Toronto entrepreneur who founded Raptors proud of team's success
John Bitove looks down from 23rd floor of his office at the Scotiabank Arena reflecting on the history behind the Toronto Raptors, the basketball team he founded after winning a bid to bring an NBA team in 1993.
“I’m a proud parent of the Raptors and a proud parent of that arena as well.”
After successfully beating out two other groups vying for the licence to bring a professional basketball team to Toronto, with the promise of building an arena specifically for the team, Bitove recalls the challenges he was faced with.
“This was not a slam dunk in the early days. A lot of people didn’t think we would be here today,“ Bitove says.
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