NBA 扩军生变：拉斯里财团退出拉斯维加斯竞标 嫌百亿美元要价过高
位于内华达州克拉克县的拉斯维加斯，争夺 NBA 扩军球队的努力遭遇挫折。据《体育商业杂志》（Sports Business Journal）10月23日引述多名消息人士报道，由 Marc Lasry 与 Steve Apostolopoulos 组成的财团已实质退出竞标程序。
该财团此前对拉斯维加斯 NBA 特许经营权的出价约为90亿至95亿美元；联盟告知各竞标方，要价将涨至100亿美元以上，财团表示不愿加码，已通知联盟退出。消息人士称，这并非竞标的正式终结：若其他财团同样拒绝100亿美元，拉斯里一方仍可能回归，但其实质上已终结了追逐行动。
目前拉斯维加斯扩军竞标仅剩两家：Nancy Walton Laurie、Bill Laurie 与 Egon Durban 的联合体，以及 Bill Foley 与 Jerry Colangelo 的组合。接近其中一家竞标方的消息人士认为，联盟希望的报价接近110亿美元，另需约20亿美元新建球馆承诺，资金实力雄厚的沃尔顿-劳里-德班组合被视为领跑者。Lasry 曾是密尔沃基雄鹿队老板；Apostolopoulos 掌控地产公司 Triple Group、私募 Six Ventures 与金融科技公司 Caary。两人周五均未回应置评。
来源：GSM·美国
NBA Expansion: Lasry Group Effectively Drops Las Vegas Bid Over $10 Billion Price
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Las Vegas's pursuit of an NBA expansion team has suffered a setback. The ownership group led by Marc Lasry and Steve Apostolopoulos has effectively dropped out of the expansion process, Sports Business Journal reported on October 23, citing multiple sources.
The group had bid roughly $9 billion to $9.5 billion for a Las Vegas NBA franchise. After the league informed bidders that the price would rise to $10 billion or more, the group said it would not pad its bid and notified the league it was stepping back. Sources said the move is not the formal close of the bid — the group could still win the franchise if the others also refuse to reach $10 billion — but it essentially ends its pursuit.
That leaves two bidders in play: the Nancy Walton Laurie–Bill Laurie–Egon Durban conglomerate and the Bill Foley–Jerry Colangelo group. Sources close to one group believe the NBA wants a bid closer to $11 billion, plus about a $2 billion commitment to build a new arena, and industry insiders see the deep-pocketed Walton-Laurie-Durban bid as the front-runner. Lasry is a former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks; Apostolopoulos controls the real estate firm Triple Group of Companies, the private equity firm Six Ventures and the fintech company Caary. Neither man was available for comment on Friday.
Source: GSM·America
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