Kismet is an old word for fate. It suits a firm built on a simple belief: the great clubs of the world deserve owners who plan in decades. We are led by the partnership that brought the NBA to Vancouver and built the arena the city still fills every night.
Anyone can promise stewardship. Very few have practiced it. Our partnership has owned an NHL franchise, founded an NBA franchise and privately financed one of the great arenas of North America. Thirty years later, the building is still full.
Kismet is a private sports and entertainment house based in Vancouver. We acquire and hold ownership positions in teams, venues, rights and the businesses around them, across the major leagues of North America, the great football competitions of Europe and cricket through the Indian Premier League.
About the FirmOwnership positions across the NHL, NBA and NFL, the football leagues of Europe and North America, and IPL cricket.
Explore ii.Arena and stadium development and operations, a craft this partnership has practiced since GM Place.
Explore iii.Broadcast, streaming and commercial rights, where the value of modern sport compounds fastest.
Explore iv.Ticketing, hospitality and fan experience companies with durable recurring revenues.
ExploreArthur Griffiths owned the Vancouver Canucks. He founded the Vancouver Grizzlies and brought the NBA to Canada. He built General Motors Place, the arena known today as Rogers Arena, and later chaired the bid society that set the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in motion. Very few ownership groups in world sport can put a record like that on the table.
"An arena, a franchise, an Olympic bid. Each one began with an owner willing to build what the city could not yet see."
Arthur Griffiths, Co-Founder & Managing PartnerFormer owner of the Vancouver Canucks, founder of the Vancouver Grizzlies and builder of General Motors Place, now Rogers Arena. He chaired the bid society for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Sukh has spent over twenty years delivering multibillion dollar mandates across the UK, Qatar and Canada, from the London 2012 Olympic programme to the New Doha International Airport. A former athlete, he leads strategy and investor relations at Kismet, where he connects how clubs and teams operate with what it takes to build and run the venues behind them.
Mandate reviews, joint investment conversations and ownership introductions are handled privately and directly by the partners.
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