{"id":458357,"date":"2026-02-09T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458357\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:24:08","slug":"nba-star-shai-gilgeous-alexander-invests-in-hometown-hamilton-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458357\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander invests in hometown Hamilton arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HAMILTON \u2014 Basketball star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/shai-gilgeous-alexander\/1067856\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/shai-gilgeous-alexander\/1067856\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> has invested in his hometown of Hamilton, joining the ownership group of TD Coliseum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Oak View Group, the developer behind TD Coliseum, announced the investment Monday; financial terms were not released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 27-year-old Gilgeous-Alexander plays for the NBA champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> and is the league\u2019s reigning most valuable player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The investment, made through the player\u2019s charitable organization, the SGA Foundation, is framed as a long-term commitment to Hamilton\u2019s economic and cultural growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBecoming part of the ownership group at TD Coliseum is really personal for me,\u201d Gilgeous-Alexander said in a release. \u201cGrowing up in Hamilton shaped who I am, so having the opportunity to help build something special in my hometown means everything.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The partnership includes naming the Ares Atrium inside the venue, a tribute to his son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Gilgeous-Alexander has also cited his long-standing connection to music and a desire for the arena to attract major artists and live performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are excited to welcome Shai and his family to the TD Coliseum team,\u201d said Oak View chief executive officer Chris Granger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Gilgeous-Alexander was honoured in Hamilton last August, receiving the key to the city and having a street named after him following the Thunder\u2019s NBA championship run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 18,000-seat TD Coliseum, originally Copps Coliseum, was renamed in November after a $300-million renovation of the arena, which opened in 1985.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 Basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has invested in his hometown of Hamilton, joining the ownership group of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[28,101,355,113954,99],"class_list":["post-458357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-nba","tag-ontario-quebec","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}