{"id":2492205,"date":"2026-07-07T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2492205"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:27:00","slug":"rogers-to-become-100-owner-of-maple-leaf-sports-entertainment-sports-video-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rogers-to-become-100-owner-of-maple-leaf-sports-entertainment-sports-video-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogers to Become 100% Owner of Maple Leaf Sports &#038; Entertainment \u2013 Sports Video Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers Communications Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire the remaining 25% ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) from Kilmer Sports Inc. for C$4.35 billion, bringing Rogers\u2019 ownership to 100%. The transaction is subject to league approvals and is expected to close in Q4 2026. Rogers intends to finance the transaction with committed liquidity and plans to sell a minority stake in its consolidated sports, media, and entertainment assets over the following year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a defining moment for Rogers. Our full ownership of MLSE brings together Canada\u2019s premier communications company with Canada\u2019s premier sports and entertainment organization,\u201d says <strong>Tony Staffieri, President and CEO, Rogers<\/strong>. \u201cIt gives us even more opportunity to invest in championship-calibre teams, create unique experiences for customers and fans, and unlock long-term value for shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSports is a great unifier, it rallies us and brings us together in a truly unique way,\u201d says <strong>Edward Rogers, Executive Chair, Rogers<\/strong>. \u201cWinning is everything for fans and we\u2019re committed to investing to bring championships to Canada as a proud owner and long-term steward of these beloved teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond MLSE, Rogers\u2019 sports portfolio includes the Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers Centre, and Sportsnet, along with strategic partnerships with the Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, the NHL, the NBA, MLB, and Live Nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.sportsvideo.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogers Communications Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire the remaining 25% ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) from Kilmer Sports Inc. for C$4.35 billion, bringing Rogers\u2019 ownership to 100%. The transaction is subject to league approvals and is expected to close in Q4 2026. Rogers intends to finance the transaction with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2492206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rogers-to-Become-100-Owner-of-Maple-Leaf-Sports.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492207,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492205\/revisions\/2492207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}