Rogers, MLSE
Legacy, financial opportunity likely motivated Rogers for MLSE takeover: experts
Experts say rising team valuations and the desire to forge a legacy are likely at the heart of what motivated Rogers Communications Inc. executive chair Edward Rogers to bolster the company's portfolio of Toronto professional sports teams.
Ed Rogers positioned to have full reign over sports empire after MLSE deal
Ed Rogers will have achieved his desire of total power over MLSE if Rogers' deal to acquire Bell's 37.5% stake is completed.
Rogers wins over MLSE with no outside financing
Bell did not require Rogers to prearrange payment for the purchase of its stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment in a structure that is relatively common in large acquisitions
With NHL national rights up in 2026, could Amazon be the big winner after MLSE deal?
Rogers Communications' plan to buy out Bell's ownership share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment could become a big victory for an emerging power player on the sports media scene.
With NHL national rights up soon, is Amazon the big winner after MLSE deal?
The deal makes tech giant Amazon a strong favourite to land national NHL broadcast rights once the current deal with Rogers expires in less than two years, a sports management associate professor said Thursday.
With Rogers’s MLSE deal, Toronto just got less important
By next year, if you want to watch something other than a Rogers-owned-and-operated team in Toronto, you have two alternatives – the Professional Women’s Hockey League or a two-hour drive to Buffalo
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Rogers shoots, Rogers scores: How the MLSE deal happened
The sheet opened with a series of bullet points: Rogers’s RCI-B-T terms for the purchase of Bell’s BCE-T 37.5-per-cent stake ...
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 ...
What Rogers' Purchase of MLSE Will Mean for Raptors Fans
Despite Rogers' decision to buy out Bell's 37.5% stake in MLSE, the two telecommunication giants have agreed to keep their ...
Sports Business Journal3d
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 ...
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 ...
SportsPro2d
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.
‘A monopoly on Toronto sports’: MLSE deal gives Edward Rogers full control of city’s major sports teams
If its $4.7-billion deal to snap up Bell Canada’s 37.5 per cent stake in MLSE is completed, Rogers will control 75 per cent ...
After Rogers’ MLSE deal, Leafs-Raptors-Jays IPO close to a slam dunk, say analysts
In the meantime, Larry Tanenbaum, who owns the other 25 per cent of MLSE through Kilmer, remains chair of the MLSE board, ...