#30 | Dan Hunt: We Owned the Bulls and Never Met Michael Jordan

Major League Soccer folded on Dan Hunt's first day. His brother Clark said congratulations, you have been hired and fired on the same day.More on Dan Hunt and this episode: thedealtablepodcast.com/episodes/dan-huntThe Hunt family owns the Kansas City Chiefs and FC Dallas and bought into the Chicago Bulls at the beginning. Clark runs the Chiefs, Dan runs FC Dallas, and they speak at least five times a day. Dan also co-chairs the North Texas FIFA World Cup 2026 organizing committee, a bid he spent eight years working on.He lays out the business logic behind two stadium projects, one at $200 million and one at $87 million, why Arrowhead comes next, and why North Texas expects the largest economic impact of any 2026 host market, on the order of $2 billion. He is also candid about what sports gambling is doing to the integrity of the game.Then the family stories, which he says are not told anywhere. Why his parents owned the Bulls from the start and never met Michael Jordan. The night Pele came running across a room shouting his father's name. And getting his mother, the only woman to attend the first 57 Super Bowls, to Arizona when her health was failing. Their father Lamar Hunt presided over the NFL and AFL merger, named the Super Bowl, put $67,000 into the Bulls and founded two other leagues, all before he turned 36.Dan Hunt is the president and part-owner of FC Dallas and co-chair of the North Texas FIFA World Cup 2026 organizing committee. He is the son of Lamar Hunt, who founded the American Football League, named the Super Bowl and helped bring professional soccer to the United States.KEY MOMENTS00:00 The Taylor Swift effect on the NFL04:14 Two stadiums, $200M and $87M12:52 November 2001: the day MLS folded15:46 The eight-year fight for the bid23:42 The $2 billion economic impact27:12 Sports gambling in Texas33:24 Meeting Pele as a kid35:18 Why his father would not meet Jordan39:58 Norma Hunt and 57 Super Bowls46:58 The $67,000 stake in the BullsNewsletter: thedealtablepodcast.com/connectLane Carrick on selling a business, The Optima Advantage: amzn.to/48nLElWFollow The Deal Table: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, XThe Deal Table is hosted by Ryan Harper and Lane Carrick, filmed in Dallas, and produced by Harper Belmont Media.Sponsored by Capital Southwest.