The Seattle Seahawks will be playing in the Super Bowl in just over a week. They could only be sold a short time later.
In just over a week it will happen. On the night of February 8th to 9th, the Seattle Seahawks will play against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX (from 12:30 a.m. in the live ticker).
But a short time later, the possible new NFL champion could be sold.
As “ESPN” has learned from league and ownership circles, the years of uncertainty about what will happen next for the team after the death of former owner Paul G. Allen in 2018 will likely end. Accordingly, sales discussions took place at league and owner level last week.
In 2018, Paul G. Allen died of complications related to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (lymph gland cancer, editor’s note), and since then the Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers from the NBA have been part of the Microsoft co-founder’s estate.
Will the franchise be sold after the Super Bowl?
His sister Jody Allen has assumed control of the teams as trustee, with her brother’s instructions to eventually sell both teams and donate the proceeds to charity.
An NFL spokesman declined to comment on the matter. A spokesman for Allen’s estate also declined to comment specifically, but stated that the team “is not for sale.”
“We have already stated that this will change at some point at Paul’s request, but I have no update on that. Our focus at this time is on winning the Super Bowl and completing the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers in the coming months,” it said.
If the Seahawks are actually sold, it would be the first time in the Super Bowl era that an entire team that made the NFL finals was put on the market shortly thereafter. Most recently, in 1991, Preston Robert Tisch bought 50 percent of the New York Giants, who were champions at the time.
Will the Seahawks bring record revenue?
Paul G. Allen bought the Seahawks in 1996 and saved the team from moving to Southern California. If sold again, the franchise could set a sales price record.
The Sportico platform currently values the Seahawks at $6.59 billion, 14th in the NFL. Most recently, the Washington Commanders, a franchise from the best football league in the world, was sold. In 2023, $6.05 billion was passed over the table.
A team representative told ESPN that the Seahawks could bring in between seven and eight billion dollars.
