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Photos: A look at Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s yacht Kismet through the years

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It’s a big week for Shad Khan’s Jacksonville Jaguars.

The team has the top pick in the NFL Draft once again, giving them a chance to get some help for Trevor Lawrence , who was picked No. 1 overall by the Jags last year.

RELATED: Jacksonville Jaguars fielding no offers for top pick, narrow choice to 4

In honor of the Jags’ upcoming moment in the spotlight, let’s take a trip down memory lane with another one of Khan’s assets: The Kismet, his nearly $200M yacht.

‘I WANT TO LIVE ON IT’

Action Sports Jax’s Brent Martineau first gave you a look at the mega yacht when it was brand-new and anchored in the Thames River ahead of the Jags’ London game against the Dallas Cowboys in 2014.

Khan sold his previous yacht in 2013, replacing it with the 300-foot Kismet, which took two years to build. Back then, the Kismet had a statue of a Jaguar on the front.

One of the Kismet’s onlookers in London declared “I want to live on it!”

‘MY FEET WOULD NEVER TOUCH LAND’

The yacht made it to the River City in 2015, docking in the St. Johns River next to the CSX building.

Deborah Kaczorowski of Jacksonville told Action News Jax then she was impressed with the Kismet.

“My feet would never touch land — maybe once a week —- if I had something like that,” Kaczorowski said. “I’d enjoy that bad boy.”

KISMET FOR SALE

In October 2020, the Kismet was listed for sale .

At that time, the asking price was $199,039,663. Now, the Kismet’s listing says “POA” under the asking price.

“POA” means “price on application” or “price on asking,” which means the seller must be contacted to get the price.

‘I CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE’

In December 2021, the Kismet was the site of an informal question-and-answer session with the media as Khan reflected on his 10-year anniversary as the owner of the Jaguars.

He reiterated his hope to help elevate the city to new heights and bring a Super Bowl to Jags fans.

“There’s a vacuum here, there’s a football team here and as an owner I can move the needle,” Khan said. “How many times do you get a chance to move a needle in a good way in a great American city, very rarely. That’s the power here.”

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On board Shahid Khan's 95m superyacht Kismet

The story of Shahid Khan's 95m superyacht Kismet

As owner of two football clubs, Shahid Khan knows the sporting maxim: you don’t change a winning team. So when he wanted a new, bigger, better version of his 60 metre Kismet he knew exactly what to do.

When Shahid Khan ordered his first Kismet , in 2004, the gist of the brief to his design team was “make it impressive”. Not only would his family be using the boat for their own enjoyment, but Khan wanted it for corporate entertaining as well as for charter service. That 68 metre motor yacht, launched in 2007 by Lürssen , was successful on all counts, but in the intervening years Khan’s business and his corporate guests have both increased in size. He now owns two football teams, one in the UK and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the US. The American footballers, in particular, mean that Khan does have some pretty bulky guests to accommodate. Sixty-eight metres just wasn’t cutting it.

Enter the new Kismet , launched in 2014, all 95 metres of her. Her size alone is impressive. Then there is the four metre silver statue of a jaguar, its paw resting on a football helmet, that graces the bow on game days; the two helipads and all that space – enough for his Jacksonville Jaguars to stage a practice. The number of decks for owner and guest use – five – is the same as on the previous yacht, but the scale of those decks, the accommodation afforded by eight suites, and especially the size of the areas dedicated to entertaining, are where the new Kismet really scores. She went on to take a win at the 2015 World Superyacht Awards , claiming top spot in the Displacement Motor Yachts of 1,3000GT to 2,999 GT of 75 metres and above category.

There are obvious advantages when the team responsible for a successful superyacht project is reassembled for an encore and, indeed, the owner brought all the original Kismet players back together: Moran Yacht & Ship , to develop the specification package and oversee the build, which again was at Lürssen; Espen Øino , for the exterior design; and Reymond Langton for the interior. Just as important in ensuring that the new yacht functions as smoothly as the first, is the fact that Captain Kyle Fultz and his wife Gerry, who serves as purser, have crewed for Shahid Khan for 15 years and have the benefit of knowing how the family lives, works and entertains. The Fultzes made frequent visits to the yard over two and a half years implementing the owners’ wishes for the new luxury yacht.

