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Local entrepreneur Amar Doman introduced as new owner of B.C. Lions
BC Lions is trending today and here is why. Local entrepreneur Amar Doman introduced as new owner of B.C. Lions. The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
SURREY, B.C. — The new owner of the CFL’s B.C. Lions knows he has work to do. Amar Doman has been a fan of the CFL club since he was 10 years old, and has watched its popularity fade throughout the community.
Amar Doman has been a fan of the CFL club since he was 10 years old, and has watched its popularity fade throughout the community. Now the entrepreneur believes he has what it takes to reinvigorate not just the Lions but the league as a whole.
“I like to rebuild things,” Doman told reporters Wednesday after it was announced he had purchased the team from the estate of previous owner David Braley.
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“I think this needs a rebuild, a community touch. And the CFL, I believe, needs a bit of a reboot and I think I’m the guy to do it. I think I can pull the community together and also get the community and the team more involved locally.”
The Victoria-born businessman is the founder and sole shareholder of the Futura Corporation, an asset management firm. He’s also helmed Doman Building Materials and Tree Island Steel.
And he’s long wanted to add owner of the B.C. Lions to his portfolio.
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