Dave Checketts
Dave Checketts
David W. Checkettsis an American businessman, founder and chairman SCP Worldwide, sits on the board of JetBlue Airways, and was the owner of the soccer club Real Salt Lake...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
bring committed critical stability
When you think about teams, one of the most critical things is stability. I want to just bring stability to this situation. The new owner's in place, a long-term owner, committed owner.
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The fact that we have 44 to 50 alumni that still live here and still love St. Louis ... I want those guys involved with us, working for us.
sports long fans
Sports fans have been mistreated for a long time. They have overpaid for inferior food and they have had poor service.
soccer sports auras
The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.
cheer character
Success builds character, failure reveals it.
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You would never rule anything out that way, but I have to tell you, our total attention and focus is very much on establishing the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League.
bought elsewhere notion silly
Any notion that we bought this to go elsewhere is silly at this point.
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Some people who know me might say, 'He's not a great example of a nice person; he's a malicious, tough and ruthless guy.' But when the day is done, as long as I've held to my values and been true to my family and my God, it won't matter what anyone else thinks.
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The people here are very passionate about sport if it's presented in the right way. They want to be major league and they want to win. Two very simple things.
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I succeeded in turning a building into a business.
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The fans are the reason we get into this business. The fans here are worth a goal a game to the Blues.
call calls children
If my children call me during the day and leave a message, I return those calls first, not last.
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These things don't work unless there's some public-private partnership there. The notion that any of this money is just lining our pockets is just erroneous. They're (the county and city) taking over the land, just the way they do with any other private enterprise. . . . This just happens to be more public because it's private sports.
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The good news for St. Louis fans is I understand what we did right in New York with the Rangers, and I also understand what we did wrong. Where we started to go wrong with the Rangers is when we got away from a drafting, developing, being careful about a team chemistry approach with an owner that just wanted us to buy every big name in the business. That doesn't work in hockey. I knew it then, I especially know it now.