“They made it what it is,” Shahid Khan says. “Sometimes they would have to take on the yard, sometimes the designers and sometimes they would have to take on the owners,” he chuckles. “They would say to me, ‘yes, you can have that but you would have to give up this function.’ I knew the design of Kismet had to follow the function.”

Khan, who left Pakistan as a teenager to attend the University of Illinois, personifies the American dream with a story that starts with him washing dishes and selling ice cream, takes in marrying his college sweetheart Ann and results in him owning a $4.4 billion auto parts company with 13,000 employees. He first tested the waters of yacht ownership in 1999 by purchasing a 39-metre Feadship named Gallant Lady from his friend and customer, the late Jim Moran, a car dealer and philanthropist. After several years aboard the Feadship, they started talking about building from scratch.

“We were six months into the specs for his next boat when the economic crisis began,” Moran recalls. “Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, we had a meeting. The market was falling about 1,000 points a day. We were prepared to hear [Khan] say he was halting the project; instead he said: ‘Everybody thinks I’m mad but I’m going to do it.’ He’s a forward-thinking progressive and he makes decisions other guys wouldn’t.”

They started with a design of about 85 metres. “What was originally offered is not what you see today,” says Moran. “He challenged the designers a lot. He’s heavily influenced by automotive shapes and he pushed the designers to the max.” The max became 95 metres.

Pascal Reymond, of interior design firm Reymond Langton , says: “He asked us to scale up the drama of the first Kismet ; he had seen [our work on 134 metre] Serene and wanted that level of detail.” Her lead designer on the project, Jason Macaree, credits a collaborative process. “She (Ann Khan) has a clear idea of what she wants things to look like and he (Shahid) drives things to be at the edge. He presents ideas, they are good ideas, and we would work on them, bounce them back and then they would just grow.”

One example of this process is the video walls in the space separating the main saloon from the forward section of the main deck and flanking the stairs to the deck above. Originally a pair of curved stairs, like a double helix, was envisioned to rise between the floors through an open atrium and the renderings showed curved artwork surrounding the staircases. “Then it was Shahid’s idea to have one staircase only with a video wall and open space opposite. Ann said she thought there might be room for a piano there and that led to the idea of creating a more intimate lounge in that space. We made a presentation on that idea and, in the middle of that presentation, she asked if the piano could be integrated into a bar. Well, you’ve seen it, it’s a piano that can be heard through two decks and it’s a bar, but it’s really a work of art. That’s the way this entire project evolved,” says Macaree.

It is why Kismet , despite her size and the fact that her remit is to charter, is so intensely personal. Shahid Khan says he has space to host parties for 270 people and yet there are also comfortable places to go when he’s alone on the boat.

The video walls – with one extending two decks high – are a unique piece of work, made up of 42 individual 140-centimetre monitors. Yes, they can show Fulham's football games, news or films, but they are also programmed to show digitised, high-definition moving artwork as a backdrop to life on board. The system, installed by Atlanta’s Techno Gurus, also links to a pair of high-def cameras mounted outside that can convert the walls into virtual windows.

The massive art deco staircase between the video walls leads from the main saloon to the upper deck lounge, but is not, in fact, the yacht’s centre of circulation – that is farther forward and comprises a lift and offset stairs leading to all decks. But it is the link between the four primary indoor guest entertainment areas on two decks: saloon and cinema on main deck and dining room and lounge above. It’s a feature, amongst others on board, that had Lürssen’s engineers scratching their heads.

“There were, of course, many challenging design features both inside and outside, which gave our engineers some headaches but as expected we were able to solve them all,” says Peter Lürssen, the yard’s CEO. “Particularly, the level of detail on the exterior furniture with its decorative features, was something we hadn’t done before to this extent. And the stunning staircase is a feature that has brought many engineers and craftsmen a few more grey hairs. But that’s our job."

An etched glass walkway spanning the atrium connects the bar with the dining room. It is a masterful way to keep the party connected between decks while exterior stairs link the two aft decks. During inclement weather, sliding glass panels flanking the aft owner’s deck turn that space into a winter garden and outside dining area in all but the worst winter or tropical downpours. The adjacent V-shaped bar – back-lit onyx with RGB colour controls – is party central, but to get celebrations off on the right foot, the aft main deck begins with a convivial outdoor bar. The entire area becomes one big social loop. Add in the bridge-deck lounge above, which looks out over the aft helipad, and the spacious sundeck higher still, with both pool and spa pool, and large-scale entertainment is guaranteed.

