With 2.7 million acres, Stan Kroenke is now the country's largest private landowner

Rams owner Stan Kroenke has become the largest private landowner in the United States after purchasing 937,000 acres in New Mexico, bringing his total land ownership to over 2.7 million acres across the American West and Canada. This acquisition surpasses the land area of the entire state of Delaware, which covers 1.2 million acres. In addition to his vast land holdings, Kroenke owns 60 million square feet of commercial space and is currently transforming the former Promenade mall in Woodland Hills into a new Rams facility. Beyond real estate, Kroenke's sports empire includes ownership of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, NHL's Colorado Avalanche, NBA's Denver Nuggets, MLS's Colorado Rapids, the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League, and Arsenal FC of the Premier League. He is married to Ann Walton Kroenke, related to the Wal-Mart founding family, and has connections to the Denver Broncos ownership group through her cousin, Rob Walton. Both the