Purchase of Lakers exceeds a record for sale of franchises in the US.
The advertisement of the sale of Los Angeles Lakers re -brows the price of the price paid in the US professional leagues.
Another American sports franchise has been sold for another record price.
On Wednesday afternoon, it was learned that Mark Walter He had agreed to buy Los Angeles Lakers from the Buss family for the amazing sum of 10 billion dollars, Fuentes to Shams Charania de AM850.
It is the greatest sale of a professional sports franchise in the world; For clarity, the Boston Celtics were sold for six thousand 100 million dollars just a few months before.
The Lakers will not be Walter’s first incursion into the property of sports teams: in addition to being previously a minority shareholder of the Angelina Quinteta, it also has participations in Los Angeles Dodgers (Walter has been owned since 2012 as part of an investment group that includes the icon of the Lakers, Magic Johnson), Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, the Billie Jean Cup, the team Formula 1 Cadillac and the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
This agreement adds to the recent increase in franchise sales prices. Next, a list of some of the most expensive franchise acquisitions in American sport:
Boston Celtics
Sale price: 6,100 million dollars
Bill Chisholm, director of Symphony Technology Group, agreed to buy the Boston Celtics to the Grour family for six thousand 100 million dollars in March 2025.
This was the largest sale of an American sports franchise until that moment, exceeding the mark of the six thousand 50 million dollars established by the Washington Commanders In 2023. The agreement closed a year after the Celtics won the 2024 championship.
Washington Commanders
Sale price: 6,050 million dollars
This sale occurred after a period of turbulence and multiple investigations on the expropientary Dan Snyder, Who was fined 60 million dollars after lawyer Mary Jo White published her findings.
The new owners were a group led by Josh Harris, who, together with David Blitzer as part of the Harris-Blitzer Sports Entertainment group, also owns the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils.
The team ended the 2023-2024 season with a 4-13 record, but ended with a 12-5 record in the 2024-25 season after recruiting Jayden Daniels as his new field marshal.
Denver Broncos
Sale price: 4,650 million dollars
The purchase of the Broncos by the Walton-Ipenner group in 2022 for four thousand 650 million dollars marked the record sale price for a team of the NFLexceeding two billion dollars before the sale of the Commanders.
Previously, the expropientary of the Carolina Panthers, Jerry Richardson, sold his franchise to billionaire David Tepper for two thousand 275 million dollars in 2018.
Rob Walton’s net assets is 57 thousand 900 million dollars, according to Forbes. Her cousin and heiress of Walmart, Ann Walton, is the wife of Stan Kroenkeowner of the Los Angeles Rams.
Kroenke also owns three Colorado Sports Teams: the NBA Denver Nuggets, the Avalanche Colorado of the NHL and the Rapids Colorado of the MLS.
Phoenix Suns and Mercury
Sale price: 4000 million dollars
The combined sale, approved by the League in February, established a new record for the NBA franchises for more than 1,500 million dollars, compared to the sale price of the Brooklyn Nets in 2019.
The new owner, Matt Ishbia, played without a scholarship in Michigan State and was part of the Spartans team that won the National Championship in 2000.
New York Mets
Sale price: 2400 million dollars
The Mets They had the honor of having the sale of more expensive team in American sport until the arrival of the Broncos.
In 2020, the coverage fund manager Steve Cohen He bought the METS for two thousand 400 million dollars. The Los Angeles Dodgers previously held the record of the most expensive sale of a MLB team, sold for 2 billion dollars in 2012.
Cohen is the founder of Point 72 Asset Management and the already extinct SAC Capital Advisors.
Brooklyn Nets
Sale price: 2350 million dollars
In 2019, Alibaba’s co -founder, Joe Tsai, bought the Nets for two thousand 350 million dollars to the Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.
Tsai had already secured 49% of Prokhorov’s property in 2018, but accelerated the process to obtain total property. In addition to the then Brooklyn record purchase, Tsai also acquired the Barclays Center, the Nets stadium, in a transaction separated by approximately one billion dollars.
Brooklyn is not the only New York headquarters sports team that TSAI owns. He bought the franchise New York Liberty of the WNBA in January 2019.
Carolina Panthers
Sale price: 2,275 million dollars
Panthers went on sale after the 2017 season of the NFLafter accusations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior at work against Richardson.
Tepper, whose net assets amounts to 16,700 million dollars according to Forbes, bought the equipment for two thousand 275 million dollars. Before taking care of Carolina, Tepper had a 5% participation in the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The founder of Appaloosa also invested 325 million dollars in 2019 so that the MLS became its 30th team, the Charlotte FC.
Houston Rockets
Sale price: 2.2 billion dollars
The expropientary of the Rockets, Leslie Alexanderthe team sold to the Texan billionaire Tilman Fertitta for two thousand 200 million dollars in 2019.
Futtitta grew in Galveston, Texas, and was a usual assistant to Houston’s games before buying the franchise. According to its website, he is the only owner of Futtitta Entertainment, Owner of the Landry’s restaurant giant and the Golden Nugget casinos.
It also has its own television program on CNBC called “Million Dollar Buyer”.