One of the challenges Reymond Langton faced was in creating enough intimacy for family use or small charter parties on such a big yacht. Smaller spaces such as the up to date cinema , which is adjacent to the six guest cabins on the main deck and doubles as a guest saloon or reading room, the bridge deck lounge up top and the gym and spa below, show that they have not forgotten the value of cosiness. In fact, there are four fireplaces aboard to ensure just that.

Kismet really shines in details. Each of the five guest suites has not only a unique colour scheme, but uniquely themed door trim. Their position on the main deck means that the suites are wide and multi-windowed. It also has an unusual feature called a sea cabin, carefully placed on the lower deck on portside amidships, where motion will be at a minimum for guests who suffer from seasickness. Of course, its placement adjacent the guest gym , the spa and the starboard side fold-down tender dock would make it equally coveted for other reasons.

“You can go one of three ways with a spa,” says Pascal Reymond. “You can either put it up top and make it surrounded by glass walls for light and views; you can put it adjacent to the beach club at the stern, but that ambiance might suffer when the stern door is closed, or you can put it deep in the ship where it’s naturally going to be dark and cosy and restful with little motion. This is what the owner chose for Kismet . It’s very much a meditative space.”

Indeed it is. Dark stones and interesting juxtaposed textures – from smooth flat rocks to glass to various wood surfaces, including a door that had patterns routed into its face and then was singed for effect – provide just the right amount of physical stimulation while the hammam, spa pool, cold plunge pool, steam shower and massage room are focused on relaxation. The light is soft and soothing.

Behind all the beautifully, exotically finished owner and guest areas lies the heart of the yacht: not just the engine room, which is a typical two-deck Lürssen paean of efficiency, but rather the attention that has been put into the operation side of things, or “back of the house”.

“The first Kismet was the first Lürssen with the ‘Moran cathedral’ engine room: two storeys, with a separate control room,” says Khan. “Some people thought it was a waste of space, but we have factory experience and know how much good visual connection improves the work.”

The crew passages and their connectedness to stores, exteriors and the areas they need to access quickly and repeatedly for service are brilliantly thought out. The main deck placement of the galley, for example, might be considered atypical yet it was arranged to service interior and exterior dining areas above and the social areas on the main deck as well as to receive provisions. The spa also has hidden access so crew or visiting therapists do not travel through owner areas.

The under-deck crew passage contains copious amounts of linen storage and connects to the laundry on the same deck. Like most of the things aboard this yacht, it is well worth the space allocation and adds to function and maintenance: key design elements that are often, unfortunately, overlooked by less experienced project teams or owners. “The crew areas, their cabins and the crew gym as well as the passageways and work spaces, have a positive impact on crew retention, our charter operation and resale,” says Khan.

Kismet itself is a Turkish word that means destiny or fate, perhaps resulting from random forces set in motion long ago, like a 16 year old arriving in America to study engineering and ending up with a superyacht.

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Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s yacht Kismet is docked in the St. Johns River in front of Jacksonville-based CSX Transportation headquarters in downtown on Thursday, March 26, 2020. [Gary T. Mills, The Florida Times-Union]

Got $200M? Jaguars Owner Shad Khan’s Super Yacht Is For Sale

The KISMET is pictured along the Northbank in Downtown Jacksonville in May 2020.

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan is asking a cool $200 million for the 300-foot super yacht he bought in 2014.

It’s named the KISMET, which means “destiny” or “fate.” It’s been seen frequently in Downtown Jacksonville over the years, often docking along the Northbank in front of the CSX building.

The KISMET has eight staterooms, a helipad, a sundeck, a swimming pool, a full-service spa, and “a one-of-a-kind retractable outdoor fireplace.”

Luxury yacht brokerage, Moran Yacht & Ship, is handling the sale. You can see more photos and video of the KISMET on the super yacht’s web listing .

Contact reporter Cyd Hoskinson at [email protected] , 904-358-6351 and on Twitter at @cydwjctnews .

