Louisville Metro Council members have been funding a behind-the-scenes push to lure a NBA team to the city, spending $60,000 to contract with attorney J. Bruce Miller to approach teams and potential investors.

In an interview Wednesday Miller said he has a majority investor interested in buying a franchise and moving the team here. He said 15 to 25 potential minority investors are also interested, but he wouldn?t name any of them.

?There?s only two ways to get this done: acquire an existing franchise or get an expansion franchise,? Miller said. ?You don?t get either one if you don?t have a behemoth investor. What?s different this time is we have our own billionaire ? who is among the richest people in the world.?

Louisville has a new NBA-ready facility.