William Foley on NBA expansion
From Golden Knights Bill Foley on the Stanley Cup win · · Las Vegas Review-Journal
“I believe the NBA is coming here and I believe one of their one of their issues is going to be an arena. Um we're not we're in a kind of tough economic environment now so is another does another arena being built that's going to be you're going to spend 750 million on does it make sense? Or do we help the NBA and get involved with them and we bring them to T-Mobile and maybe have a different ownership structure of T-Mobile so that we our group here would be involved in that ownership group.”
On , William Foley, Executive Chairman at DUN & BRADSTREET HOLDNGS INC, spoke about NBA expansion during Golden Knights Bill Foley on the Stanley Cup win on Las Vegas Review-Journal.
About William Foley
William Foley, executive chairman of Dun & Bradstreet and owner of the Vegas Golden Knights, has been active in business, sports, and local politics. In a December 2024 interview, Foley said he has the financial resources to help bring an NBA team to Las Vegas, noting that he owns part of T-Mobile Arena and would like to renovate it if an NBA team arrived. He also commented on national politics, stating that under the prior administration he believed there would have been "open borders" and "more inflation," and criticized policies he said provided resources to undocumented immigrants. Separately, in a November 2024 candidate interview, Foley discussed his run for chief executive of Butte-Silver Bow County in Montana, advocating for greater transparency in government meetings, enforcement of open meeting laws, and increased resources for police to address drug-related crime. Foley has continued to emphasize his commitment to winning with the Golden Knights, stating in a 2022 interview that he likes being the underdog and that the organization has "never apologized for being aggressive" in its pursuit of a Stanley Cup. He has also been active in fintech investments, including a $100 million investment in Sightline Payments, which he described as a "next generation payment solution" for online betting and gaming. Foley has led multiple SPAC mergers, including taking Paysafe and Alight public, and has stated that he looks for "utilities" in the marketplace—companies that are "a key ingredient" and difficult to disintermediate.