Adam Banks
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Visa Europe
Overview
The Bloomberg Sports Business Summit brings together the commissioners, team owners, players and bankers who drive the business of sports. The program will cover stadium finance, broadcast rights, league strategy, and the politics behind bidding for a team. How is Wall Street strategy changing the business of sports? Sports M&A: what teams are in play? Stadium Finance: How to build it? Will they come? From buying to growing revenue and selling teams the Bloomberg Sports Business Summit will look at the money behind the game.
Agenda
FINAL PROGRAM AGENDA
| 8:00 am | PARTICIPANT CHECK-IN & BREAKFAST |
| 8:30 am | WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Bill Squadron, Head of Bloomberg Sports, Bloomberg L.P. Peter T. Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg L.P. Emcee: Dominic Chu, Markets Reporter, Bloomberg Television |
| 8:35 am | THE OWNERS BOX: BUYING & BUILDING A FRANCHISE When leaders in real estate, private equity, tech and finance buy in they bring more to the table than just the love of the game. What goes into buying and building a winning team? How are owners driving strategy? What are the politics behind the game? How are cities luring teams? What are the economics of keeping a team to the city? What is the outlook for stadium upgrades? What are the challenges to city finance of new stadiums? How are teams winning buy-in from fans? How are owners building franchise value? How are owners leveraging broadcast rights? How do team owners balance relationships with leagues? What is the expected return on investment? What is the exit strategy? VIDEO Speakers: Mark L. Attanasio, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Crescent Capital Group; Chairman and Principal Owner, Milwaukee Brewers Joe Lacob, Co-Executive Chairman and CEO, Golden State Warriors; Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Steve Pagliuca, Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC; Co-Owner and Managing General Partner, Boston Celtics Stephen M. Ross, Chairman, CEO and Founder, Related Companies; Chairman and Managing General Partner, Miami Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium Interviewed by: Stephanie Ruhle, Co-Host, “Market Makers”, Bloomberg Television |
| 9:10 am | BIDDING FOR THE DODGERS & THE ROAD AHEAD It was history in the making and, at $2 billion, it became the highest price tag ever paid for a major U.S. professional sports franchise. Team owner Frank McCourt put the Dodgers into bankruptcy after claiming baseball Commissioner Bud Selig forced the team into a cash crisis by rejecting a new contract with News Corp.’s Fox Sports, holder of the club’s TV rights through the 2013 season. The Dodgers were put up for sale last November and garnered more than 10 bids, including offers from Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner Mark Cuban, Stan Kroenke, who owns the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams and Arsenal of English soccer’s Premier League, and a group led by SAC Capital Advisors’ Steven A. Cohen. Ultimately a group that included Guggenheim Partners, its top executive Mark Walter, and ex-basketball player Magic Johnson beat out the other offers. What is the strategy to get the team back in the black? Was $2 billion the right price? What are the challenges ahead? What is the return on investment? VIDEO Speakers: Bruce Bennett, Partner, Jones Day Lee H. Berke, President and CEO, LHB Sports, Entertainment & Media, Inc. Stan Kasten, President and CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers Interviewed by: William D. Cohan, Columnist, Bloomberg View; Author, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World |
| 9:45 am | THE SPORTS GROWTH STRATEGY With escalating payroll and arena costs, management is pushing for more revenue growth. The most profitable franchises help carry lagging franchises by distributing profits across the league. What are the factors affecting short-term and long-term growth? What are the challenges of balancing payroll obligations while recruiting top talent? What is the outlook for revenue growth? What are the biggest growth markets? What are the biggest headwinds and tailwinds to franchise and revenue growth in the sports industry? VIDEO Speakers: David Montgomery, General Partner, President and CEO, Philadelphia Phillies Jeff Moorad, Former Vice Chairman and CEO, San Diego Padres; Former General Partner and CEO, Arizona Diamondbacks Steven Raab, President, SNY Lucinda K. Treat, EVP, Business Operations and Strategy, Palace Sports & Entertainment Interviewed by: Michael McKee, Economics Editor, Bloomberg Television & Radio; Co-Host, "Bloomberg on the Economy", Bloomberg Radio |
