Skalbania, Nelson

SKALBANIA, Nelson, entrepreneur (b 1938, Wilkie, SK). Raised on Vancouver's east side and trained in California as an EARTHQUAKE engineer, he made millions of dollars in the 1970s in real estate deals and became a household name in Canada for his flamboyant lifestyle. He owned a number of professional sports franchises, including the NHL Atlanta Flames (which he moved to Calgary), the CFL Montreal Alouettes and the BASEBALL Vancouver Canadians. He even owned the BC LIONS, briefly, in 1996. It...

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