Football Stan Kroenke buys Largest Ranch in Texas - Page 2

Archie F. Swin · 02-10-2016, 05:13 AM

http://www.chron.com/homes/article/L...25-6818219.php

Professional sports mogul and rancher Stan Kroenke, whose holdings include the Los Angeles Rams football team, has been approved to purchase the iconic W.T. Waggoner Ranch in north Texas, representatives of the sale announced Tuesday.
The historic property, considered the largest U.S. ranch behind one fence, had been on the market for 18 months at an asking price of $725 million.
Terms of the potential sale were not disclosed, according to a news release from Perry Street Communications, a Dallas consulting firm.

**Buehler445** · 02-10-2016, 12:50 PM

I believe this is the master house or some shit.

**Rain Man** · 02-10-2016, 12:51 PM

Yep, that looks like a new roof.

It's certainly enormous as ranches go, but when you do the math it doesn't seem that huge. If it was a perfect circle it would have roughly a 33 mile diameter. Yeah, that's a lot of land to own, but you could still drive from one end to the other in a half hour.

**Buehler445** · 02-10-2016, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Yep, that looks like a new roof.

It's certainly enormous as ranches go, but when you do the math it doesn't seem that huge. If it was a perfect circle it would have roughly a 33 mile diameter. Yeah, that's a lot of land to own, but you could still drive from one end to the other in a half hour.

That's almost 836 square miles. Per Google, The City of Denver is 154.9 Sq miles.

**loochy** · 02-10-2016, 01:23 PM

This is very near where I spent half of my childhood (Wichita Falls, TX). The landscape there leaves something to be desired....

It's big enough to have land in 6 different counties. Look at the huge area this covers:

Amnorix · 02-10-2016, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

That's almost 836 square miles. Per Google, The City of Denver is 154.9 Sq miles.

I'm honestly disappointed that there isn't a ranch in Texas bigger than all of Rhode Island. Square mileage of Rhode Island: 1,212.

EDIT: Dang, too slow...

**Rain Man** · 02-10-2016, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

I'm honestly disappointed that there isn't a ranch in Texas bigger than all of Rhode Island. Square mileage of Rhode Island: 1,212.

We have 38 counties in Colorado that are bigger, if that helps.

Eleazar · 02-10-2016, 01:34 PM

Forget a Hollywood mansion, that sounds nice to me. Wide open spaces, peace and quiet, nobody around for many miles. Plenty of room for whatever you want to do. Sounds great.

**Buehler445** · 02-10-2016, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

We have 38 counties in Colorado that are bigger, if that helps.

Colorado sucks. It's where the Donks are.

**Rain Man** · 02-10-2016, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Colorado sucks. It's where the Donks are.

You're just jealous of our large counties.

**Buehler445** · 02-10-2016, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

You're just jealous of our large counties.

Finney county in Kansas is huge, and I ****ing HATE that place. Not as much as I hate Donk, but F that place.

Sully · 02-10-2016, 02:36 PM

This is just a ploy to meet Chip and Joanna. Is it close enough to Waco?

eDave · 02-10-2016, 02:44 PM

County envy. Maricopa county laughs at you.

Valiant · 02-10-2016, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

This is very near where I spent half of my childhood (Wichita Falls, TX). The landscape there leaves something to be desired....

It's big enough to have land in 6 different counties. Look at the huge area this covers:

wonder what is on those parcels not owned by the estate.

per googlemaps, nothing really. saw one big building, other than that single wides and trash.

chiefzilla1501 · 02-10-2016, 02:46 PM

I guess snakes need a lot of land

eDave · 02-10-2016, 02:50 PM

Poco Bueno died November 28, 1969. Mr. Waggoner left specific instructions in his will that Poco Bueno was to be buried in a standing position in a grave across from the ranch entrance on Texas Highway 283. The plot of ground was landscaped with trees and grass. A granite marker, weighing four tons, was engraved with his name, picture and the inscription Champion and Sire of Champions. In 1990, Poco Bueno was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.

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eDave Banned Join Date: Jan 2013 Casino cash: $9998560	Poco Bueno died November 28, 1969. Mr. Waggoner left specific instructions in his will that Poco Bueno was to be buried in a standing position in a grave across from the ranch entrance on Texas Highway 283. The plot of ground was landscaped with trees and grass. A granite marker, weighing four tons, was engraved with his name, picture and the inscription Champion and Sire of Champions. In 1990, Poco Bueno was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.
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