Hockey Tonk:  The Amazing Story of the Nashville Predators
Two years ago Craig Leipold was virtually unknown in Nashville and the professional sports arena. Today, as the majority owner of the Nashville Predators, he is one of Nashville's most popular businessmen. Leipold is active in numerous civic and corporate organizations as well as several charities benefiting children. He has been named Nashville Sports Council "Sports Person of the Year," "1999 Father of the Year" by the Nashville Father's Day Council, and the Easter Seals "Nashvillian of the Year" following a highly successful 1998-1999 season for the Predators. He and his wife, Helen, maintain residences in Racine, Wisconsin, and Nashville, Tennessee, and are the parents of five boys.Dr. Richard W. Oliver is an economics professor at the Owen School of Business at Vanderbilt University. In July 1999, he unveiled an economic study showing that the Predators had an $82 million impact on Nashville in 1998-1999 and projecting a $470 million impact over a five-year span.