| 10:10 am | BUYING & SELLING TEAMS: WHEN WALL STREET BUYS IN When Wall Street sets its sites on buying a stake in a team, it raises the art of dealmaking to another level. Membership in the owners’ club can open doors and give team owners an edge on the street. How do buyers bring together a team of partners and put together a winning bid? How does the bidding process differ from Wall Street protocol? What kind of liquidity must buyers bring to the table? How are teams valued? What is the optimal exit strategy? What are the challenges around arena upgrades? What is driving the appetite for team ownership on Wall Street? VIDEO Speakers: David S. Blitzer, Senior Managing Director and Head of Tactical Opportunities, Blackstone; Co-Owner, Philadelphia 76ers Bob DuPuy, Senior Adviser, Evolution Media Capital (EMC); Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Major League Baseball (MLB Joseph M. Leccese, Chairman and Co-Head, Sports Law Group, Proskauer Rose LLP Marc A. Utay, Managing Partner, Clarion Capital Partners, LLC Interviewed by: Cristina Alesci, Private Equity Reporter, Bloomberg News & Bloomberg Television |
| 10:35 am | THE NBA STRATEGY SESSION Commissioner David Stern has said that the latest contract with the National Basketball Players Association should put the league’s 30 franchises on the path to profitability within two years. The NBA lockout last year resulted in an agreement that gives 50 percent of revenue to the players, down from 57 percent. The league brings in more than $4 billion in annual revenue. What is the strategy for the league’s money-losing teams to make a turnaround? What were the lessons from the lockout? What is the outlook for revenue growth? What is the NBA’s international strategy? VIDEO David J. Stern, Commissioner, National Basketball Association (NBA) Interviewed by: Scott Soshnick, Sports Business Reporter, Bloomberg News |
| 11:00 am | AT THE TABLE WITH THE PLAYERS' UNION Negotiations are underway with the National Hockey League and its players’ union. The National Basketball Association negotiated through a lockout last season a 10-year agreement with the players’ union, which includes increased revenue sharing and an increased tax on teams that exceed a salary cap. The National Football League players also accepted a reduced percentage of revenue in their most recent labor talks, which also came amid a lockout. How much are unions prepared to give up? How will contract duration be affected? What will be the impact of the luxury tax and salary caps? How much do the lockouts cost the league? What is the expected outcome of the NHL negotiations? How are broadcast contracts coming into play? How will recent negotiations impact Major League Baseball when the contract with its union comes up in 2016? VIDEO Speakers: Pat Garrity, Former Secretary and Treasurer, National Basketball Players Association; Former Player, Orlando Magic Russell T. Granik, Vice Chairman, Galatioto Sports Partners LLC; Former Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer, National Basketball Association (NBA) David Prouty, Chief Labor Counsel, Major League Baseball Players Association DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFL Players Association Interviewed by: Dominic Chu, Markets Reporter, Bloomberg Television |
| 11:30 am | BANKING ON BROADCAST, LICENSING, FANTASY, DIGITAL & GAMING RIGHTS Broadcast rights are center court in any sports business revenue model and major broadcast networks count on sports programming to draw coveted DVR resistant viewers between the ages of 18 to 49. Everything from labor disputes to broadcast contract negotiations can impact a season to the downside. At the end of the day it is about the ratings and the paying customers. NBC paid $1.18 billion for the rights to the London Olympics which drew 219.4 million U.S. viewers, overtaking the 215 million people that tuned in to the 2008 games in Beijing to become the nation’s most watched television event ever. NBC sold about $1.25 billion in advertising, beating the $850 million for the 2008 Olympics. Was the Olympics a revenue win for NBC? What are the most profitable sports broadcast events? What is the outlook for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL seasons? The U.S. Open Tennis? What goes into grabbing eyeballs, acquiring affiliates and winning the ratings game? What are the next billion-dollar broadcast deals? How do licensing, fantasy, digital and gaming rights come into play and what can they be worth? What is the outlook for the fall season? VIDEO Speakers: Chris Bevilacqua, Co-Founder, Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures (BHV) Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBC Sports Group David Levy, President, Turner Sales, Distribution & Sports, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Adam Silver, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer, National Basketball Association (NBA) Interviewed by: Bill Squadron, Head of Bloomberg Sports, Bloomberg L.P. |
