A nine-month saga got here to an in depth on Thursday morning when experiences surfaced of the Boston Celtics being bought to William Chisholm.
“The Boston Globe” reported that the managing director of Symphony Know-how Group had received the race for the Cs with a $6.1 billion bid.
When preliminary experiences of the group being listed on the market surfaced in June, many followers anxious that it might be troublesome for a brand new proprietor to fill the footwear of Wyc Grousbeck, who’s dedicated to profitable and undoubtedly bleeds inexperienced.
Solely time will inform, however Chisholm’s Massachusetts background is an early encouraging signal.
“Chisholm, a Dartmouth graduate, grew up in Georgetown, Mass., and is a longtime Celtics fan,” wrote Adam Himmelsbach.
Himmelsbach adopted up with extra data in a submit to X, saying that Chisholm sounds as dedicated to basketball in Boston as any billionaire on the market.
Up to date: A supply near William Chisholm stated the brand new Celtics proprietor intends to purchase a house in Boston, watches each sport, and has an “encyclopedic information” of the group.
Additionally, the brand new possession group contains Celtics minority proprietor Robert Hale.
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The Celtics’ sale comes forward of what may very well be the most costly season in franchise historical past, because the group faces as much as a $500 million dedication in wage/luxurious tax within the 2025-26 season.
That form of determine opens the door for a busy summer time if paying all of that dough isn’t within the new possession’s greatest curiosity.
As well as, Grousbeck is predicted to stay the group’s governor by the 2027-28 season. So, it’s robust to know precisely how quickly any penny (thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of {dollars}) pinching will start.
The $6.1 billion determine marks the most important for a sale in American sports activities historical past, surpassing the 2023 sale of the Washington Commanders.
