Basketball MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander just became part-owner of Hamilton’s TD Coliseum
The Oklahoma City Thunder star was born-and-raised in Hamilton
Hamilton-born NBA super-talent Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has joined the ownership group of Hamilton’s TD Coliseum.
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Though financial terms were not disclosed, developer Oak View Group announced the news earlier this week, noting that the venue’s Ares Atrium will be named in tribute to Gilgeous-Alexander’s son.
“Becoming part of the ownership group at TD Coliseum is really personal for me,” said the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard and four-time NBA All-Star in a press release. “Growing up in Hamilton shaped who I am, so having the opportunity to help build something special in my hometown means everything.”
Last season, Gilgeous-Alexander was named the NBA’s most valuable player, and was given a Key to the City by Hamilton’s mayor, Andrea Horwath.
His investment will support events and programming through his charity, the SGA Foundation, including a kids’ music production program through the Hamilton Music Collective.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
