[5] He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a navigator on B-24 and B-29 bomber aircraft.
[5] Imperatore purchased the Colorado Rockies ice hockey team from Denver-based oilman Jack Vickers on July 12, 1978, with the intention of keeping the franchise in Denver before moving it east to the new arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex which was under construction and expected to be completed by 1980.
[9] Before he could complete the move to northern New Jersey, Imperatore sold the Rockies to Buffalo-based cable television magnate Peter Gilbert in a transaction that was unanimously approved by the NHL Board of Governors on February 10, 1981.
[10] In 1981 Imperatore purchased a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) length of waterfront in Weehawken and West New York from the bankrupt Penn Central railroad for $7.5 million.
[12] Imperatore was a resident of Fort Lee, New Jersey, living in a home that had been built by gangster Albert Anastasia and was later owned successively by real estate developer Del Webb and comedian Buddy Hackett.
[15] The Arthur E. Imperatore School of Sciences and Arts of Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, New Jersey, was named in his honor.