Shad Khan’s venture with the Jacksonville Jaguars could have started years before it actually did. The billionaire businessman was twice contacted about becoming a limited partner with the Jaguars long before he agreed to purchase the team for $770 million in November 2011. It turned out to be arguably the most important decision in Jacksonville’s relatively brief football history.
A powerful political player in Jacksonville who took his own life in an Atlantic Beach parking lot last year was under investigation for a “bizarre and fraudulent scheme” involving the promise of Taylor Swift tickets at the time of his death, according to the State Attorney’s Office.