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Auckland team awarded A-Leagues licence backed by US billionaire Bill Foley
Auckland's new A-League team has a kick-off date, a website and a chief executive officer, but there's still no word on a name, colours or home ground.
Key points:
US billionaire Bill Foley owns Premier League team Bournemouth and NHL champions Las Vegas
Foley said he wants to take a team from expansion to championship as he did with the Golden Knights in Vegas
The New Zealand Knights were based in Auckland in the A-League from 2004 to 2007
The new billionaire-bankrolled team will enter the A-League Men competition next October, and begin life in the A-League Women a year later, for the 2025-26 competition.
Senior football executives from Australia, including A-Leagues commissioner Nick Garcia, and New Zealand gathered in Auckland on Tuesday to formally hand a licence to American club owner Bill Foley.
Foley is a 78-year-old insurance and financial services tycoon who has branched out into the sporting world in recent years.
In 2016, he founded NHL franchise Vegas Golden Knights, and in 2022 he led an investor group to buy English Premier League side Bournemouth.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-...oley/103132132
