Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Hofmann
Multimillionaire developer and former owner of two professional sports teams(Oakland Athletics and Seattle Seahawks) is likely to have the quantity and quality of secondary coverage needed to satisfy . Pro sports owners in my city certainly do. See http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19911030&id=xWkzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=STIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4632,7267642 and http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V1NTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K4QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7093,6586557&dq=seahawks+|+oakland+ken-hofmann&hl=en. Many of the stories found at https://www.google.com/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&tbm=nws&gl=us&as_epq=Ken%20Hofmann&as_oq=seahawks%20oakland&as_occt=any&as_drrb=a&tbs=ar%3A1&authuser=0 Google news archive are unfortunately behind paywall so i can't verify depth of coverage free online, but there appear to be articles with substantial coverage, such as "San Ramon Valley Times : ONCE HEROES, A'S OWNERS NOW …Contra Costa - Nov 1, 1998: OAKLAND Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann were heralded as heroes in early 1995 when they stepped to the plate to buy the Oakland A's, pledging to keep the ... .." Ironically, current practice would give each of the professional athletes he employed pretty automatic notability
— User:Edison, 00:47, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)