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Notre (petite) entrevue avec Ted Leonsis
Frédéric Lord
Friday, 28 November 2008
Puisque le CH est en visite à Washington, on a voulu en savoir un peu plus sur le propriétaire des Capitals, Ted Leonsis.
Comme en témoigne son site internet, M.Leonsis est un homme de vision et un internaute avisé. Il est un des fondateur d’AOL et propriétaire de plusieurs équipes sportives professionnelles comme le Wizard de Washington. On retient aussi qu’il est très impliqué dans la capitale américaine en tant que citoyen.
SFC a eu une conversation avec lui.
Voici donc notre nouvel ami: TED
SFC: From an outside point of view, the NHL seems to be a pretty conservative league (or business!). Do you feel this way and does a pretty innovative guy like you is heard?
Ted: My voice is hear loud and clear at NHL league level– Bettm and and I talk all of the time.
SFC: How many bloggers are allowed on Caps’ press box?
Ted: We only limit number of bloggers if we have issue with seats– sometimes we have overflow and we sit them in building.
SFC: Is it easier to own an NBA or a NHL franchise?
Ted: NHL has a better deal with new CBA than NBA– but NBA ha s better national tv contract–so it is a toss up.
SFC: If the Montreal Canadiens were to be available, would you consider buying it?
Ted: I was offered the chance to buy the Canadians and passed– I love my team.. why would I want to own a team in Montreal when I live in DC?
