Beyond the decade, the top valuable sports brands in the Global have used their wealth and ties to other major assets to increase their sports holdings in everything from media to genuine ownership through other sports groups and stadium operations historically.
It is about packing with scale, diversification of taxes and tax exemptions (see the rear of the story to obtain a complete list of the maximum valuable sports empires).
The ideal boss: Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, value of $ 8. 4 billion. The Stan Kroenke empire began with the acquisition of the NBA NBA and Denver NBA Nuggets Colorado Avalanche in 2000, with the Pepsi Center, the sand shared by the groups, for 400 million combined dollars. A decade later, it acquired 60% that did not have Rams of the NFL, then in Saint -Louis, now in Los Angeles, in an agreement that edits the team at $ 750 million. The 3 groups now have a value of 5. 7 billion dollars combined through the estimation of Forbes.
Jerry Jones, a big proponent of the stadium allocation in Los Angeles, has the moment of the maximum valid gaming empire, worth $6. 9 billion. His trophy, the Dallas Cowboys, which he bought with the operating rights at Texas Stadium for $150 million in 1989, is the highest valuable gaming team on the planet, valued at $5. 5 billion. But Jones also owns more than a third of The Legends, a hotel and a stadium vending business that has deals with Kroenke’s maximum gaming properties. In addition, Jones generates a revenue stream related to the Star Game: the $1. 5 billion in Cowboys, combined commodities of genuine goods, head and practice in Frisco, Texas, and is the majority owner, with John Goff, of Complexity, an Egames, an Egames organization.
This trend will continue. In 2018, NFL owners voted to lift the league’s longstanding cross-ownership prohibition, meaning they are now free to own a professional sports team in a different city that has an NFL team. The NBA, MLB and the NHL already permitted an owner of one of their teams to be a controlling owner in the other leagues. Debt limits for owners have also recently been boosted, giving them more money to leverage their equity to build stadiums.
The last owner of the NFL, David Tepper, is mobilizing his billions. He paid $ 2. 3 billion last year for the Carolina Panthers. This week, MLS gave Tepper his 30th franchise in Charlotte for an expansion of up to $ 325 million.
The result: bifurcation between the richest sports and all will be expanded.
To compile our dashboard of maximum valuable sports empires, we have tested our database of the maximum valuable groups of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and football for other individuals or corporations whose assets in those groups were greater than $2 billion. Only those with the most interests in at least one team were eligible. For those who cut it, we appreciate your investments in your other sports properties. We’ve excluded the Paul G. Allen Trust, which had the Seattle Seahawks, the Portland Trail Blazers, and a minority stake in the Sounders of Seattle since Paul Allen’s death a little over a year ago because the assets are basically in a stop-a-wait-style style. If we had included Paul G. Allen Trust, he would have been ranked ninth with $4. 4 billion. Our empire tests are corporate prices (plus net debt) of all assets connected to the sport. The top ten sports assets with a combined price tag of $56 billion.
1. Kroenke Sports & Entertainment: 8. 4 billion dollars
Properties: Los Angeles Rams, Arsenal, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Mammoth, Altitude Sports
2. Jerry Jones: $6. 9 billion
Properties: Dallas Cowboys, Legends*, The Star, CompLexity Gaming
3. Fenway Sports Group: $6. 6 billion
Properties: Boston Red Sox, Liverpool, Nesn, Roush Fenway Racing, Fenway Sports Management
4. Yankee Global Enterprises: $ 6. 1 billion
Properties: New York Yankees, Legends*, Yes Network*, New York City FC*
5. Madison Square Garden Co: $ 5. 9 billion
Properties: New York Knicks, New York Rangers
6. Glazer family: $ 5. 2 billion
Properties: Manchester United, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7. City Football Group: $4. 8 billion
Properties: Manchester City, New York City FC, Melbourne City FC
8. Kraft Family: $4.5 billion
Properties: New England Patriots, New England Revolution, UFC*, Kraft Analytics Group
9. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment: $ 3. 6 billion
Properties: Toronto Raptors, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto FC, Toronto Argonauts
10. Benson family: $ 3. 5 billion
Properties: New Orleans, New Orleans Pélicans
* It has 50%