MLB Nationals owner dies

[LadyStanley]

Nationals owner Ted Lerner dies at 97 - Yahoo Sports

Lerner brought baseball back to Washington, D.C., in the mid-2000s.

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The above obituary give no information on succession.

Purchased team for $450m

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[LadyStanley]

Nats owner Ted Lerner dies at 97 of pneumonia

Ted Lerner, the billionaire real estate developer whose family bought the Washington Nationals in 2006, has died, the team announced Monday. He was 97.

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ESPN reports they started looking at selling team last year. Estimated value of $2B.

 

[StreetHawk]

Nats owner Ted Lerner dies at 97 of pneumonia

Ted Lerner, the billionaire real estate developer whose family bought the Washington Nationals in 2006, has died, the team announced Monday. He was 97.

www.espn.com

ESPN reports they started looking at selling team last year. Estimated value of $2B.

Bought the team when he was like 80.
Seems like they don’t want to keep it within the family. Nice appreciation from $450 mill to over $2 billion.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

They should sell to Monumental, and with it the new owners can make every effort to wrestle away the Nationals' TV rights from the Orioles and MASN for the network to be formerly known as NBC Sports Washington.

 

[LadyStanley]

The $2b may include stadium