2011年4月8日星期五

Gore NBAS founder Platinum Equity to buy Detroit Pistons

  Buy Tom Gores, founder of the California-based Platinum Equity, a tentative agreement with the Detroit Pistons of the current owner of Karen Davidson, the two parties said in a statement.

The purchase, which must be approved by the National Basketball Association needs, including the pistons, the Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre.

Financial terms werent disclosed in a press release distributed by Market Wire. In February, told the Detroit Free Press that Gore's team bought Davidson for $ 420,000,000. Goress acquisition of Comerica Bank financed and will end June 30, pending league approval and normal terms, the statement said.

When my late husband, Bill Davidson, the face of the Pistons, I was sure Tom will have the same energy, dedication and love I bring to this organization, Karen Davidson said in a statement.

The 46-year-old Gore is a native of the area of 鈥嬧€婩lint, Michigan, and graduated from Michigan State University. He is the founder and president of Platinum Equity, an investment of Beverly Hills, California, private capital, which has 34 companies provide a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, automotive and industry.

The NBA players union and preparing for collective bargaining in the off season. League contract ends on 30 June and the two parties disagree on issues such as minimum age, the proportion of revenue sharing and salary cap restrictions.


In a television interview with Bloomberg Conversations with Judy Woodruff, NBA commissioner David Stern said in February that the league has suffered losses of around 350 million U.S. dollars planned this season. He said that the owners want to reduce the players' salaries up to $ 800,000,000.

The Pistons have reached the playoffs eight of the last 10 seasons and won three NBA titles since 2004. The team is 27-51 this season, 31 games behind the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference, Central Division, and have not reached the playoffs.

Last year, Mike Ilitch, owner of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers baseball HockeyBe interested in buying the Pistons expressed. The talks stalled after Ilitch showed that the number of admissions in the prospectus of the team were inflated, Forbes, citing an unidentified person close to the negotiations.

The Pistons have won 27 games last season, his lowest since 1993-94. From 2010 to 2011, the value of investments fell by 25 percent to $ 360 million to 480 million, according to Forbes magazine.

The Pistons are the second NBA team to be sold this season. In December the company to purchase the New Orleans Hornets George Shinn, for an undisclosed price. The Hornets have a value of 280 million U.S. dollars, becoming the fifth team in the league of lesser value, according to Forbes magazine.

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