{"id":765970,"date":"2026-05-01T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/765970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:06:32","slug":"grant-gustavson-leads-group-trying-to-move-mls-whitecaps-to-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/765970\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Gustavson Leads Group Trying to Move MLS Whitecaps to Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe primary group hoping to purchase the Vancouver Whitecaps<\/a> and relocate the MLS<\/a> club to Las Vegas is being led by Grant Gustavson, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

\n\tGustavson is the son of billionaire Tamara Gustavson<\/a>, who is one of the wealthiest women in America, worth an estimated $8.5 billion according to Forbes. She is the largest individual shareholder of Public Storage, and part owner of the Spendthrift Farm, a prominent racehorse breeding farm. He is the grandson of B. Wayne Hughes, who cofounded Public Storage in 1972 and died in 2021.<\/p>\n

\n\tGustavson\u2019s group \u201csubmitted a bid for consideration\u201d to the MLS league office, a representative for the group told Sportico in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe\u00a0investment group will privately finance this endeavor and is\u00a0not connected to any of the recently\u00a0announced arena ideas\u00a0in Las Vegas,\u201d the statement read. \u201cIn the coming weeks and\u00a0months,\u00a0we look forward to the opportunity to share more, however,\u00a0out of respect for the\u00a0league\u2019s deliberations and community stakeholders,\u00a0we are refraining from sharing details of our proposal. We look forward to continuing to work for a positive outcome for the game, the fans, the league and Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA rep for MLS confirmed that the league received a proposal from the Gustavson group but declined further comment. A rep for the Whitecaps, which are worth about $450 million<\/a> according to Sportico\u2018s latest numbers, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThere\u2019s very little about Grant Gustavson available online. Bio notes shared by the group\u2019s representative said he \u201cstands at the intersection of legacy and vision, carrying forward a tradition of excellence while defining a path distinctly his own.\u201d The bio also said he has worked with the University of Southern California athletic department to establish its NIL programs, and that he is \u201cheavily involved\u201d in his family\u2019s farm. He is a USC grad and currently lives in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n

\n\tUSC\u2019s athletic department did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Whitecaps have been on the market since 2024, and with no potential buyer in sight, MLS owners reportedly met earlier this month to discuss the future of the franchise. Las Vegas was presented as a potential landing spot for the franchise, as well as several other markets. To this point, no firm decision has been made for the league to depart Vancouver, nor has a relocation fee been set by MLS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The primary group hoping to purchase the Vancouver Whitecaps and relocate the MLS club to Las Vegas is…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":765971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[6656,62,314435,67,132,68,75917],"class_list":["post-765970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-mls","tag-sports","tag-tamara-gustavson","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-vancouver-whitecaps"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116499474128831411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}