Alibaba co-創立者 Joseph Tsai 始める，決める to buy Brooklyn's Barclays 中心 'for $700 million' after already agreeing to 購入（する） the NBA's 逮捕するs from Russia's Mikhail Prokhorov for a 記録，記録的な／記録する $2.35 billion

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Joseph Tsai (pictured 権利), the 逮捕するs 少数，小数派 owner and co-創立者 of e-商業 巨大（な） Alibaba, has agreed to 購入（する） the remaining 51 パーセント of the NBA franchise from 大多数 owner Mikhail Prokhorov for $1.35 billion and the team's 円形競技場, Barclays 中心, for another $700 million

Joseph Tsai, the co-創立者 of Chinese e-商業 巨大（な） Alibaba and soon-to-be-controlling owner of the Brooklyn 逮捕するs, is 推定する／予想するd to 調印する a 取引，協定 to 購入（する） the NBA franchise's 円形競技場, Barclays 中心, from ロシアの 億万長者 Mikhail Prokhorov for more than $700 million.?

The Ne ts 公式に 発表するd the sale on Friday morning, but did not 公表する／暴露する the price. The New York 地位，任命する?was the first to 報告（する）／憶測 the 協定 and the sales price.??

Tsai, who bought 49 パーセント of the 逮捕するs last year for $1 billion, also has an 差し迫った 取引，協定 to 購入（する） the other 51 パーセント from Prokhorov for $1.35 billion, a source 確認するd. That brings the total price of the team to a $2.35 billion - a 記録，記録的な／記録する for a professional sports franchise, topping?last year's $2.2 billion sale of the NFL's Carolina Panthers and the $2.2 billion 購入（する） of the NBA's Houston ロケット／急騰するs in 2017.??

Prokhorov 購入（する）d the 逮捕するs for いっそう少なく than $400 million in 2010, when the team still played in New Jersey.??

All together, the sale of the team and 円形競技場 will be around $3 billion, によれば 多重の 報告（する）／憶測s.?

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Joseph Tsai, the co-創立者 of Chinese e-商業 巨大（な） Alibaba and soon-to-be-controlling owner of the Brooklyn 逮捕するs, is 推定する／予想するd to 調印する a 取引，協定 to 購入（する） the NBA franchise's 円形競技場, Barclays 中心, from ロシアの 億万長者 Mikhail Prokhorov for more than $700 million?

In 2009, ロシアの 億万長者 Mikhail Prokhorov bought the 逮捕するs for いっそう少なく than $400 million?

Tsai, a basketball fanatic who also owns the WNBA's New York Liberty, is 価値（がある） の近くに to $10 billion, によれば Forbes.?

JOSEPH TSAI'S STATEMENT ON BUYING THE NETS??

'I've had the 適切な時期 to 証言，証人／目撃する up の近くに the Brooklyn 逮捕するs 再構築する that Mikhail [Prokhorov] started a few years ago. He 雇うd a 前線 office and coaching staff 焦点（を合わせる）d on player 開発, he supported the organization with all his 資源s, and he 辞退するd to 戦車／タンク,' said Tsai in an 公式の／役人 声明. 'I will be the 受益者 of Mikhail's 見通し, which put the 逮捕するs in a 広大な／多数の／重要な position to compete, and for which I am incredibly 感謝する'

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The 55-year-old Taiwanese-Canadian 二重の 国民 also owns a professional lacrosse franchise in San Diego and 開始する，打ち上げるd the 首相 Lacrosse League in February.?

When he bought his 少数，小数派 火刑／賭ける last year, Tsai was given an 選択 to 追加する more 株 before the 2021-22 season, so his 完全な 購入（する） of 逮捕するs had been 推定する／予想するd.

For that 事柄, so had his 取得／買収 of Barclays 中心 since the NBA prefers its owners to 支配（する）／統制する their home 円形競技場s.?

The sale comes at a good time for the 逮捕するs, who have struggled to turn a 利益（をあげる） since before they moved across the Hudson River in 2012.

にもかかわらず making the プレーオフs last season for the first time since 2015, the franchise still finished last in the NBA in home 出席.

However, that is already changing after the team 追加するd All-星／主役にするs Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant as 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官s last month on a pair of four-year 取引，協定s totaling $305 million.

Even though Durant is 推定する／予想するd to 行方不明になる the 近づいている season after 涙／ほころびing his Achilles while playing for the Golden 明言する／公表する 軍人s in June's NBA 決勝戦, the 逮捕するs have still 始める，決める a number of ticket 示すs since his 調印.

Kyrie Irving, left, and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn 逮捕するs will have a new boss in Alibaba Group co-創立者 Joseph Tsai, who is buying 完全にする 支配（する）／統制する of the team from Mikhail Prokhorov

MIKHAIL PROKHOROV'S STATEMENT ON SELLING THE NETS?

Mikhail Prokhorov is no longer the owner of the NBA's Brooklyn 逮捕するs?

'It has been an 栄誉（を受ける） and a joy to open Barclays 中心, bring the 逮捕するs to Brooklyn, and watch them grow strong roots in the community while cultivating 全世界の 控訴，上告,' said Prokhorov in an 公式の／役人 声明. 'The team is in a better place today than ever before and I know that Joe will build on that success, whil e continuing to 配達する the guest experience at Barclays 中心 that our fans, 従業員s, and 同僚s in the 産業 enjoy. Without [去っていく／社交的な CEO Brett Yormark's] innovative foresight and leadership, we would not be where we are today with the 逮捕するs and Barclays 中心. Brett had always made it （疑いを）晴らす to me that when the 円形競技場 and team sold, he would move on and begin his next 旅行. Thank you to Brett, who has been a true partner and friend over the past 15 years.'

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Brett Yormark, BSE 全世界の's CEO, is 推定する／予想するd to 辞職する on Friday, によれば Bloomberg . Yormark had been with the 逮捕するs since leaving NASCAR in 2005

June 30, すぐに に引き続いて the 告示 of the 協定s, the 逮捕するs had their 選び出す／独身-largest day of ticket sales in franchise history, によれば a spokesperson.

ボクシング has become a 中心的要素 of Barclays 中心, which is 存在 sold to Joseph Tsai for $700 million. (Pictured:?Chris Arreola punches Adam Kownacki during their heavyweight fight on August 3)?

Sales staff received nearly 1,000 inbound calls on that day alone, and within a week, the 逮捕するs had already 越えるd its ticket 歳入 for all of the 2018-19 season.

Tsai, who is of Chinese 降下／家系, is a member of NBA 中国 and could also help the league make その上の inroads within the country. Sources told the 地位，任命する that Tsai speaks very 前向きに／確かに about 中国 and its 議論の的になる 政府.?

Other moves are 推定する／予想するd within the 逮捕するs' parent company, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment?

Brett Yormark, BSE 全世界の's CEO, is 推定する／予想するd to 辞職する on Friday, によれば Bloomberg. Yormark had been with the 逮捕するs since leaving NASCAR in 2005.?

In 新規加入 to the 逮捕するs, Barclays 中心 is one of two home 円形競技場s for the NHL's Islanders, along with the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. However, the Islanders' days in Brooklyn are 噂するd to be numbered as team hopes to build a new 円形競技場 abutting the Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, New York, just outside of Queens.?

The Islanders will once again 分裂（する） home games between Nassau Coliseum and Barclays 中心 in 2019-2020.??

Barclays 中心's other 歳入 streams 含む ボクシング, mixed 戦争の arts, concerts, 同様に as college basketball and ホッケー tournaments.?