{"id":478360,"date":"2025-08-13T20:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/nba-approves-record-sale-of-the-boston-celtics-for-us6-1-billion\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:54:52","slug":"nba-approves-record-sale-of-the-boston-celtics-for-us6-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/nba-approves-record-sale-of-the-boston-celtics-for-us6-1-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA approves record sale of the Boston Celtics for US$6.1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>BOSTON<\/strong>.\u2014 The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved this Wednesday the sale of the Boston Celtics to a group led by private equity magnate Bill Chisholm, in a deal that values the historic franchise at more than <strong>US$6.1 billion<\/strong>, the highest figure ever paid for a professional sports team in the United States.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/compran-los-portland-trail-blazers-de-la-nba-por-mas-de-4-000-millones-de-dolares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA bought for more than $4 billion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe transaction, which will close in the coming days, will give Chisholm control of <strong>51%<\/strong> of the team immediately, with the option to acquire the entirety in 2028, which would raise the total value of the deal to <strong>US$7.3 billion<\/strong>.\n\nThis move breaks the previous record of US$6.05 billion paid by the <strong>Washington Commanders<\/strong> of the NFL in 2023, and far surpasses the highest amount recorded in the NBA, the <strong>US$4.00 billion<\/strong> that Mat Ishbia paid for the <strong>Phoenix Suns<\/strong> that same year.\n\nBill Chisholm, originally from Massachusetts and a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is a managing partner at <strong>Symphony Technology Group<\/strong>, based in California. The new ownership group also includes Boston businessman <strong>Rob Hale<\/strong> \u2014current shareholder of the Celtics\u2014 and <strong>Bruce Beal Jr.<\/strong>\n\nThe now former owner Wyc Grousbeck led the acquisition of the team in 2002 for <strong>US$360 million<\/strong>, a stage in which the franchise won championships in <strong>2008<\/strong> and <strong>2024<\/strong>. With <strong>18 NBA titles<\/strong>, the Celtics are the most decorated team in league history.\n\nChisholm beat out at least two rival bids, including that of former Celtics minority partner <strong>Steve Pagliuca<\/strong>, who recently announced his intention to buy the <strong>Connecticut Sun<\/strong> WNBA franchise for <strong>US$325 million<\/strong> and move it to Boston, a move still subject to the approval of the WNBA Board of Governors.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON.\u2014 The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved this Wednesday the sale of the Boston Celtics to a group led by private equity magnate Bill Chisholm, in a deal that values the historic franchise at more than US$6.1 billion, the highest figure ever paid for a professional sports team in the United States. 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