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Kroenke's dividends infuriate Arsenal fans

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Stan Kroenke, the owner of five U.S. professional sports teams — the Nuggets, Avalanche, Rapids and Mammoth in Colorado, and the St. Louis Rams — and the majority shareholder of Arsenal, took out dividends worth $4.9 million from the English soccer club, infuriating its ardent fans.

The dividens paid to Kroenke's company are equal to a 3 percent increase in season-ticket prices for the 2014-15 season, according to the Denver Post.

According to the report, that means the extra money fans are paying goes straight to the 67-year-old Missouri billionaire.

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