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Provincial Thinking: Canucks Owners Interested In Buying CFL Lions

The Aquilini family, which owns the Canucks, is "interested in buying" the CFL B.C. Lions, according to Ed Willes of the Vancouver PROVINCE. The Aquilinis "look at the model provided by the Calgary Stampeders and their majority owners, the NHL’s Flames, and believe they can turn the Lions into a profitable venture." The family has talked to former CFLer Dave Sidoo, now a local businessman, "about being involved in their group." Lions Owner David Braley has "always maintained he wants to sell the Lions to a local ownership group and can be confident that the Lions will have deep-pocketed owners who’ll invest in the franchise." With Sidoo, he will also "have a football man whose name carries some weight in the community." Braley has suggested that there "have been up to four groups interested in buying" the team. However, those groups have "reportedly lost interest, leaving the Aquilinis as the last men standing." A source said that the Aquilinis have "made an offer which, depending on who you talk to, was either rejected or is being considered" (Vancouver PROVINCE, 2/24).

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