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NFL owner Shad Khan selling luxurious yacht for incredible amount of money

You're going to need a lot of cash to wrangle this away from the jacksonville jaguars owner.

Shad Khan , the billionaire owner of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and the English Premier League’s Fulham FC and co-owner of All Elite Wrestling, has put up his luxurious yacht Kismet for sale.

And it can all be yours for about $198.8 million.

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The yacht was built in 2014 by German shipyard Lurssen. The 312-foot vessel has eight staterooms sleeping 16 guests. The vessel can accommodate 28 crew members.

The Kismet comes with a pool and a helipad (Photo by Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

“Built under the supervision of the Moran yacht construction team, the 95m KISMET yacht was delivered by luxury yacht builders Lurssen in 2014. This award-winning superyacht features a gorgeous exterior design by Espen Oeino and a decadent interior by the world-renowned Reymond Langton Design,” a description on the Moran Yacht & Ship website read .

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“KISMET yacht, for sale with Moran Yacht and Ship, can accommodate 16 guests in 8 opulent staterooms, with the master stateroom featuring a private deck complete with a Jacuzzi and access to the yacht’s helipad. Other features included a spacious sundeck complete with a swimming pool, full-service spa, and a one-of-a-kind retractable outdoor fireplace.”

The yacht includes a pool, movie theater, sauna, helipad, gymnasium and elevator.

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Khan, who is Pakistani born and has a net worth of nearly $12 billion, is the second-richest NFL owner. Forbes evaluated him to have $11.8 billion. He is reportedly the richest person of Pakistani origin.

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Jacksonville Jaguars Owner Shahid Khan’s Superyacht Is For Sale

The 312-foot yacht Kismet was built by German shipbuilder Lürssen in 2014.
As of 2018, it has an estimated value of $200 million.

A full view of Shahid Khan's superyacht, Kismet, on the open water.

Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C. owner Shahid Khan’s superyacht is officially on the market.

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The asking price for Kismet — the 312-foot yacht built by German shipbuilder Lürssen in 2014 — is not on the official listing and will only be revealed upon serious inquiries. Still, the ship’s value was estimated at $200 million in 2018 .

Kismet can accommodate 16 guests in eight luxurious staterooms and can carry a crew of up to 28. The master stateroom features a private deck with a Jacuzzi and access to the yacht’s helipad.

The ship’s interior, designed by world-renowned Reymond Langton Design, is opulent and features a grand living space, boardroom, bar, world-class gym, and a full-service spa.

Outside, a spacious sundeck leads to a swimming pool with another Jacuzzi and a one-of-a-kind retractable outdoor fireplace.

The superyacht, with a steel hull, carries a gross tonnage of 2,928 and can reach a speed of 17 knots.

Khan is worth an estimated $12.1 billion per Forbes ’ most recent rankings. He made money as the auto parts supplier Flex-N-Gate owner and launched the wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling in 2019.

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Billionaire owner Shad Khan has the Jaguars reaching new heights after some dreadful lows

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson speak during an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan is interviewed before an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) runs onto the field for an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) stands on the field at the end of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Jacksonville Jaguars won the game 23-7. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Shad Khan’s venture with the Jacksonville Jaguars could have started years before it actually did.

The billionaire businessman was twice contacted about becoming a limited partner with the Jaguars long before he agreed to purchase the team for $770 million in November 2011. He declined both offers, opting to wait for a shot at full NFL ownership.

It turned out to be arguably the most important decision in Jacksonville’s relatively brief football history.

The 73-year-old Khan has lifted the small-market franchise out of the league’s relocation realm and carried it to new heights both on and off the field. During his dozen years as owner, Khan has committed more than $1 billion to keep the team in Jacksonville and forged a path toward long-term stability that includes a downtown makeover the likes of which no one could have imagined a decade ago.

In short, he saved the Jags — at least from being elsewhere by now. Los Angeles? St. Louis? Oakland? San Diego? Toronto? London? The Jaguars almost certainly would be in one of those cities — or well on their way — had Khan not bought the team from Wayne Weaver.

Rich McKay, Atlanta Falcons CEO and Competition Committee Chairman, addresses reporters about rules changes at the NFL owners meetings, Monday, March 25, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

“It’s anyone’s guess, but it was the No. 1 candidate for relocation at that point,” Khan told The Associated Press. “No. 1, and obviously three teams have moved since then.

