The star-studded bidding conflict over the Ottawa Senators is heating up, as The Weeknd has reportedly thrown his hat into the ring to buy the NHL crew.
The “Blinding Lights” famous person has joined a gaggle led by Toronto billionaires Jeffrey and Michael Kimel of the Harlo Capital Group aiming to make the acquisition, in line with a report from Ottawa Solar. The publication added that the Toronto native (born Abel Tesfaye) is a longtime hockey fan and has private ties to Ottawa, Canada.
Billboard has reached out to The Weeknd’s reps for affirmation.
Snoop Dogg and one other well-known Canadian, Vancouver native Ryan Reynolds, have additionally beforehand joined separate teams bidding on the crew, which hasn’t received a Stanley Cup since they joined the NHL in 1992. The bidding deadline is Might 15. Reynolds and the Remington Group are reportedly getting ready a $1 billion bid. In response to Ottawa Solar, there are seven teams presently bidding for the acquisition.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman revealed throughout a SiriusXM interview final week that having a celeb as a part of an possession group in Ottawa might be helpful for the crew. “It may be a plus for the franchise going ahead,” he shared. “However the bids are going to have to face on their very own advantage.”
In a brand new cowl story for W journal selling his upcoming HBO collection The Idol, The Weeknd mentioned he’s contemplating leaving his stage identify behind. “I’m going by way of a cathartic path proper now. It’s attending to a spot and a time the place I’m on the point of shut the Weeknd chapter,” he mentioned. “I’ll nonetheless make music, perhaps as Abel, perhaps as The Weeknd. However I nonetheless need to kill The Weeknd. And I’ll. Finally. I’m positively making an attempt to shed that pores and skin and be reborn.”
