When the Times (UK) says, regarding the joint bid by George Gillett and Tom Hicks to buy Liverpool Football Club --
Significantly, Hicks, who owns the Texas Rangers baseball club as well as the Dallas Stars ice hockey franchise, also has experience in construction and stadium development, an attractive prospect for Liverpool, who are eager to start work on their proposed 60,000-capacity home in Stanley Park next month.
it might be helpful to note that Hicks' experience with stadiums amounts to having been a part owner of the Texas Rangers baseball club with one George W. Bush, whose highly profitable investment in the club came courtesy of some very convenient decisions by Arlington Texas City Council regarding the building of the stadium, after which Bush cashed out and went to be governor of Texas in the blaze of glory of having completed the stadium. It's clearly unlikely that Hicks can pull of a similar trick in Liverpool, unless he's been working the halls of power more than we know.
[Note: Hicks has been active in the UK for a while]
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