I don't know who this guy is, but he's likely a Hamilton guy. He briefly tells most of the Balsillie story with the NHL, but leaves out the Waterloo connection. Balsillie purchased land in the K-W/Cambridge area to potentially build an arena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCdlFRs_EVs
And in the early 1980s, the Kitchener Rockies?
https://www.therecord.com/sports-story/2569101-raising-the-roof-at-aud-not-a-novel-idea/