| 12:05 pm | NFL SEASON KICKOFF & GAME PLAN The National Football League’s 2012 season kicks off with the Cowboys taking on defending Super Bowl champion Giants at MetLife Stadium on September 5th. The NFL is the most-watched U.S. sports league. Under its most recent deals, the NFL will reap about $6 billion a year from CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN, and DirecTV, which pays $1 billion per year to offer every Sunday game live on a $200 pay package. A nine-year CBS deal starting in the 2014 season will bring in $9.5 billion and NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” prime-time broadcast was the most-watched show of the past season. The league recently reached agreement with Cablevision Systems Corp. to carry the league-owned NFL Network and RedZone channel and is continuing to negotiate contract terms with Time Warner. Comprised of 32 teams, the National Football League players accepted a reduced percentage of revenue in their most recent labor talks, which came amid a lockout. What is the outlook for revenue for the 2012 season? What challenges lie ahead for the NFL Network? What is the expectation for ad revenue? What is the international growth strategy? VIDEO Roger Goodell, Commissioner, National Football League (NFL) Interviewed by: Scott Soshnick, Sports Business Reporter, Bloomberg News |
| 12:30 pm | LUNCH |
| 1:30 pm | WELCOME BACK REMARKS |
| 1:35 pm | THE BUSINESS OF FAST CARS NASCAR is the second most watched sport after the NFL. Viewership got a promising bounce last year after a steady decline since 2005 just in time for NASCAR to renegotiate TV rights with Fox, ESPN and Turner before they expire in 2014. The popularity of the sport brought the ‘NASCAR dad’ into the political fold during the 2004 Presidential race and this year Mitt Romney again shined the political spotlight on the sport when he said, “Some of my friends own NASCAR teams.” How much can election years infuse new ad revenue into NASCAR programming? Are NASCAR’s TV rights up for grabs? How is NASCAR monetizing its digital business? Are viewers and sponsorship dollars coming back to NASCAR? How much is Danica Patrick driving NASCAR ratings? How valuable is Dale Earnhardt Jr. to NASCAR? What is the outlook for sponsorship revenue and broadcast deals? How valuable are NASCAR’s most valuable teams like Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing? How big can they get? VIDEO Brian Z. France, Chairman, and CEO, NASCAR Interviewed by: Betty Liu, Anchor, “In the Loop with Betty Liu”, Bloomberg Television |
| 2:00 pm | OUTLOOK FOR SPORTS M&A Which teams might be in play? Which owners may be looking for an exit strategy? What are the exit options? What is the expectation that more teams will follow Manchester United’s lead by going public? How are owners building billion dollar sports conglomerates, buying baseball, football, basketball teams and arenas in different markets and in the same market? What sports conglomerates are poised to get bigger? Which groups may be looking to sell off teams? VIDEO Speakers: Charles H. Baker, Partner, Global Sports, Media & Entertainment, DLA Piper Robert L. Caporale, Chairman, Game Plan LLC Scott T. Milleisen, Managing Director and Head of Sports Finance Group, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Casey Wasserman, Chairman and CEO, Wasserman Media Group Interviewed by: Matt Miller, Anchor, "Bloomberg Rewind", Bloomberg Television |
