Man Buys Enough Land to Host Every Lost Tourist in America Twice Over

KEY POINTS

•Stanley Kroenke became America’s largest landowner in December 2025 after purchasing 937,000 acres in New Mexico.
•His portfolio includes 2.7 million acres of land across the US and Canada, plus 60 million square feet of commercial real estate.
•Kroenke’s sports empire includes the LA Rams, Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Mammoth, and England’s Arsenal soccer club.

Stanley Kroenke, a 78-year-old billionaire worth $22.2 billion as of March 2026, became America’s largest private landowner by snapping up 2.7 million acres—enough to smother Delaware almost twice or cram New York City 14 times under his boots. His crown jewel? A record-breaking 937,000-acre New Mexico land purchase in December 2025, surpassing a decade-old land deal drought. Beyond waving flags over Western ranchlands including the historic 535,000-acre Waggoner Ranch bought back in 2016 and Canada’s massive 500,000-acre Douglas Lake Ranch, Kroenke has 60 million square feet of commercial real estate anchored by Walmart stores—a Walmart widower-approved real estate empire. Not just a farmboy, he's also Lord of the Rings if the rings are sports franchises—owning the LA Rams, Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, and even Arsenal in Britain. Married since 1974 to Walmart heiress Ann Walton, worth $14.6 billion, Kroenke is surely the only man holding a Super Bowl trophy and a deed bigger than many small US states.