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I haven't disliked the Rogers ownership of the Blue Jays, this is interesting.

https://www.tsn.ca/report-rogers-considering-selling-blue-jays-1.935709

They're going to do this after renaming the stadium to Rogers Center? It should be changed back to Skydome if they sell the Jays.

lolwut wrote:They're going to do this after renaming the stadium to Rogers Center? It should be changed back to Skydome if they sell the Jays.

It has been and will always be the SkyDome to me.

icoholic wrote:

lolwut wrote:They're going to do this after renaming the stadium to Rogers Center? It should be changed back to Skydome if they sell the Jays.

It has been and will always be the SkyDome to me.

It will be the Velveeta Centre if that's who pays but it will never officially be the Sky dome again unless Skyzone buys the naming rights.

Guessing those Billion Dollar deals to only broadcast MLB and Hockey games are now biting them in their butts.

The Marlins sold for $1.2bil, I can't imagine the Blue Jays are worth less.. They bought controlling interest for $165mil and the SkyDome for $25mil. They could get a solid return on investment.

Surely Rogers could just sell to MLSE, they keep half control, and Bell takes half control. Then you have the whole city of sports teams under one massive ownership group.

Kc17 wrote:Surely Rogers could just sell to MLSE, they keep half control, and Bell takes half control. Then you have the whole city of sports teams under one massive ownership group.

Great. Then we can add more TSN stations to cover the Bell Jays games. Of course this will come at a fee. Don't worry though; you'll still be forced to pay for stations where the NHL games are blacked out every night.

This can only be a good thing

I got a $20.

Brinbe wrote:This can only be a good thing

Yeah unless it's sold to someone who comes in demanding taxpayer money for a new stadium and/or renovations and starts to threaten to look at "other situations" in "other cities" after a bloodbath starts with city council. Rogers has pissed me off but atleast we know we have stable ownership with them. Everyone dreams of that single owner who loves the sport and would do anything and spend anything to win a championship but the reality is not a lot of those type of owners are around

Forbes values them at 1.3B. They can probably get closer to 1.5B, maybe more.

MavCarter wrote:

Brinbe wrote:This can only be a good thing

Yeah unless it's sold to someone who comes in demanding taxpayer money for a new stadium and/or renovations and starts to threaten to look at "other situations" in "other cities" after a bloodbath starts with city council. Rogers has pissed me off but atleast we know we have stable ownership with them. Everyone dreams of that single owner who loves the sport and would do anything and spend anything to win a championship but the reality is not a lof of those types of owners are around

You'd be pretty stupid to leave a marketplace this big. What city could you move it to with more potential than Toronto?

OakleyDokely wrote:

MavCarter wrote:

Brinbe wrote:This can only be a good thing

Yeah unless it's sold to someone who comes in demanding taxpayer money for a new stadium and/or renovations and starts to threaten to look at "other situations" in "other cities" after a bloodbath starts with city council. Rogers has pissed me off but atleast we know we have stable ownership with them. Everyone dreams of that single owner who loves the sport and would do anything and spend anything to win a championship but the reality is not a lof of those types of owners are around

You'd be pretty stupid to leave a marketplace this big. What city could you move it to with more potential than Toronto?

Not saying anyone would actually move it, i'm not saying a new (non-canadian) owner wouldn't threaten to move it either given how difficult the rogers centre situation is.

Brinbe wrote:This can only be a good thing

Playoffs twice since '93. Sell.


Never understood why the building rights couldn't have been Rogers Skydome or Scotiabank Raptors Outpost or whatever so the building identity has continuity. The Raps home will now always be the ACC. Might as well call it The Richer Than You Think Home of Air Canada Carter. Then that changes to Google Home of Air Canada Carter. Or Mingles.com Home of Air Canada Carter. Or Vince's Palace brought to you by Payday Loans fking people over since rules allowed loan sharks into the lending market without breaking kneecaps.

Bankai wrote:Guessing those Billion Dollar deals to only broadcast MLB and Hockey games are now biting them in their butts.

Good. I hope they go bankrupt.

They rip off people left right and centre. Karma is a ...

Baseball doesn't have a lot of corporate ownership. How many billionaires in Canada want to own a baseball team? Lets start there.

joshgc wrote:I got a $20.

If we get 1 million Canadians to chip in roughly $1000 each, we could be owners!

OakleyDokely wrote:Forbes values them at 1.3B. They can probably get closer to 1.5B, maybe more.

Does this include the Rogers Centre or just the team?

I hope Rogers sells asap. Terrible owners.

WuTang_OG wrote:

OakleyDokely wrote:Forbes values them at 1.3B. They can probably get closer to 1.5B, maybe more.

Does this include the Rogers Centre or just the team?

I hope Rogers sells asap. Terrible owners.

Includes the stadium which they value at around 230M