{"id":4815,"date":"2010-01-18T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/01\/major-deadline-in-wizards-sale-to-leonsis-on-wednesday.html"},"modified":"2010-01-18T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T17:29:00","slug":"major-deadline-in-wizards-sale-to-leonsis-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/01\/major-deadline-in-wizards-sale-to-leonsis-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Major deadline in Wizards sale to Leonsis on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/01\/17\/AR2010011703405.html\"><b>Deadline nears in sale talks for Wizards<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ted Leonsis<\/span> is negotiating with the heirs of <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Abe Pollin<\/span> to buy the majority of the Washington Wizards and Verizon Center. Wednesday is the primary deadline, although as explained in the article linked above, this isn&#8217;t the only opportunity for him to seal the deal. <\/p>\n<p>While fixing up the Wizards would be great, controlling Verizon Center is huge. Leonsis&#8217; Washington Capitals are tenants in the building. Not having control of things like club seats and ice conditions is tough on the franchise and Leonsis getting control would likely mitigate those issues and balance out the cash flow situation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the Wizards, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/01\/arenas-headline-i-should-have-written.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">I commented on Gilbert Arenas pleading guilty to felony gun charges<\/span><\/a> last week. On a brighter note, the Caps beat the Flyers yesterday, which <a href=\"http:\/\/lacouphauxer.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">I blogged about on La Coupe Hauxer<\/span><\/a>. The Caps are #1 in the East right now.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">PREVIOUSLY<\/span><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/\"><b>Ted Leonsis has right of first refusal to buy Wizards, Verizon Center<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>11.25.2009<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/TedLeonsis\" rel=\"tag\">TedLeonsis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonWizards\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Wizards<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonCapitals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/VerizonCenter\" rel=\"tag\">Verizon Center<\/a>,<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline nears in sale talks for Wizards &#8211; The PostTed Leonsis is negotiating with the heirs of Abe Pollin to buy the majority of the Washington Wizards and Verizon Center. Wednesday is the primary deadline, although as explained in the article linked above, this isn&#8217;t the only opportunity for him to seal the deal. 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