| 2:30 pm | PUTTNG A PRICE ON THE TEAM The $2.1 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the highest price ever paid for a professional sports franchise. Until Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Partners took the winning bid for the Dodgers, the record price paid for a professional sports franchise had been held by Manchester United, a team the Glazer family purchased for $1.47 billion in 2005. Other notable sales include the $1.1 billion dollars paid in 2008 for the Miami Dolphins by Stephen Ross, the $800 million paid for the San Diego Padres by a group led by John Fowler, the $770 million paid for the Jacksonville Jaguars by Shahid Khan earlier this year. Broadcasts right play very much into pricing the team. With broadcast rights at a premium for live events, how high will buyers go when it comes to pricing a team? What other factors play into pricing a team? Which teams have had the biggest growth in value? What are the most valuable teams worth? VIDEO Speakers: Leo Hindery, Jr., Managing Partner, InterMedia Partners, LP Joseph Ravitch, Co-Founder and Partner, The Raine Group LLC Rob Tilliss, CEO and Managing Partner, Inner Circle Sports LLC Interviewed by: John McCorry, Executive Editor, Americas, Bloomberg News |
| 3:00 pm | FIELD OF DREAMS: FINANCING THE STADIUM U.S. cities owe at least $10 billion combined for professional sports venues, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The 49ers are the first National Football League franchise to receive support from a new stadium fund included in the collective bargaining agreement signed last year by owners and players. A $200 million loan will help cover an estimated $1.18 billion in construction costs for the San Francisco 49ers’ proposed Santa Clara stadium while the rest will come from a $950 million loan to the city from firms led by Goldman Sachs. The city is relying on projected stadium revenue, including the sale of naming rights and personal-seat licenses to repay the loan. How much should financing a stadium fall on the league and private investors? How much should come from public money? What is the real return on investment for tax payers? What is the economic impact of a stadium on a city? What is the outlook for stadium spending and upgrades? VIDEO Speakers: Gregory A. Ballard, Mayor, City of Indianapolis Gregory B. Carey, Chairman, Public Sector and Infrastructure Group, Goldman Sachs Jay Cross, President, Related Hudson Yards; Former President, New York Jets LLC Jed York, Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco 49ers Interviewed by: Aaron Kuriloff, Sports Finance Reporter, Bloomberg News |
| 3:30 pm | MLS, FIFA & THE CUP Soccer is a global game and the sport boasts some of the world’s most valuable franchises. Manchester United Plc, the world’s most popular club, raised $233.3 million in its U.S. initial public offering. The IPO price gave the Glazer family’s team an enterprise value of $2.9 billion, about $1 billion more than the value of Spain’s Real Madrid. Real Madrid, the Spanish soccer club founded in 1902 that has a record nine European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, is the second-most valuable sports franchise at $1.88 billion, according to Forbes. ESPN holds U.S. broadcast rights to soccer's European Championship in 2012 and 2016 and U.S. English-language rights to Brazil’s World Cup in 2014. Fox and Telemundo paid $1 billion for FIFA’s rights to the 2018 and 2022 events. What is the U.S. and global growth strategy for soccer? How are stars like David Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls and Landon Donovan, the career scoring leader for the U.S. national team bringing in sponsorships? What is the outlook for FIFA and the World Cup? VIDEO Speakers: Don Garber, Commissioner, Major League Soccer; Chief Executive Officer, Soccer United Marketing Mark Pannes, Chief Executive Officer, AS Roma Interviewed by: Romesh Ratnesar, Deputy Editor and International Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek |
| 4:00 pm | NCAA: MONETIZING COLLEGE SPORTS Some conferences and big schools are benefiting from consolidation. With “super-conference” alignment, the rise of conference networks, conference championships, and IMG’s $350 million worth of acquisitions in the college space, the biggest growth market could be in college sports. The National Collegiate Athletic Association expected to bring in $777 million for the 2011-12 academic year. Ninety percent of that was expected to come from the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship’s 14-year, $10.8 billion broadcast contract with Turner Broadcasting and CBS Sports. The Big 12 Conference this year signed a media rights agreement with ESPN and Fox that’s worth $2.6 billion over 13 years. That deal, worth $200 million annually through 2025, puts the Big 12’s college sports media deal at about the same level as that for the Pac-12, Southeastern and Big Ten conferences. VIDEO Speakers: Joseph A. Bailey, III, Managing Director, RSR Partners; Interim Commissioner, The BIG EAST Conference George Pyne, President, IMG Sports & Entertainment Harvey W. Schiller, Chairman and CEO, GlobalOptions Group; Former President, International Baseball Federation; Former Commissioner, Southeastern Conference (SEC) Jack Swarbrick, Vice President and Director of Athletics, University of Notre Dame Interviewed by: Mike Buteau, Sports Reporter, Bloomberg News |
