TEAMS
Sacramento Kings
■ Seller: Maloof family
■ Buyer: Vivek Ranadivé
■ Price: $534 million
Note: Less than two weeks after buying controlling interest, the Ranadivé Group purchased another 7 percent share to bring the total to 72 percent ownership of the team.
New Jersey Devils
■ Seller: Jeff Vanderbeek
■ Buyer: Josh Harris and David Blitzer
■ Price: $320 million
Florida Panthers
■ Seller: Cliff Viner
■ Buyer: Vincent Viola
■ Price: $250 million
Phoenix Coyotes
■ Seller: NHL
■ Buyer: Ice Arizona Acquisitions Co., a group headed by George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc
■ Price: $170 million
Columbus Crew
■ Seller: Hunt Sports Group
■ Buyer: Precourt Sports Ventures
■ Price: $68 million
Colorado Rockies
■ Seller: Molson Coors sold its 14.5 percent stake in the franchise.
■ Buyer: Arizona developer Jay Stein
Note: Sale ends the equity ownership the brewer has held in the club since the team’s inception in 1991.
Chivas USA
■ Seller: Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes
■ Buyer: MLS
Note: Published media reports listed the price of the sale, which closed in February, at $70 million. The league is actively looking to resell the club to a new ownership group.
OTHERS
IMG Worldwide*
■ Seller: Forstmann Little & Co.
■ Buyer: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment with private equity backer Silver Lake Partners
■ Price: $2.4 billion
Note: Auction was run by investment banks Evercore Partners and Morgan Stanley
Arbitron
■ Seller: Arbitron
■ Buyer: Nielsen Holdings
■ Price: $1.26 billion
Easton Baseball/Softball
■ Seller: Easton-Bell Sports
■ Buyer: Bauer Performance Sports
■ Price: $330 million
Outdoor Channel Holdings
■ Seller: Outdoor Channel Holdings
■ Buyer: Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
■ Price: $265 million
Harris Interactive
■ Seller: Harris Interactive
■ Buyer: Nielsen Holdings
■ Price: $116.6 million
Mervin Manufacturing
■ Seller: Quiksilver
■ Buyer: Extreme Holdings
■ Price: $58 million
Hawk Designs
■ Seller: Quiksilver
■ Buyer: Cherokee
■ Price: $19 million
Game On Sports
■ Seller: Game On Sports
■ Buyer: Lids Sports Group
■ Price: N/A
Digital Scout
■ Seller: Digital Scout
■ Buyer: PlayOn! Sports
■ Price: N/A
SportStream
■ Seller: SportStream (owned by Vulcan Capital and Trail Blazers Inc.)
■ Buyer: Facebook
■ Price: N/A
Sports Propaganda
■ Seller: Sports Propaganda
■ Buyer: That’s My Ticket
■ Price: N/A
Immagine & Sport
■ Seller: Immagine & Sport
■ Buyer: Repucom
■ Price: N/A
Nelligan Sports
■ Seller: Nelligan Sports
■ Buyer: Learfield Sports
Note: Providence Equity had acquired Learfield for more than $500 million in September 2013.
MERGERS
Omnicom Group and Publicis Groupe
■ Price: $35.1 billion
Note: The company will be called Publicis Omnicom Group
* Pending
Source: SportsBusiness Journal research
