NASHVILLE PREDATORS

BY DAVID BOCLAIR

NHL VALUATIONS $975M FORBES $990M SPORTICO $1.1B ROUSTAN OWNERSHIP HERB Fritch FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, HERB Fritch has one foot out the door. The second is not far behind. In June 2022, Fritch agreed to sell his majority stake in the team – 57 percent – to former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam. The deal consists of four purchases over three years to be completed in 2025. According to the schedule set for the transaction, half of those purchases have been completed, but Fritch still has a 32-percent stake in the franchise while Haslam has 25 percent. When Fritch, who made his fortune in the healthcare industry, decided to sell, he took it upon himself to identify someone who had the wherewithal to make the deal as well as local ties that would preclude any notion to relocate the team.…

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