David Blitzer, world leader in football and sports, to associate with the Miller organization
Miller-Blitzer Partnership offers a strong commitment to sport and the community
Sandy, UT (April 18, 2025) – The Miller and Miller Sports + Entertainment (MSE) family announced today that they have finalized the acquisition of majority interest in RSL Football Holdings (the club). The purchase includes Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Utah Royals FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the Real Monarchs of MLS Next Pro and the RSL Academy. Real estate assets include America First Field, Zions Bank Stadium and Zions Bank Training Center.
David Blitzer will remain the second largest shareholder, forming a powerful partnership with MSE which combines local and global sports leadership in the creation of world class professional teams.
“We are honored to join Real Salt Lake Club and invest in the highest levels of male and female football in RSL and the Royals,” said Steve Starks, CEO of the Larry H. Miller Company. “We are grateful to David Blitzer’s confidence, and I am convinced that our experience combined in sports leadership will increase football within UTAH and will support the club’s goal of winning championships. We are proud to join “Riot” and an incredibly passionate database. “
“We could not be happier to welcome the Miller family in the club,” said Blitzer. “We are aligned with our values and our commitment to constitute a great culture and teams at the level of the championship. Our sports teams are the best when we have a solid and local partner, and Miller Sports + Entertainment will really allow Real Salt Lake Holdings to achieve our visionary goals. I loved my experience in Utah, and it is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our strong bases of fanbase and loyal folies. ”
“The future of Real Salt Lake is in great hands with the Miller and David Blitzer organization,” said MLS commissioner, Don Garber. “The thousands have a long -standing commitment to the community, sports for young people and solid commercial operations, and we have a proven history with David, one of the most accomplished sports owners in the world. Together, this group is perfectly positioned to strengthen the club and develop football in Utah and the region. ”
“This powerful partnership between the Miller and David Blitzer family will raise women’s football in Utah and continue to build a Fandom for the Royals FC,” said Jessica Berman, NWSL commissioner. “Miller Sports + Entertainment has always demonstrated his commitment to building sport and the community on and off the field, aligning with our values at the NWSL – and we welcome this new ownership group in the League.”
Steve Miller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Larry H. Miller Company, will serve as president and governor of Real Salt Lake, with David Blitzer as a substitute governor. Steve Miller will also be president and governor of Utah Royals FC, Steve Starks serving as a substitute governor.
“Our family is delighted to join Real Salt Lake and the Royals of Utah. We love the growth of football as a family and unifying experience in our state. We are grateful to associate ourselves with David Blitzer and other dedicated investors in the creation of these strong teams, “said Steve Miller.
MSE will also associate with unequaled sports, a network supported by David Blitzer of sports halls and leading programs for young people, led by the CEO and president Andrew Campion, an investor of the RSL club, which allows athletes to develop the constituent elements of success. Utah currently has more than 190,000 children participating in football for young people, baseball and basketball. The RSL junior leisure program extends to nearly 100,000 active youth players in partnership with Utah Youth Soccer Association.
“Our family’s investment and commitment to youth sports cannot be overestimated,” said Steve Miller. “We remain grateful to promote health and well-being and the value of sports participation for the growing generation.”
The Miller family and its MSE sales platform are pioneers of sports and professional entertainment in UTAH and have an inheritance of commitment to the community that covers more than four decades. MSE manages and uses the bees Salt Lake (Affilié Triple-A of Milb des Los Angeles Angels), the stadium of theaters America First Square and Megaplex. Their experience includes long -term management of professional sports franchises, such as Utah Jazz from 1985 to 2010, and the construction and exploitation of the best classrooms, including the Delta Center and the Stade in America First Square. MSE attracts and regularly organizes important events such as the Winter Olympic Games, the NBA All-Star matches, the Savannah Bananas and the Béisbol in Salt Lake.
About Real Salt Lake Club
Global sports entrepreneur David Blitzer acquired the RSL of companies in January 2022.
