With 2.7 million acres, Stan Kroenke is now the country's largest private landowner

With 2.7 million acres, Stan Kroenke is now the country's largest private landowner

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Key Points:

  • Rams owner Stan Kroenke has become the largest private landowner in the United States by purchasing 937,000 acres in New Mexico, bringing his total landholdings to over 2.7 million acres across the American West and Canada.
  • His land ownership exceeds twice the size of the entire state of Delaware, which covers 1.2 million acres.
  • Kroenke also owns 60 million square feet of commercial real estate and is currently redeveloping a mall in Woodland Hills into a new Rams facility on a 52-acre site.
  • In addition to the Rams, Kroenke owns several major sports teams including the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, NBA’s Denver Nuggets, MLS’s Colorado Rapids, NLL’s