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Originally Posted by chedder
And built entirely (save for $9 million) from private funding. The difference between a Steve Balmer and a Murray Edwards. Balmer is 40 times richer, mind you.
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Plus, when MSG (the owners of The Forum at the time) threatened to sue to block construction because they said the new arena was too close to the Forum and it would hurt their business, Ballmer just bought the Forum from them for $400 million.
It's nice to be the 6th richest man in the world.