Right. I'm thrilled to announce that the clubs have unanimously approved the transfer of the Seattle Seahawks from the Paul Allen estate to the Khosla family ownership group represented right here. So, congratulations to all of you. Before we get to the celebration there, I just want to thank Jody, the entire Allen family, and of course the Seahawks for their stewardship of the team since Paul's death and even since he took over ownership. They have done an amazing job over the 30 years. And I know that the Khosla family respects that, appreciates that, and will do their best to beat that standard.
They know our league well. As you know, they have been ownership in the NFC West through the San Francisco 49ers. They understand the passion of the NFL. They understand the 12s. They understand the Seattle community and the NFL. And so, that makes this transaction particularly attractive to all of us. They also have demonstrated throughout this a tremendous passion in football, but also communities and how important the communities are to our success, and their desire to make a difference in Seattle. But then also, I would say their experience in technology and innovation, and as we address many of those issues, I think their expertise will be incredibly valuable to us in helping us make better decisions moving forward. And I know, most importantly, with tremendous confidence that they will be outstanding caretakers of the Seattle Seahawks and the organization and the great partnership they have with their community.
I also have to say you have great timing. It's not very often you can buy a Super Bowl championship team, but you've done that. Many of our owners struggle to find ways to get into Super Bowl and win a trophy, and you'll be walking into your new building shortly with a fresh shiny trophy there for you. So to your family, thank you. We appreciate all that you've done through this process, but more importantly what you'll do going forward. So I think we're—
Any photos with you in front of the podium? Can we have you in the middle? Okay. Nice and tight. There we go.
Well, thank you everybody. It's a great honor to be here. I do want to start by thanking Jody Allen and the Allen Trust for trusting us with this franchise. Roger's been incredibly helpful and the NFL staff incredibly helpful in getting here. As Roger said, it's pretty simple when the team is functioning as well as it is today. How often do you get to buy a franchise that just won the Super Bowl? So we are incredibly lucky and humbled by this gift, I would say, from the Allen Trust. And of course, having been to Lumen Field and watching the 12s everywhere, I do want to thank them for their passion and fervor. And the community in Seattle is incredibly valuable. So, we hope we'll engage a lot more with the community also. The task ahead is actually pretty simple: keep the winning streak alive, get another Super Bowl. That simple.
In general, our approach is generally going to be long-term focused. That's our inclination always. So, keep winning, take a long-term approach, and learn a lot. We don't know enough, and so hopefully—the other owners have been incredibly welcoming and willing to teach us, and so we'll learn a lot. We'll learn a lot from management and see what they are recommending. So, we'll just be in learning mode for quite some time. I'll be happy to take questions.
We do have our microphones, and why don't we begin here with Bob from the Seattle Times?
Hi, yeah, Bob Condotta with the Seattle Times. Just curious how you came to be interested in wanting to buy the Seahawks. We obviously know you had a stake in the 49ers, and sounds like you guys were fans of the 49ers for a long time. Just kind of how did you then pivot to wanting to buy the Seahawks?
Well, we are huge fans of football. And these opportunities, especially Super Bowl-winning teams, seldom come along. So, we were very excited to have the opportunity, and I've been tied to the Seattle tech community for a long time. And so, it was pretty easy to make the jump.
To add to that, if I might, sorry. If I might add to that, see that guy on my left? Not this one, that one. He's been a big fan of sports, and in particular football. So, he's wanted forever to get involved in actually strategizing and kind of doing something about that. So, he's the one who actually really pushed us into doing this. He's worked really hard, so I'm very proud of him.
Now, we've been very passionate about football for a long time. I would say we've been going to home games at the 49ers since we were five—maybe half of all home games since he was five. And so, football is definitely a passion. I also happened to come to this country in '76 when the Steelers were winning the Super Bowl. So, actually I was originally and still am a big Steelers fan also. A little-known fact, but I still watch all the Steelers games, too.
