 On June 23, information was leaked by several sources indicating that Leipold no longer wanted to sell the Predators to Balsillie.Subsequently, a campaign to land the team in Kansas City, Missouri, received a boost in late June 2007.The Canadian "National Post", citing anonymous sources, reported that Leipold planned to sell the team to San Jose venture capitalist William "Boots" Del Biaggio III, who wanted to relocate the club to Kansas City's new Sprint Center for the 2008–09 season.