Salsa star Marc Anthony to hook Miami Dolphins?
Tags: Bon Jovi, Dwyane Wade, gloria estefan, H. Wayne Huizenga, Jennifer Lopez, jimmy buffett, Land Shark, Marc Anthony, Stephen Ross
| Friday 17 July 2009 12:50 pm
Update: Marc Anthony was introduced as the Miami Dolphins newest minority owner in New York this morning. In addition to his plunking down his and JLo’s hard-earned cash, he gets to sing the national anthem at the Oct. 12 Monday night home game.
We knew that Palm Beacher Stephen Ross, the new owner of the Miami Dolphins, has some sort of obsession with celebrities, but it’s getting ridiculous.
Word is that Ross, one of the country’s largest land developers, is trying to sell a piece of the football franchise to Miami Beach salsero Marc Anthony.
Like BFFs, Anthony and Ross arrive at Thursday's Univision Premios Juventud awards in Coral Gable
Whether Ross succeeded is unclear. Sources are playing it close to the vest. But Ross is wheeling out Anthony for a press conference in New York City Tuesday. There’s supposed to be a “major” announcement.
How major? Major enough to have NFL commish Roger Goodell sitting in.
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The Miami Herald reported this morning that Anthony toured Land Shark with four children Thursday.
If a deal is struck, Latin pop’s current golden tonsils, who’s married to actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, would join the Latin music golden couple of yesteryears, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, as minority owners. The Estefans signed on the dotted line in June.
Tropical troubadour Jimmy Buffett, also from Palm Beach, was the first to link his business interests to the team’s. In May, the stadium was renamed after Buffett’s Land Shark beer and he wrote a song glorifying the AFC East’s new juggernaut. But Buffett has yet to take Ross’ bait when it comes to plunking down his own cash.
And Ross’ gathering of celebrity owners/business associates may not be over. Ross has taken a financial hit in the real estate downturn, and he paid $1.1 billion for the team. So when the Dolphins played their post-season game in January, Ross was seen schmoozing singer Jon Bon Jovi and Miami Heat superhero Dwyane Wade in his 50-yard-line box.
Although the financial details of minority ownerships have been kept secret, Page2Live reported earlier this year that Ross was peddling them in 2 percent increments, each worth about $25 million. Minority owners rarely have much of an impact in the day-to-day running of sports franchises.
Former Fins owner H. Wayne Huizenga, a Stuart billionaire, also held on to shares of the team.
With the number of A-listers living around here, how much longer will it be before Ross hits up Donald Trump, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Barry Gibb or David Caruso?
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I smell desperation.
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He’s brilliant. He’s courting the Latino community. Ummmm, huh, where’s the team located? How can we get more people in the stands? I know, LATINOS!!!!!! Let’s expand our fan base to include more folks living in South Florida.
Quit with your latino community crap. It is white people that fill up the stands at football stadiums across the country. And most of the white people that fill up Landshark stadium on Sundays come from Broward, Palm Beach, and other areas outside of Miami. Latinos will only attend games if there is a big name latino PLAYING for the team, not owning. Do you think if Marc Anthony owned the team, he would be down on the field for all the people to see him and talk to him. He would be up in his box suite
Another real estate scammer going broke? He could care less about the Latin Investment angle, he just wants anyone’s money!
As an investor a 2% share for 25 million is a terrible investment. Most franchise owners only make huge profits when they sell the team, not running it annually and as a minority owner you can’t make/vote on any decisions that could affect your wallet in a postitive way. The other part is you usually can’t sell your shares to anyone not approved by the majority owners. So your 25mm is given to a board (think condo assn.) and you can’t get it back until they decide it is the right time and you may or may not get an annual ROI…….return on investment.
No thanks I’ll pass……BTW 4% on 25mm is a million dollars a year tax free if invested in municipal bonds which historically have never been defaulted on.
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