The US Football Association agrees to sell a stake in Chicago Beers for $ 8.9 billion: sources

The Finance Committee of the National Football Association agreed to sell 2.35 % of Chicago Beers to the current owners of the team in a deal that sets a record in the league and Bears are estimated at $ 8.9 billionAccording to three people familiar with the deal, who asked not to be named because they were not allowed to speak publicly.

The deal closed several days ago, according to one of the people. Since the sale is for the current team owners, the league does not require approval of the deal by three quarters of the US Football Association.

The bears were estimated at 6.4 billion dollars Only one year ago in the evaluation of the official US Football Association team in CNBC – No. 10 between the 32 League teams. The team rose to No. 7 in CNBC 2025 reviews.

The bears share was held by Andrew Makina, according to two people familiar with the deal. McCine He died In 2023. Galatioto sports partners The property was represented in the sale, the people, who asked not to be named because they were not allowed to speak publicly. The people said that two -thirds of 2.3 % sold would go to the MacCSky family and a third of the Ryan family will go, leaving the previous ownership of about 77 % and the latter by about 23 %.

NFL or Galatioto Sports Partners did not respond to CNBC e -mail questions about selling.

The previous record assessment in the sale of the minority share in the American Football Association team reached $ 8.6 billion in buying a 6.2 % stake in San Francisco 49ers in May, according to a person familiar with the deal, who asked not to be named because they were not allowed to speak publicly. It was topped 8.3 billion dollars evaluation For 8 % stake in Philadelphia Eagles at the end of 2024, CNBC was previously reported. The New York giants are currently looking to sell a 10 % stake about a 10 billion dollars evaluationCNBC previously mentioned.

The Bears is currently playing in the Soldier Ovens field Renovated More than 20 years ago. Chicago Park area He gets some revenues Of the events other than NFL on the field. team Explore building a stadium In Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. A steady domed stadium will give a chance to host non -NFL events throughout the year and get more NFL juvenile revenues.

The rating to sell the limited partner risks is not necessarily translated to control the selling prices. Large Stakes LP, for example, more than 20 %, is usually sold with discounts to control sales reviews because limited partners have no share in how to run the team and the dollar amount to buy the share relatively large. However, in some cases, you can sell small LP classes, for example, less than 10 %, with an evaluation of the control sale because the LP share may be the only opportunity that a person must possess to the American Football Association team due to the high assessments and the actual amount of the dollar required to buy such a relatively small share.

The last sales of the American Football Association team was Josh Harris’s purchase of Washington leaders in favor 6.05 billion dollars In 2023, according to media reports.