Newcastle Jets co-owner Lee Hagipantelis, Newcastle Herald, September 25, 2024

Newcastle Jets co-owner Lee Hagipantelis

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00:00Well, co-owner and such, whatever, but very excited of course, and the opportunity arose

00:03to sponsor the Jets as well, which I've grabbed with both hands. But look, very excited to be

00:08involved for the first time in actual ownership of a sporting franchise. I couldn't think of a

00:11better one than Newcastle Jets. Did you ever see this happening in your wildest dreams?

00:16Oh, kind of. I think it's something that's played in the back of my mind for some time. Justin

00:20Pascoe, who's my business partner and I, we worked together, of course, at the West Tigers,

00:24chair and CEO. And then when we finished up with the West Tigers last year, we thought,

00:27well, we should do something that combines our limited talents and our great interests.

00:32And one of that was, of course, sports investment.