New B.C. Lions owner Amar Doman focused on rebuilding community roots
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Amar Doman has been a fan of the CFL club since he was 10 years old and has watched its popularity fade throughout the community. Now the entrepreneur believes he has what it takes to reinvigorate not just the Lions but the league as a whole.
“You can’t time business deals,” he said. “When they come up, you’re either going to move on them or you’re not. And this type of opportunity I’ve been working on for a long time, so it’s something I would have happily closed on years ago, quite frankly.” Braley, a Hamilton businessman, a Canadian Football Hall of Famer and former senator, bought the team in 1997 and was rumoured several times to be looking for a buyer before he died last October at the age of 79.
What makes Doman special, LeLacheur said, is that he’s long been a Lions supporter and had “tremendous patience” in waiting to buy the team. “I think I can definitely connect with [the South Asian community],” he said. “If I can’t, who can I connect with? And I’ll be leaning on them to come down to BC Place.”
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