Washington Wizards and Capital Owners Ted Leonsis He will be interested in buying MLS’s DC United and MLB’s Washington Nationals at a meeting Wednesday. However, current owners must be willing to sell.
Mr. spoke at the game planning meeting held by CNBC and the Board of Directors. Leonsis Designate him to have a good relationship with Lenas, who owns the nationals.
“Tango requires two tangoes and they are not ready for sale,” NBC News reported.
Lerners put nationals on the market in 2022, but announced last year that they would not sell the franchise.
DC United fans have called for the ownership group of the football club, led by CEO Jason Levien, to sell the team after a series of failed seasons.
It is not clear whether the MLS franchise is on the market, although Mr. Leonsis He expressed his interest in franchise several times.
“I would buy Nationals, Orioles or DC Federations, put them on a platform, put them on a network, have a big data set, have a CFO, have a human resources department,” he told Front Office Sports in May. “I mean, that’s what media and tech companies do.”
gentlemen. Leonsis Since 1999, it has had the capital, the Wizards, and the Mystics of the WNBA (WNBA) since 2010.
“I think it’s going to be a mistake,” he said.
The 68-year-old said he visited several Premier League football teams on his trip to England and had considered bidding with Chelsea before changing his mind.
“I got home and said, ‘We can’t do that. It’s not true.’ I didn’t play football.”[The fans] To kill me, I will not be able to add value. ”
