News about Wes Edens

In just two hours, the Brightline West railway intends to whisk passengers in electric trains across the Nevada desert. The Biden administration announced that the new funding, which was primarily in tax-exempt bonds, had been approved.

GRAEME SOUNESS: As Qatar and Abu Dhabi began to join Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia on our football map before this season, it seemed the Premier League was turning into a battle for Middle Eastern hegemony. The first five months haven't turned out as expected, and not only because Qatar hasn't been able to get the keys to Old Trafford. At the half-way stage, the top of the table is wide open, with only a few points separating the top five teams from the top five teams. The Premier League is befuddleing those who hoped that just because Liverpool hammered Manchester United 7-0 last season, they will do the same this season. Crystal Palace will lose at Manchester City just because they were 15th.

Unai Emery gave the appearance that Aston Villa is prepared to invest in January to keep their title fight on track. Villa defeated Sheffield United at home on Friday, and the club's billionaire owners, Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, appear to be ready to support their boss next month after a spectacular first half of the season. The owners, according to Emery, are very optimistic and excited.' They are loving it.

The proposed desert route, which will cost about $12 billion to build, will be able to cross the notorious Nevada desert at 186 mph in less than two hours, and will be labeled Brightline West. The grant, which was announced on Tuesday, will cover about half of the expense. The cash injection, which was unprecedented for a private company, comes months after company officials at Brightline announced that they needed federal assistance to help bring the scheme to life. The company, which recently completed a diesel-powered rail linking Orlando and Miami, is the country's only private passenger rail, and it could be the first in the United States to provide a high-speed, electric-powered alternative if their scheme is profitable. That said, the intended route is really Wes Edens' brainchild, who is also a part-owner of both the Bucks and Aston Villa FC. He turned to Brightline in 2012 to make his dream come true, and is now thanking officials for their vote of confidence.

On Friday, Mallory Edens, the daughter of Milwaukee Bucks owner Wes Edens, opened up about a near-death experience. The NBA heiress, who is rumored to be dating New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, revealed on Instagram on Friday that the ten-year anniversary of the tragedy was ten years ago. Edens, 27, recalled the day, alerting her 225,000-plus followers that she fell off her horse and sustained a serious brain injury.

After HS2 bosses decided the train line should pass through a section of Birmingham's Bodymoor Heath training ground, the club earned the £20 million payout from the public purse. Last night, critics condemned the 'eyewatering amount of money' given to a wealthy football club that pays its top actors hundreds of thousands of pounds per week. The future of HS2 has been put into question by rising costs - it is estimated that it will cost the taxpayer more than £100 billion.

Aston Villa has also agreed to the appointment of legendary transfer chief Monchi from Sevilla's legendary transfer chief Monchi. Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo, the Spaniard, has a reputation as one of the finest talent spotters of this century, and he will begin working in July, pending work permit approval. His position will be president of football operations, and he will report to co-owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens. After a fruitful spell at Sevilla, which won consecutive Europa League titles from 2014-16, Monchi and Villa boss Unai Emery are reunited. After Emery's team was turned down by Barcelona director Mateu Alemany last month, Mail Sport reported on June 7 that the club had made Monchi his top priority for a senior strategic role. With talks getting more complicated, Villa officials travelled to Seville earlier this week to sign the deal.

After five years with the club, Christian Purslow has announced that he will step down from his role as chief executive and director. Purslow joined Villa in September 2018, soon after the NSWE acquired a majority interest in the club. Aston Villa had been in the Championship before Purslow's arrival but had been promoted back to the Premier League during his time.

Heck, the Sixers, who were there for nine years, in a period when one of the NBA franchise's most profitable seasons in their history. According to The Athletic, Villa's co-owner Wes Edens, who sees Heck as a commercial expert after being first hand co-owner of rival franchise Milwaukee Bucks, was pushing the move. Heck, who was the president of business affairs of the New York Red Bulls from 2011 to 2013, would not be the first foray into football.

Fans rushed to buy tickets ahead of one of the Premier League's most awaited matchups, but were met with exorbitant prices. In July, Manchester United and Arsenal will compete in the New York Metropolitan Area at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. It will be the first time either of the two legendary football teams have met in the United States. Fans who waited to buy tickets when they went on sale at 9:00 a.m. this morning were surprised to find astronomically high ticket prices.

The proposed bullet route, named Brightline West, is Wes Edens' brainchild, and a joint owner of both the Bucks and Aston Villa FC. He's worth a cool $3.7 billion, and estimates that the entire project will take about five years and cost about $12 billion to complete. The funds will be donated to Brightline, the nation's sole private rail company. Edens, 61, a pioneer of the East Coast, bet on the train service for the first multibillion-year-old Edens' construction. The anticipated passenger rail links Orlando to Miami, costing a whopping $6 billion to build. The Florida train, on the contrary of Wes' latest venture, which comes as part of a project to create high-speed lines between some of America's least traveled, traveled paths, uses pre-existing tracks and runs on diesel-powered locomotives. Edens says the new line, which is based on similar equipment found in Japan and China, will run on renewable energy and be '100% electrified,' allowing it to reach speeds of nearly 200 miles per hour and traverse the Nevada desert in less than two hours.

