Bill Chisholm, managing partner at Symphony Technology Group, has agreed to purchase the Boston Celtics from the Grousbeck family for a valuation for $6.1 billion, sources told ESPN.
It marks the largest sale for a franchise in North America sports history, surpassing the NFL's Washington Commanders being sold for $6.05 billion in 2023.
The Grousbeck announced last June that it intended to sell a majority interest of the Celtics in 2024 or 2025, with the balance closing in 2028. The family also said it expected Wyc Grousbeck "to remain as the Governor of the team until the second closing in 2028."
Grousbeck reiterated that plan in November, saying he planned to continue running the Celtics for the next three years. The Grousbeck family has owned the Celtics since 2002.