| 4:30 pm | MOST VALUABLE FRANCHISES: TAPPING NEW REVENUE STREAMS The New York Yankees, who have won the World Series a record 27 times, are Major League Baseball’s most valuable team and the world’s third-most valuable sports franchise which Forbes valued at $1.85 billion before the Dodgers sale. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. owns the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, the most valuable team in the National Hockey League, as well as the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. Madison Square Garden Co. owns the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Rangers (NHL), the New York Liberty (WNBA), MSG Networks, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. What are the world’s most valuable franchises worth? How are the world’s most popular franchises tapping new revenue streams? What is the strategy for growth? Where are the opportunities in broadcast, digital and merchandise sales? Which teams are trending upward? VIDEO Speakers: Randy L. Levine, Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; President, New York Yankees Richard Peddie, Former President and CEO, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Hank Ratner, President and CEO, The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) Michael Rubin, Founder and CEO, Kynetic; Executive Chairman, Fanatics; Co-Owner, Philadelphia 76ers Interviewed by: Rick Horrow, Chairman, Horrow Sports Ventures; Contributing Editor and Host, “Sportfolio”, Bloomberg Television |
| 5:00 pm | CLOSING REMARKS & SUMMIT ADJOURNS RECEPTION SPONSORED BY THE TRI-STATE AREA AUDI DEALERS |
Speakers
Bill Squadron
Head of Bloomberg Sports
Bloomberg L.P.
Scott Soshnick
Sports Business Writer
Bloomberg News
Stephanie Ruhle
Co-Host, “Market Makers”
Bloomberg Television
Romesh Ratnesar
Deputy Editor and International Editor
Bloomberg Businessweek
Matt Miller
Anchor, “Bloomberg Rewind”
Bloomberg Television
Michael McKee
Economics Editor, Bloomberg Television & Bloomberg Radio
Co-Host, “Bloomberg On The Economy”, Bloomberg Radio
John McCorry
Executive Editor, Americas
Bloomberg News
Betty Liu
Anchor, “In the Loop with Betty Liu”
Bloomberg Television
Rick Horrow
Chairman, Horrow Sports Ventures
Contributing Editor and Host, “Sportfolio”, Bloomberg Television
William D. Cohan
Columnist, Bloomberg View
Author, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World
Dominic Chu
Markets Reporter
Bloomberg Television
Mike Buteau
Sports Reporter
Bloomberg News
Cristina Alesci
Private Equity Reporter
Bloomberg News & Bloomberg Television
Peter T. Grauer
Chairman
Bloomberg L.P.
Jed York
Chief Executive Officer
San Francisco 49ers
Casey Wasserman
Chairman and CEO
Wasserman Media Group
Marc A. Utay
Managing Partner
Clarion Capital Partners, LLC
Lucinda K. Treat
EVP, Business Operations and Strategy
Palace Sports & Entertainment
Rob Tilliss
CEO and Managing Partner
Inner Circle Sports LLC
Jack Swarbrick
Vice President and Director of Athletics
University of Notre Dame
David J. Stern
Commissioner
National Basketball Association (NBA)
DeMaurice Smith
Executive Director
NFL Players Association
Adam Silver
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer
National Basketball Association (NBA
Harvey W. Schiller
Chairman and CEO, GlobalOptions Group
Former President, International Baseball Federation
Former Commissioner, Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Michael Rubin
Founder and CEO, Kynetic
Executive Chairman, Fanatics
Co-Owner, Philadelphia 76ers
Stephen M. Ross
Chairman, CEO and Founder, Related Companies
Chairman and Managing General Partner, Miami Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium
Joseph Ravitch
Co-Founder and Partner
The Raine Group LLC
Hank Ratner
President and CEO
The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG)
Steven Raab
President
SNY
George Pyne
President
IMG Sports & Entertainment
David Prouty
Chief Labor Counsel
Major League Baseball Players Association
Richard A. Peddie
Former President and CEO
Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment Ltd.
