LOS ANGELES (AP)—The family of a late Roy E. Disney is in talks with
other investors about creation a bid to buy a Los Angeles Dodgers out of
bankruptcy.
The talks were reliable Monday by Clifford Miller, handling executive of the
Disney family’s investment vehicle, Shamrock Holdings.
Roy Disney was a nephew of Walt Disney, though a family’s investments are
not directly tied to a operation of The Walt Disney Co., that tranquil the
Angels from 1998-03.
Miller pronounced Stanley Gold, a arch executive officer of Shamrock, is
seriously exploring investing in a organisation along with a Disney family and other
investors, including several in a Los Angeles area.
Gold has left by a routine of subordinate a financier organisation to make
an initial bid by a Jan. 23 deadline, and a organisation is examining a team’s
financial records.
Dodgers owners Frank McCourt, who put a organisation in failure final year,
agreed with Major League Baseball to sell a organisation by Apr 30, that coincides
with a deadline for McCourt to compensate former mother Jamie a $131 million divorce
settlement.
Among other intensity bidders are:
— a organisation that includes former manager Joe Torre and is headed by real
estate developer Rick Caruso.
— Steven Cohen of a sidestep account SAC Capital Advisors.
— a organisation that includes former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson, former
Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals boss Stan Kasten and Guggenheim
Partners arch executive officer Mark Walter.
— a organisation that includes former representative and stream Chicago White Sox special
assistant Dennis Gilbert, speak uncover horde Larry King and Jason Reese of Imperial
Capital.
— a organisation that includes former Dodgers ubiquitous manager Fred Claire, former
Oakland Athletics boss Andy Dolich and former Dodgers batboy Ben Hwang, who
brought in a financial backers.
— former Dodgers owners Peter O’Malley.
— a organisation that includes former Dodgers stars Orel Hershiser and Steve Garvey,
and Joey Herrick of Natural Balance Pet Foods.
— Dallas Mavericks owners Mark Cuban.
