Bruce Firestone
Canadian ice hockey executive
Bruce Murray Firestone (born 4 December 1951) of Ottawa, Ontario, is a Canadian businessman and writer. He is the founder of the modern-day Ottawa Senators NHL professional ice hockey club and former part-owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders CFL football club.
Education
Firestone graduated from Ashbury College in 1967. Dr. Firestone received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada; his Master of Engineering-Science (Traffic and Transportation) from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia; and his PhD in Urban Economics from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Business career
After graduating from the universities in Australia, Firestone joined the family firm Terrace Developments in the early 1980s. Along with developing commercial properties, Firestone also launched the publication of the Ottawa Business News (now Ottawa Business Journal) and established the construction of several buildings in the Ottawa CBD and in Bells Corners.
When the NHL announced that it was interested in expanding in the late 1980s, Firestone, then president of Terrace Investments, formed an organization to win an NHL franchise for Ottawa. Firestone's vision was to use the club as the centerpiece of a new commercial development to the west of the City of Ottawa. A new arena would be built, increasing land values in the surrounding area to the point where the expected franchise fee of $30 million US dollars (it would actually be $50 million) could be raised through land sales and commercial development fees and profits.
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