In 2011, Blitzer was a part of an investment group led by Josh Harris that purchased the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 280 million. Other notable members of the investment group were Art Wrubel, Jason Levien, Adam Aron, Martin J. Geller, David B. Heller, James Lassiter, Marc J. Leder, Michael G. Rubin, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Erick Thohir. In August 2013, Blitzer and Harris purchased the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL), including the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, for over $320 million. In 2014, Blitzer partnered led a investment group that purchased a 50% stake in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees;
