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What Rogers' Purchase of MLSE Will Mean for Raptors Fans
Jack Armstrong isn't going anywhere.Despite Rogers' decision to buy out Bell's 37.5% stake in MLSE, the two telecommunication giants have agreed to keep their current division of television broadcast rights in place for the next 20 years.
Rogers To Become Majority Owner Of MLSE After $4.7B Buyout Of Bell
For over a decade, all of Toronto’s sport teams were owned by two telecommunications companies: Bell and Rogers. But that has changed with today's massive announcement.
Rogers buys out Bell's stake to become the largest owner in Canada's MLSE
Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) will buy Bell’s 37.5% ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) for C$4.7 billion, the company said on Wednesday. Rogers said financing for the stake purchase will not affect its debt leverage,
Rogers becomes largest owner of MLSE, buys Bell's 37.5% share for C$4.7B
Rogers Communications this morning announced it has signed an agreement to buy Bell’s 37.5% ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for C$4.7B.
Rogers buys Bell’s MLSE stake for CAN$4.7bn
The Canadian telecommunications giant will become the controlling owner of the multi-team corporation with a 75% stake.
What the Rogers takeover of MLSE means for the Maple Leafs, Raptors and TSN
Larry Tanenbaum owns 20% of MLSE after recently selling 5% to The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, a Canadian public pension fund. Reports have said Rogers and Bell had the right to buy out Tanenbaum’s stake in MLSE in 2026. That right presumably would now go to Rogers should the mega deal close next year.
Bell sells ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment; Rogers becomes majority owner
Rogers signed a deal to purchase Bell’s 37.5 percent ownership stake in MLSE, which owns the Maple Leafs and Raptors.
Rogers to buy out Bell’s share of MLSE for $4.7B
Rogers is buying out Bell's 37.5 per cent share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $4.7 billion, giving it 75 per cent ownership of the sports conglomerate.
Rogers buys out Bell in $4.7-billion takeover of MLSE
Rogers Communications now has a stranglehold on the sports market in the city having bought out Bell’s 37.5% stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for $4.7 billion. MLSE owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors, the Toronto Argonauts, Toronto FC and the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies.
Rogers Communications buys out Bell stake in Maple Leafs Sports for $3.5 billion
Rogers Communications Inc. is buying out Bell’s 37.5% share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $3.5 billion
Rogers Takes Control of Leafs, Raptors in $3.5 Billion Deal
Rogers Communications Inc. is buying BCE Inc.’s stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. for C$4.7 billion ($3.5 billion), giving the telecommunications firm control of Canada’s most valuable sports company.
Rogers wins over MLSE with no outside financing
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