Career
He was an original director and one of the principal investors in Sage Telecom, a private, telecommunications company operating in eleven United States states. He was also chairman and sole owner of Stewart, Green Properties Limited., which owned a group of private companies specializing in the development and management of major shopping centers in Canada and the United States., owning and operating approximately 5,000,000 square feet (460,000 m2) of commercial real estate. Green, along with Harley Hotchkiss, Norman Kwong, Ralph Scurfield, Bachelor of Journalism Seaman, and Doc Seaman, was one of the original six owners of the National Hockey League franchise, the Calgary Flames.
They had bought the Atlanta Flames in 1979, moving it to Calgary, Canada shortly afterwards.
Green remained a co-owner until 1990. At the National Hockey League"s request, Green sold his shares with Calgary and bought the Minnesota North Stars in 1990, from George and Gordon Gund.
However, in 1993, he moved the North Stars to Dallas Texas, citing poor attendance, and it became the Dallas Stars Hockey club Green ran into financial problems stemming from his business ventures outside of hockey and was eventually forced to sell the Dallas Stars to Tom Hicks in 1996.
Green was chairman of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce in 1977 and renovated the former Oddfellows Temple that would become the Chamber"s new home. and of the Hockey Hall of Fame historical building in downtown Toronto In 1997.
He was an original director and one of the principal investors in Sage Telelcom, a private, telecommunications company. He was a director of Titanium Metals Corporation and the chairman and investor in Mirage Systems, and other smaller enterprises. After relocating the North Stars franchise to Dallas, the team"s unauthorized use of copyrighted photography owned by Minnesota photographer Frank Howard sparked a copyright infringement lawsuit that eventually led to a $65,000 settlement funded by Green.
A 1993 Sports Illustrated article stated Green was much reviled in Minnesota following the decision to move the team
A sexual harassment lawsuit had also been levied against Green. Green was a director of TIMET.