Real Salt Lake began his 21st Season of the major football league in February, its fourth full season under the head coach Pablo Mastroeni, who directed the side of UTAH on a provisional basis for the last 100 days in 2021. RSL is the only side of the Western Conference to adapt to the Audi MLS qualifying series during each of the last four campaigns, amazing of the last seals Course from the last 17 years, as well as six occasions in the last places in the playoff series.
The Victory of the MLS Cup 2009 of the RSL marked the only major professional championship in the Utah State in almost 40 years, the title preceding a historic race in the 2010/11 final of the CONCACAF Champions League. Implicated by a passionate base with several thousand seasonal ticket holders and opened his permanent house in Sandy just over 16 years ago, since October 2008, the umbrella of the group of supporters of 179-72-90 (WLT) of RSL-equivalent to a first field of 1.84 points by way of 0.657, a proposal for North Awards.
From the 2024 season, the Real Salt Lake property brought the National Women’s Soccer League to Utah, while Utah Royals FC returned. Led by sports director Kelly Cousins and head coach Jimmy Coenraets, Utah Royals FC aims to seize the global success of NWSL and a huge popularity of women’s football in UTAH.
In 2015, the club expanded its development pyramid with the addition of Real Monarchs. Since the 2022 season, Real Monarchs has participated in the “MLS Next Pro”, which connects academies for young people in MLS next to the first teams of Major League Soccer. There are currently more than 60 athlete students representing the U-16 and U-18 teams of the RSL Academy in MLS then.
All the teams call the vast training center for zions zions in Herriman, in Utah, their daily training house. The 42 -acres campus includes five world -class grass fields, two fields of interior lawn, a residential dormitory and the 5,000 -seat zions stadium.
The RSL Community Foundation was created in 2016, created with the objectives of being active in the community all year round, using the popularity and the scope of RSL, the Royals of UTAH, the Monarchs and the Academy in the promotion of health and well-being among children throughout the region, by engaging soccer supporters to raise funds and voluntary times for various local initiatives.
The funding was provided by JP Morgan and Zions Bank. Larry H. Miller was informed by Katten Muchin Rosnman, York Howell and Hurt; Bolt Ventures was advised by Morgan Lewis. Clean Sheet Capital LLC, represented by its founder, Nishant Tella, was the main advisor of Bolt Ventures on the transaction.
About the company Larry H. Miller
Larry H. Miller is a family investment company built on the legacy of Miller’s family in business leadership, in community strengthening and philanthropic donations. The company Larry H. Miller supervises the portfolio of commercial platforms and organizations of the organization covering real estate, health care, sports + entertainment and investments. For more information, visit LHM.com.
About Miller Sports + Entertainment
Miller Sports + Entertainment (MSE) manages Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC, Megaplex, the Salt Lake Bees, the stadium to America First Square and Big League Utah and his quest to bring a major baseball team to Salt Lake City. Learn more about Millerse.com.
David S. Blitzer is the founder and partner director of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), which includes in his portfolio the New Jersey Devils (National Hockey League), the top-5 World World Cential Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, the Philadelphia 76 -ters training complex (NJ. NHL Executive Committee. As part of the HBSE umbrella, the properties have grown up to include an investment in Crystal Palace of the Premier League, Quintuple Champion of the Nascar Cup Series, Joe Gibbs Racing, The Delaware Blue Coats (NBA G League), The Utica Comets (American Hockey League) Cross, White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, NJ, the Sixers and HBSE innovation laboratory, AGLE City. investment in FC Augsburg of Bundesliga and Brondby if Danish Superliga, among other international football properties. He recently became the first person to hold the team team in the five main sports leagues in North America: NBA, NHL, NFL, MLS and MLB. Bolt Ventures, which serves as a Blitzer family office, also manages a diversified and innovative portfolio focused on other sporting, media and technological assets.