In a bizarre legacy contract negotiated by Tony Xia, Aston Villa was forced to pay over $100 million to former owner Randy Lerner (pictured inset correct) in 2022. Following their 2019 promotion, Xia, who purchased the club from Lerner in a 2016 takeover, told Lerner that if the Birmingham club were going to remain in the Premier League for three seasons. When Villa were promoted to Xia three years ago, Lerner received a huge £30 million payout. Despite Xia selling his majority stake in the club to its new owners, Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, in 2018, Villa remained committed to his responsibilities.

According to reports, Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry has agreed to sell his team's assets to Jimmy and Dee Haslam for an eye-watering $3.5 billion. Lasry has been involved in a few months, with first reports indicating that he was most likely to sell internally to his co-owner Wes Edens. Now, ESPN reports that Lasry has agreed to a huge contract with the Cleveland Brown owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam.

The Cherries became the 10th new Premier League club to have at least minority ownership from the United States when businessman Bill Foley finalized his contract to buy Bournemouth in October. Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Fulham, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Leeds, and Manchester City all have some form of American support. And although the Glazer family is considering takeover bids to sell United, the league still looks to be a lucrative market for Americans to deal with.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: When you have one of the best goalkeepers in the game, the last thing you should do is sell him, particularly if he is a World Cup champion. Right? Not really. Emiliano Martinez is at the peak of his abilities and is one of Aston Villa's most consistent performers. Nonetheless, if he wants to leave, and with Villa's ability to extract a high price, it would certainly make sense to pay attention to offers. As manager Unai Emery prepares to field a team capable of contending consistently for Europe, Villa's billionaire owners, Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, will launch a summer spending drive.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: Aston Villa is waiting for World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez this summer, but the Argentina star is under no pressure to sell him. In a recent interview, Martinez revealed that he had a strong sense of his destiny: "I have the confidence that today I have the ability to play in the Champions League and strive to win it." "I would like to win a title with Aston Villa." You should never lose hope. I would love to [win the Champions League] with Aston Villa, but it would be impossible because the club is still in its expansion phase.'

TOM COLLOMOSSE (left): A photo shared on Aston Villa's Facebook page at 3.01 p.m. on November 2 is a striking example of the control Unai Emery (left) has at his new club. A smiling Emery is seen alongside Nassef Sawiris, the club's co-owner, as they wear the claret-and-blue shirt in plush surroundings. The message was clear: Emery was hand-picked by Sawiris and Wes Edens, and he would be able to do things his way. Emery is the fourth boss under Sawiris and Edens, who rescued the club from near-extinction in 2018, but his reputation is greater than that of his predecessors. Emery has already signed a left-back, seemingly to replace Lucas Digne (bottom, right), and Matteo Guendouzi (right of inset) and Arnaut Danjuna (second right).

Aaron Rodgers is reported in a relationship with Mallory Edens, the niece of Aston Villa and Milwaukee Bucks owner Wes Edens, according to reports from last week. Rodgers and Eden are reportedly in some sort of a friendship, with a People Magazine report that "It's more than friends, but not so casual." Nothing serious at all. He isn't trying to hurry into anything.' For the time being, it's low-key. But it's definitely a close family that is growing. He's not going to do something as fast as Shailene [Woodley]. Live and learn.'

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are currently in the middle of a four-game win streak that may see them making the NFL playoffs... and there may be a simple off-field explanation for their uptick in form. According to reports, the superstar quarterback is in a fledgling friendship with an old friend, the Milwaukee Bucks' 26-year-old daughter of Wes Edens. Rodgers, 39, and Mallory Edens were both childhood friends who appeared at NBA games together as early as 2019, but it now appears there is more to it than just a love between the two families.

Miguel Angel Gil, the Atletico Madrid chief executive, announced last week that Felix intends to leave the club and that they will be looking at bids for their all-time record signing. Arsenal is thought to be the favorite for the Portugal star, but Aston Villa, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Paris Saint-Germain are all interested.

Unai Emery will be backed in the January transfer market, with Aston Villa expected to increase their spending since being promoted close to the £500 million mark. Villa, a billionaire and Wes Edens, has hired Steven Gerrard to replace him and he's in charge of his first game against Manchester United at Villa Park. Villa has spent about £414 million on players since being promoted, although they did sell Jack Grealish to Manchester City for £100 million last year. When the market re-opens with a winger high on the list of targets, Emery will be given funds. Gerrard blocked Villa's transfer for Ismaila Sarr last summer, but Emery is known to love Arnaut Danjuma and Nicolas Jackson, the former footballer of Villarreal.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: The date in Aston Villa's history is May 26, 1982, and the club is hoping to take a step back in to those glorious times. Nobody expects Villa to win the European Cup for the second time - at least not yet. However, Emery's time as boss of continental football is seen as a realistic target. After signing a three-year contract, Arsenal's new job will be to guide Villa away from the Premier League's danger zone.

I haven't seen DANNY MURPHY since he lost his career. He isn't responsible for Villa's poor results, but I find it disingenuous for him to carry the can while others are being kept curious. He appeared at Villa Park just 11 months ago to a huge audience. There seemed to be no limit to the dreams of owners Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris and CEO Christian Purslow, but the subsequent evidence hasn't lived up to the hype.

Pochettino was Villa's first choice to replace Gerrard, and co-owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens were poised to make him Europe's highest-paid managers. Villa must investigate other alternatives after the Argentine was uncertain about taking over a club in the Premier League for the 17th time. They are considering a change for Ruben Amorim, Sporting Lisbon's top-rated coach, and intermediaries, according to reports that they had sounded out Brentford's Thomas Frank.