Les Seattle Seahawks, tout juste sacrés champions du Super Bowl, officiellement mis en vente

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Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl champion franchise officially up for sale by the Estate of Paul G. Allen
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Résumé exécutif

  • Les Seattle Seahawks sont officiellement mis en vente moins de deux semaines après avoir remporté le Super Bowl 60 à Santa Clara.
  • La succession de Paul G. Allen a engagé une procédure formelle de vente, conformément à sa volonté de céder ses actifs sportifs et d’orienter le produit de la cession vers la philanthropie.
  • La banque d’investissement Allen & Company et le cabinet d’avocats Latham & Watkins piloteront un processus de cession pluriannuel qui devrait atteindre un prix record pour une franchise NFL, tandis que l’équipe restera liée à Lumen Field et à Seattle.

Tout juste auréolés d’un deuxième trophée Lombardi et d’une parade qui a paralysé le centre-ville, les Seattle Seahawks sont soudain devenus l’actif le plus convoité du marché du sport. La succession de Paul G. Allen a lancé une procédure formelle de vente pour les champions en titre du Super Bowl, un geste sans précédent dans la NFL moderne et l’ultime chapitre du plan du défunt cofondateur de Microsoft, qui entendait liquider son empire sportif au profit de causes caritatives. Allen a racheté la franchise en 1997 pour un peu moins de 200 millions de dollars, l’empêchant de filer vers le sud de la Californie, et sous l’impulsion de Paul et Jody Allen, les Seahawks sont passés de parent pauvre de la ligue à prétendant quasi permanent et double vainqueur du Super Bowl.

La succession a mandaté Allen & Company et Latham & Watkins pour orchestrer l’opération, un processus qui, selon l’équipe, s’étendra jusqu’à l’intersaison 2026, avant que tout acquéreur ne soit examiné puis approuvé par au moins 24 des 32 propriétaires de la NFL. Les estimations publiques valorisent les Seahawks entre 6,6 et 7 milliards de dollars, et certaines projections post-titre poussent même le curseur vers les huit milliards de dollars, de quoi dépasser le montant payé pour les Washington Commanders et peut-être même rivaliser avec la référence des 10 milliards de dollars fixée par les Los Angeles Lakers. Avec un bail de longue durée à Lumen Field, des tribunes pleines depuis 2003 et le prochain cycle de droits médias de la NFL en ligne de mire, le futur propriétaire héritera d’un prétendant déjà armé, d’une ville totalement acquise à sa cause et de l’une des plateformes les plus puissantes de la ligue, à la fois pour le business et pour la philanthropie.

 

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