Mark Pannes
Chief Executive Officer
AS Roma
Stephen Pagliuca
Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC
Co-Owner and Managing General Partner, Boston Celtics
Jeff Moorad
Former Vice Chairman and CEO, San Diego Padres
Former General Partner and CEO, Arizona Diamondbacks
David Montgomery
General Partner, President and CEO
Philadelphia Phillies
Scott T. Milleisen
Managing Director and Head of Sports Finance Group
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
David Levy
President, Turner Sales, Distribution & Sports
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Randy L. Levine
President, New York Yankees
Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Joseph M. Leccese
Chairman of the Firm and Co-Head, Sports Law Group
Proskauer Rose LLP
Mark Lazarus
Chairman
NBC Sports Group
Joe Lacob
Co-Executive Chairman and CEO
Golden State Warriors
Stan Kasten
President and CEO
Los Angeles Dodgers
Leo Hindery, Jr.
Managing Partner
InterMedia Partners, LP
Russell T. Granik
Vice Chairman, Galatioto Sports Partners LLC
Former Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer, National Basketball Association (NBA)
Roger Goodell
Commissioner
National Football League (NFL)
Pat Garrity
Former Secretary and Treasurer, National Basketball Players Association
Former Player, Orlando Magic
Don Garber
Commissioner, Major League Soccer (MLS)
CEO, Soccer United Marketing
Brian Z. France
Chairman and CEO
NASCAR
Bob DuPuy
Senior Advisor, Evolution Media Capital (EMC)
Former President and COO, Major League Baseball (MLB)
Jay Cross
President, Related Hudson Yards, Related Companies
Former President, New York Jets LLC
Gregory B. Carey
Chairman, Public Sector and Infrastructure Group
Goldman Sachs
Robert L. Caporale
Chairman
Game Plan LLC
David S. Blitzer
Senior Managing Director and Head of Tactical Opportunities
Blackstone
Chris Bevilacqua
Co-Founder
Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures
Lee H. Berke
President and CEO
LHB Sports, Entertainment & Media, Inc.
Bruce Bennett
Partner
Jones Day
Gregory A. Ballard
Mayor
City of Indianapolis, IN
Charles H. Baker
Partner, Global Sports, Media & Entertainment
DLA Piper
Joseph A. Bailey, III
Managing Director, RSR Partners
Interim Commissioner, The BIG EAST Conference
Mark L. Attanasio
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Crescent Capital Group
Chairman and Principal Owner, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
Aaron Kuriloff
Sports Finance Reporter
Bloomberg News
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Audi
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Details
INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS:
VENUE LOCATION:
Bryant Park Grill
25 West 40th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
New York, NY 10018
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES:
Please email Robin Wood to inquire about speaking opportunities on this year's program. Please include a bio of the the executive that you would like to suggest as a possible speaker.
PRESS QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES:
Please email Angela Martin with any press related questions.
Ideas
NBA Commissioner Stern on New Season, Strategy
September 6, 2012VIDEO
Warriors Are a `Break-Even Franchise,' Lacob Says
September 6, 2012VIDEO
Dodgers CEO Sees Return for Owners in Long Run
September 6, 2012VIDEO
Lacob: We Thought Warriors Were Undervalued Asset
September 6, 2012VIDEO
Kasten: We Wanted to Own and Run the Dodgers
September 6, 2012VIDEO
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