The state of Connecticut enters the sun sales dance

At the beginning of August, it seemed that the sale of the sun was acting from a franchise residing in connection, to buy a minority shareholder of Celtics, Steve Pagleuuca, To move to Boston 2027. Years.

Since then, VNBA has annulled the sale and tribe Mohegan, which has a franchise, Look for a new investor. In addition to the proposal of Steve Pagliuc, two new offers appeared. On the one hand, Marc Lasri, former dollar owner, made a proposal to send a franchise of Hartford, Connecticut. On the other hand, VNBA offers 250 million dollars to continue franchise and send it to town to choose a large woman league.

However, ESPN reports To appear a new investor and only the state of Connecticut, which would aim become a minority shareholder of franchise. This offer made by the investment fund of the associated country would allow the judge to remain in Connecticut, but also evolves at Mohegan Sun Arena, located in Uncasville, but also on Peoplesbank Arena de Hartford, and currently in renovation. The state of Connecticut would like to maintain more and more solar games in this room, which has 16,000 seats, against 9,000 for Mohegan Sun Arena.

Calculation from VNBA

“I think the best place for sun connecticut because we have the best fans for women’s basketball” Explains the Governor, Susan Bisievicz. “We love Huskies (NCAA team), we love to look at the sun. Most of the sunbathers are examples for the community.” »

The state proposal Connecticut also includes funding a new training room, located in Hartford. Tribe Mohegan will study this offer, then will soon introduce VNBA to talk about all these options and finds the one that would suit the sunlight best.

This idea of ​​minority sales in the state of Connecticut could be the one who is most interested in Mohegan tribe. The latter Suspects for VNBA wants to buy a franchise up to $ 250 million to move it where it wants without collecting the cost of the location to the future customer.

Between Boston and Connecticuta

Currently if Mohegan Tribe first accepted the offer of Steve Pagliuca, the current team owners Rachid Mesiane IT Leila Lacan They can prefer an offer for a connection, which would not create movement in a franchise.

“Mohegan Tribe tries to maintain a franchise in the state and we want to continue them as partners” Pouit Susan Bisievicz. “From the beginning they were among the only ones who thought they would have a basketball team in the connection was a good idea.” »

If Mohegan Tribe still studies Steve Pagliuca, which would lead to the strokes in Boston, VNBA has already declared it again, stating that the city Massachusetts is not a priority for creating a franchise. Faced with this refusal, the owners of the sun could turn into Connecticut’s condition that currently represents the simplest possibility of purchase purchase to set up.