Jerry Bruckheimer

THE PART-OWNER OF THE SEATTLE KRAKEN AND FAMED MOVIE PRODUCER TALKS ABOUT NHL EXPANSION AND HOW THEY LITERALLY RAISED THE ROOF AT KEY ARENA

WITH W. GRAEME ROUSTAN

W. GRAEME ROUSTAN: There’s a lot of talk about Houston and Atlanta and expansion into those markets. They’re big media markets. Aren’t they? So, I think now is a little different than it was before, when they left Atlanta years ago. I sort of see it growing to 34 teams and 34 cities. Is that how you see it? JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: Absolutely. I think it’d be great. Atlanta is a great market. And so is Houston. You just have to have the right owners. And we were so fortunate in Seattle. I was sitting in a meeting, and a friend of mine named Harry Sloan, he was interested in buying a baseball team, and he was talking to the sports guys, and I said, “My love is hockey.” And he said,…

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