Delaware North Chair Jeremy Jacobs said that "he would
be interested in pursuing the purchase of another pro sports
franchise -- ideally" in Boston or "closer" to his company's
Buffalo headquarters, according to Kevin Paul Dupont of the
BOSTON GLOBE. Jacobs also said that "for the foreseeable
future, he is not interested in selling the Bruins or the
FleetCenter," and that the "hockey, arena, and hot dog
businesses are lucrative." Jacobs: "The hockey team is not
losing, and I don't plan ever to see it do that. ... I don't
think I'm a seller in this business." Jacobs, on his team's
profitability: "I believe I have one of the best. ... I think
it is the best. ... One thing I'll never understand: these
owners who underwrite their teams. By underwrite I mean that
they reach into their pockets and make up the difference.
Washington has lost its ass over the years -- that's the
basketball team and the hockey team. ... How many years can
that go on? Hopefully the new MCI building will improve
things down there." Jacobs: "If I felt hockey were in the
mess that baseball is in, I don't think I would (remain an
owner)." The GLOBE's Dupont added that Jacobs said he has
had no recent contact with ownership of the Patriots,
Celtics, or Red Sox, "but any of the three, if for sale,
would be entities he'd like to explore. He is clearly
enamored by Boston sports business" (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/24).
