Oscar De La Hoya, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions - new Houston owners/co-owners?

CL_2004 · Feb 2, 2008

LINK:
http://http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=Aqv8Qcnd7cNZayvCoj5Yigsmw7YF?slug=ki-goldenboy020108&pr

key points:

Schaefer said he receives business proposals every day – "some of which require careful evaluation but a lot of which end up right in the garbage can" – but said he was unable to find time for many of them.

[*]He conceded he is looking at the feasibility of Golden Boy acquiring an MLS franchise. He said he was trying to determine if the company opts to enter soccer whether it would be best to pursue the purchase of an existing MLS franchise or apply for an expansion franchise.

LINK 2:
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/blog/so...lt=Ai.CnDSHdGTbOMad4uKzCMQmw7YF?urn=sow,64839

400lb Gorilla · Feb 2, 2008

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Dibs!

Trevallion · Feb 2, 2008

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How much is De La Hoya worth?

Does he have enough assets to be Saint Louis' big money owner?

I suppose I could look, but I'll let someone else do the work. Thanks.

DonJuego · Feb 2, 2008

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It has been reported for some time now that De La Hoya and his GBP have been negotiating to purchase the Dynamo from AEG.

This article has no mention of that.

Could it mean that negotiations with AEG have failed?

The Square FC · Feb 2, 2008

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Hes got enough money. He made $50million in 2007 as a fighter (which doesn't include the money earned through his promotion company and previous earnings). I think he has plenty of money, and if not, he has plenty of friends with money.

trip76 · Feb 2, 2008

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GBP was started by Oscar de la Hoya, but Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley are also partners. plenty of wealth in the group.

RichardUK · Feb 3, 2008

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There's a 99% chance that this "MLS team" is Dynamo, right? He's a fan, and AEG is looking to offload Galaxy or Dynamo as the MLS requests. No capitalist worth his weight in gold is selling Galaxy, so Dynamo it is.

Right?

trip76 · Feb 3, 2008

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RichardUK said: ↑

There's a 99% chance that this "MLS team" is Dynamo, right? He's a fan, and AEG is looking to offload Galaxy or Dynamo as the MLS requests. No capitalist worth his weight in gold is selling Galaxy, so Dynamo it is.
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thats what the rumor mill is churning out. here's a longer thread on the topic:

https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=625421

houston_gunner · Feb 25, 2008

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I came home and found this news in the Houston Chronicle about the Dynamo's ownership future.

Golden Boy

newtex · Feb 25, 2008

New Investors for the Houston Dynamo

Houston Chronicle article

Boxer/promoter Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions shareholder Gabriel Brener are close to entering into a partnership with team investor-operator Anschutz Entertainment Group that will give the Major League Soccer newcomers “a major role” in the ownership of the two-time defending league champion Dynamo, an AEG spokesman confirmed Monday.

“We have been negotiating with Oscar and Gabriel, and those negotiations are quite far along,” AEG spokesman Michael Roth said. “Negotiations have been progressing quite rapidly in the past few days, and we believe when Oscar comes to town (Houston) to meet with us on Friday we could formalize and finalized the deal.”
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AEG will keep a share of ownership, likely at least 50% according to the article.

Soccerdude redded · Feb 25, 2008

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I am happy for the Houston fans,can't you see....

FC Dizzle · Feb 25, 2008

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newtex said: ↑

AEG will keep a share of ownership, likely at least 50% according to the article.
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I thought Don Garber said he wants each owner only owning 1 team. This isn't exactly it. But its a step I guess.

Spry · Feb 25, 2008

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And AEG is blasting ACDC's "Back in Black" all the way to the meeting.

dredgfan · Feb 25, 2008

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Houston DP in 60-90?

Stadium is final soon?

MLS likey new money!

FC Uptown · Feb 25, 2008

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You go Girl!

elcapitan2 · Feb 25, 2008

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It's amazing people were able to get in a few posts before that picture ended up in the thread

FC Uptown · Feb 25, 2008

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rhassoii said: ↑

It's amazing people were able to get in a few posts before that picture ended up in the thread
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Yeah, I was pretty quick on that, no?

dredgfan · Feb 25, 2008

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fo sho. well this thread is done. nothing more to see here. the rest is pure speculation and afterthought.

seahawkdad · Feb 25, 2008

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Hopefully not the afterthoughts brought on by that picture..

foozer · Feb 25, 2008

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When Red Bull bought the MetroStars, did they purchase the entire team? I seem to remember something about Red Bull Park being split 50/50; until Red Bull bought out AEG's share.

Sandon Mibut · Feb 25, 2008

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The 50/50 share w/ Red Bulls had to do with the stadium, which they were gonna split and share with AEG. The two sides couldn't agree on a blueprint (literally) and Red Bull decided to buy out AEG's share of Red Bull Park.

Sandon Mibut · Feb 25, 2008

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I find it interesting that AEG is only selling part of the team, especially since they and Garber have made it known they eventually want one ownership group per team.

I wonder if there will be another investor coming aboard to join Golden Boy.

Or, perhaps AEG doesn't want to disrupt the stadium plans by having the city now negoatiate with a new party so they figure they'll keep the majority of the Dynamo till all the negotiations with the stadium are done and all the documents are signed and then either sell the rest of the team to Golden Boy or a different investor.

Assuming AEG does divest itself completely of the Dynamo in the next year or two, that puts all eyes, in terms of this subject, on the Hunts and, most likely, the Columbus Crew. I wonder if there's a plan in the works for the Hunts to divest one of their teams and, if so, which one they're going to sell.

FC Uptown · Feb 25, 2008

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Two Hunt brothers - one works on the Crew mostly and the other with FCD. Hunts will always have those teams unless they sell.

Brener is the deep-pocketed invester in GoldenBoy and has real estate holdings.

alf · Feb 25, 2008

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FC Uptown said: ↑

Hunts will always have those teams unless they sell.
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Wow, you really went out on a limb with this statement, didn't you?

houston_gunner · Feb 25, 2008

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Golden Boy is going to teach Ricardo Clark how to use his fist instead of his feet when taking care of diver's