“The buyers who had an interest, I don’t believe any of them had an interest in keeping it in Jacksonville. The team had been for sale for at least five years before that, maybe more.”

The Jaguars also were working toward playing as many as three games a year in Orlando when Khan took over. Since then, Khan has spent millions to upgrade every aspect of the floundering franchise.

He removed tarps and installed mammoth scoreboards, pools and cabanas inside the stadium. He remodeled locker rooms, weight rooms and club seats, and made the Jaguars an international brand by playing one game a year in London — a once-mocked move that became so profitable and popular that other teams are now jockeying for position in foreign markets.

“You don’t do the type of stuff that’s he’s doing, you don’t invest the type of money that he’s investing if you’re planning to leave,” Jaguars team president Mark Lamping said. “One day we’ll be judged fully by our actions.”

Khan doesn’t seem to get enough credit for all he’s done for the Jaguars. Sure, there were plenty of rough patches during his first decade, most notably the failed NFL tenure of coach Urban Meyer or bringing top executive Tom Coughlin in only to see his return end with a public condemnation from the NFL Players Association.

But Khan has taken a moribund franchise and made it, well, no longer the laughingstock of the league.

“I’ve kind of learned in life that you keep your nose to the grindstone and eventually perception catches up with reality,” said Khan, who also owns Fulham FC in the English Premier League. “That’s exactly what we’re doing. Some of the teams that have been sold (recently), the new owners asked me about the things I’ve learned.

“I understood business and we dealt with that. But then football is harder. How do you get the three critical elements right?”

It took Khan several tries and some luck to land quarterback Trevor Lawrence, head coach Doug Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke — a trio he playfully equates to “cracking the code.”

The Jaguars won the AFC South for the second time in five years in 2022 and then returned 20 of 22 starters for what they hope will lead to a deeper playoff run. In the midst of the team’s most successful stretch in two decades, the Jaguars opened a $120 million facility and unveiled conceptual designs for a “stadium of the future.”

The $1.4 billion project, which includes a 62,000-seat, open-air stadium under a translucent covering that’s the equivalent of “wearing shades in the sun,” would tie the team to Jacksonville for decades.

The venture also includes a substantial development of the surrounding area that would bring the total cost to roughly $2 billion. It still requires approval from the city council — negotiations began last month — but the Jaguars are using a 50-50 financial contribution model similar to one that worked in getting other proposals passed.

The Jaguars hope to have approval in time to make a formal presentation to NFL owners in May.

Add in an already-underway shipyards project that includes a Khan-owned Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, a modern museum, a six-story office building and a marina, and the sightlines from EverBank Stadium are undergoing a landmark transformation.

“It can be something that can define the city, a focal point,” Khan said. “There have been iconic structures over time. Look at what the Eiffel Tower did for Paris, the Sydney Opera House, even the Empire State Building in New York City.

“We need a symbol. And the Jaguars are part of it but frankly a very small part of it. I think it’s more important for the city to have something that defines it.”

Khan and the Jaguars (2-2) are currently in London for their second of back-to-back games, a first in league history. They play red-hot Buffalo (3-1) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, and no one should be surprised to see a sizeable number of Jags jerseys in the stands.

“No one knew who Jacksonville was internationally until Shad starting playing football in London,” said former Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, who left office in July. “That’s indisputable. … He’s putting Jacksonville on the map in a way that people don’t understand right now.

“I’ll probably be an old man when people fully understand it, but we’ll experience it way before then. My kids will look back on this era and understand what Shad did for Jacksonville.”

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Shad Khan reflects on ten years as Jaguars owner

Shad Khan talks about ownership of Jaguars at ten years (Brent Martineau)

Jacksonville, Fl — At age 13, Shad Khan hitch-hiked from Pakistan through Iran and Iraq with a group of Boy Scouts. At age 16, Khan arrived in the United States without knowing anyone or the direction his life might lead.

Now 71, Khan has made himself into one of the richest men in the world and for the last decade, the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In Jacksonville, most know his story of success. Also in Jacksonville, die hard Jaguars fans wonder if sustainable success will ever happen for the franchise Khan owns.

