - Chairman of the Board, World Wide Technology, Inc.
- Andrew C. Taylor - Chairman of the Board & CEO, Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
- Jo-Ann Taylor Kindle - President, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
References
- ^ a b "Blues officially introduce Stillman ownership group".
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