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Jacksonville Jaguars Owner Makes Bid for Wembley Stadium
- Offer is worth $835 million to the FA, Jaguars’s Lamping says
- FA says the bidder is Shad Khan, Jacksonville and Fulham owner
Wembley Stadium
Photographer: Phil Cole/Getty Images EuropeShahid Khan, the billionaire owner of National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars franchise, has offered to buy Wembley Stadium, the 90,000-seat capacity venue that is home to England’s national soccer team.
A deal for the stadium would protect the Jaguars’ position in London, where his team has played regular-season games for the past five seasons, Khan said in a statement. The offer is worth about 600 million pounds ($835 million) to Wembley owner the Football Association, which will keep the income stream of 300 million pounds a year from its hospitality program Club Wembley, according to Jaguars President Mark Lamping.