Nick Mileti

Nick James Mileti (born 22 April 1931) was during the 1970s the owner of the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Crusaders, and the Coliseum at Richfield.

He purchased the Coliseum and the Cleveland Barons in the late 1960's and then brought in the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers to help fill the Coliseum. In 1972 when the World Hockey Association started up, Mileti bought a franchise (Crusaders) and then moved the Barons to Jacksonville. The Barons folded in 1973-74. The Crusaders moved to become the Minnesota Fighting Saints in 1975 when the California Golden Seals moved in to become the Cleveland Barons (NHL).