DC sports activities mogul Ted Leonsis might purchase Washington Nationals: Report

Ted Leonsis, the proprietor of Washington's NBA, NHL, and WNBA groups, may very well be stepping as much as the plate within the bidding for the Washington Nationals.

Leonsis is among the many potential suitors of the MLB workforce, with entry to the Nationals' monetary knowledge by way of his Monumental Sports activities & Leisure firm, sources advised the Washington Publish, which famous that may be a important step in making ready a bid for a purchase order.

Monumental's platform owns 5 skilled sports activities groups already, together with the NBA's Washington Wizards, the NHL's Washington Capitals, and the WNBA's Washington Mystics.

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The Washington Nationals are at the moment owned by the Lerner household. In April, the household introduced it will be in search of new traders or promoting the workforce altogether. Forbes values the Nationals at $2 billion, the Twelfth-highest among the many MLB's 30-team roster.

Different bidders have emerged as within the workforce's sale, based on the Washington Publish. Stanley Intermediary and Michael Kim each have met with workforce officers.

Studies of Leonsis's potential acquisition of the workforce comes the identical day Monumental introduced in a launch that it had bought the complete fairness pursuits in NBC Sports activities Washington. Previous to the complete buy, the corporate owned 33%, acquired in 2016.