On Monday night, the eve of Khan’s 10 year anniversary of owning the Jaguars, Khan reflected on the last decade in Jacksonville. He reiterated his hope to help elevate the city to new heights and bring a Super Bowl to Jags fans. Khan met with a group of local media aboard his almost $200 million yacht, The Kismet, in an informal question and answer session.

While there is a frustration over the football losses, Khan’s excitement for the City of Jacksonville and its potential continues to be palpable. “There’s a vacuum here, there’s a football team here and as an owner I can move the needle,” said Khan. “How many times do you get a chance to move a needle in a good way in a great American city, very rarely. That’s the power here.”

Khan defines his greatest success in the last ten years as supporting the passing of a Human Rights Ordinance (HRO) in Jacksonville. “If we had won the Super Bowl, I told the players that, it would still be the number two thing for me,” said Khan.

“Because of what the team and players did to put us in a position to get enough votes to get HRO passed.” Khan has been the catalyst for downtown development. The St. Johns River, northeast Florida, an international airport and other features of Jacksonville make the River City into a canvas ready to be redefined for a visionary. Khan believes in the picture Jacksonville can paint. “I think the city needs aspiration,” said Khan.

“You are defined by the best experience in town and the worst experience in town and we need to elevate the best experience in town.”

In October, the Jacksonville Shipyards project was approved. Phase I will include a marina, a Four Seasons Hotel, a restored Met Park and office building space.

The momentum of downtown and investments of Khan into the stadium and surrounding areas have squashed national narratives of the franchise moving. “I never started that rumor,” said Khan.

When asked if he’s proud of helping stop the narrative, Khan sternly said, “It’s not important to me at all. You believe what you’re going to believe.”

The next step in stability for the Jaguars franchise will be a renovation of the stadium they have called home since the birth of the team in 1995. While a new stadium renovation is not imminent, communications with the city have started. “Don’t think for a moment the path to keeping a team in the city is team performance,” said Jaguars President Mark Lamping, also in attendance Monday night. “Winning is the most important thing but it’s not the only thing. Shad is not behaving like an owner that is moving, we’ve seen people behave that way and Shad is not.” Since Khan bought the Jaguars in 2011, the Rams, Raiders and Chargers have all relocated to new cities due to stadium issues. “We have to have a stadium that not only keeps Florida-Georgia (annual college game in Jacksonville),” said Khan.

“The college playoff is going to be expanding. We need to have a stadium that qualifies for that.” The team currently playing inside the stadium is struggling again with Khan as owner.

In the last decade, the Jaguars record is 41-116. Notably, the Jaguars did reach the AFC Championship during the 2017 season, but the other seasons have been dismal including this 2-11 campaign under Urban Meyer.

Khan has been known for his patience as an owner in the last decade. He is more involved than most know including attending Saturday night team meetings, communicating with coaches, and has an open line with players. “I want to do the right thing for the team. I want to do the right thing for the city,” said Khan on Monday. “That, to me, is way more important than acting helter-skelter on emotion.” Meyer is a polarizing figure. The head coach has come under fire for much of his entire first season in the NFL and most recently over the weekend amid reports of dysfunction inside the building. “What concerns me is wins and losses,” said Khan.

“What’s different about this thing is - you have losses and you have drama. “In the past, it was like you were, quote, the lowly jaguars and everyone left you alone,” Khan said. “Now, the scrutiny we have is really something different and how much of that is we’re bringing it upon ourselves, how much of that is deserved, and how much of that is he won wherever he was and this is something he’s never dealt with. “When you win in football, you create enemies. The only way you can really deal with that is you have to win again.” Khan likes to win. He wants to win. He knows the fans in Jacksonville have endured a lot over the last decade. “I feel the (fans) pain, you know,” Khan said. “I know it because I’m living it. We’re going to do better.”

The next decade for the Jaguars owner starts on Sunday in Jacksonville as the Jaguars play the Houston Texans at 1pm on CBS47.

On the Kismet On Dec. 13, 2021, the eve of Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan's 10-year anniversary of owning the team, he reflected on the last decade in Jacksonville. Khan met with a group of local media aboard his almost $200 million yacht, The Kismet, in an informal question and answer session. These photos show an inside look of the yacht located in downtown Jacksonville.

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