In what is some pretty stunning news dropping today, another party interested in Real Salt Lake has been revealed: David Blitzer, a minority owner at the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils.
That’s not all. Blitzer is also a minority owner at Crystal Palace in England, FC Augsburg in Germany, and Waasland-Beveren in Belgium. He’s also a senior executive at the Blackstone Group, a prominent private equity firm.
The report, which emerged from Sportico today, connected Blitzer with interest in buying Real Salt Lake, and that he’s “among roughly a dozen investors approved by the league to pursue the team.