" hat geschrieben: Report: Ducks sale almost approved
TSN.ca Staff with L.A. Times
6/11/2005 9:59:46 AM
The Los Angeles Times reports that the NHL has begun voting on the proposed sale of the Mighty Ducks to Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli and his wife, Susan on Friday.
A three-quarters vote of the league's 30 teams is needed to approve the sale. According to NHL sources with the Times, the results will be completed by midweek. The Walt Disney Co. agreed to sell the Ducks to the Samuelis back in February. Samueli's company operates the Arrowhead Pond, the Mighty Ducks' home arena.
Samueli has said he fully intends to keep the team in Anaheim, and that he won't be changing the name to Los Angeles Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Arte Moreno, who bought the Angels from Disney in 2003, caused a stir by changing the team's name from Anaheim Angels to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Disney paid $50 million US for the Ducks to join the NHL as an expansion franchise in 1992. Samueli's initial offer to Disney reportedly was in the $50 million to $60 million range.
