SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC

SLB Acquisition Holdings, LLC is a consortium based in St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in 2012 by American businessman Thomas H. Stillman and 15 local investors including the former US UN ambassador and senator John C. Danforth.

History

On May 10, 2012, it became clear that SLB Acquisition Holdings, LLC had acquired St. Louis Blues, the Peoria Rivermen, the lease and daily care of Enterprise Center, as well as a majority stake in Stifel Theatre from SCP Worldwide for a purchase price of $130 million.
Stillman later spun off the Peoria Riverman to Canucks Sports & Entertainment who relocated them to Utica, New York as the Utica Comets.

Assets

St. Louis Blues –
Enterprise Center – Operations only, the City of St. Louis is the owner
Stifel Theatre – Majority owner

Former assets

Peoria Rivermen –

Shareholders

Majority owner

Thomas H. Stillman – Chairman of the board and CEO, Summit Distributing.

Minority owners

James A. Cooper – CEO, Thompson Street Capital Partners.
Christopher B. Danforth – Owner and president, Kennelwood Pet Resorts.
John C. Danforth – Shareholder, Bryan Cave, LLP. Danforth was former senator of the state of Missouri & US UN ambassador.
James L. Johnson – Senior vice president, Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
James P. Kavanaugh – CEO, World Wide Technology, Inc.
Jerald L. Kent – Chairman and CEO, TierPoint, LLC & CEO, Cequel III.
Donn S. Lux – Chairman of the board and CEO, Luxco.
W. Stephen Maritz – Chairman of the board, Maritz Inc.
Scott B. McCuaig – Former president, Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Edward M. Potter – Private investor.
John S. Ross, Jr. – President, Summit Development Group.
Thomas F. Schlafly – Co-owner, Thompson Coburn & Founder, The Saint Louis Brewery.
Michael W. Riney – Founder and managing director of QRM Capital
Andrew C. Taylor – Chairman of the board and CEO, Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
Jo-Ann Taylor Kindle – President, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.