L.A. Rams Owner Stan Kroenke Becomes Largest Private Landowner in the U.S.
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- Stan Kroenke, billionaire owner of major sports teams including the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Nuggets, has become the largest private landowner in the U.S. with over 2.7 million acres of land across the American West and Canada.
- In December, Kroenke purchased 937,000 acres of noncontiguous land in New Mexico, marking the largest single land purchase in the U.S. since 2011.
- Kroenke’s land acquisitions include notable properties such as Texas’s 535,000-acre Waggoner Ranch and Montana’s 124,000-acre Broken O Ranch, reflecting a trend of billionaires investing heavily in large landholdings.
- The Land Report highlights that capital is increasingly moving
