The ownership group of the Atlanta Hawks has no plans to add partners or investors.
It’s a departure from the previous ownership group, the Atlanta Spirit, who publically stated it wanted to add minority investors for years before it sold the team to a group led by Tony Ressler nine months ago.
Ressler, the principal owner, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an exclusive interview recently that the current ownership group was thoughtfully constructed and complete.
“No,” Ressler said when asked if there were plans to add investors of any kind. “We thought (at the time of sale) having a group of additional owners and investors that offered different perspectives would add some value, including having half a dozen or so that are from the Atlanta area full-time and have a history of the Atlanta market which we thought would, and has I might add, added some real value and perspective.