Chapter 369: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Malcolm Glazer, a second-generation Jewish immigrant in America, was 66 years old this year and owned an investment company called First Allied Corporation.

Malcolm Glazer's net worth was between 200 to 300 million dollars. He had come all the way from New York to Tampa with a few of his sons, fully prepared to acquire the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers!

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, surrounding Tampa Bay, was Florida's most economically developed area next to the Miami-Hialeah-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area.

In Clearwater, west of Tampa, at an open-air cafe on Clearwater Beach, Arthur met with Hugh Culverhouse II.

"The condition of the Tampa stadium is, indeed, quite poor, and the Buccaneers' performance is also bad. Low attendance is understandable," Arthur chuckled.

Hugh Culverhouse II shrugged, "The residents of the Tampa Bay area are actually quite loyal to football and baseball."

"A few years ago, St. Petersburg nearly got the San Francisco Giants to move here, but unfortunately, the people of the San Francisco Bay Area strongly protested, and in the end, local investors from the Bay Area bought the San Francisco Giants."

"Tampa Bay hasn't given up on having its own MLB team over the last few years!"

Arthur took a sip of his coffee, "Last year, Miami got the Florida Marlins. That probably didn't sit well with Tampa Bay, right?"

"Argued for a long time, but how can Tampa compare to Miami?" Hugh Culverhouse II took it in stride.

Florida had many Latin American immigrants and was a great state for retirement, with many retirees from the Northeast moving there.

In reality, apart from Miami, Tampa was a small market for sports, even for Miami itself, which was also a small market in terms of individual sports.

With so many Latin American immigrants, baseball was actually quite unpopular, and the retired immigrants had their original teams to support.

Relatively speaking, football and basketball had more audiences; otherwise, Florida wouldn't have had its own Marlins team until last year!

"Is the domed stadium in St. Petersburg suitable for football?" Arthur asked.

Hugh Culverhouse II shook his head, "It's a specialized baseball stadium. If the Buccaneers played there, there wouldn't be much difference from the current stadium."

"Alright then, Galaxy Sports Club is offering a hundred and fifty million dollars for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a 35% premium," Arthur said with a smile. "Let's see if Malcolm Glazer is willing to use his entire fortune to compete with me?"

"A hundred and fifty million dollars? In cash?" Hugh Culverhouse II stared at Arthur.

"Paid in full within three months, in cash," Arthur didn't want to waste time. The value of NFL teams was going to grow rapidly soon, and the rise in sports broadcasting fees would happen in these few years.

Opportunities to buy NFL clubs were rare. Even when some NFL teams changed owners, they were often sold to small shareholder investors of the club.

Hugh Culverhouse II was actually quite satisfied with the price of a hundred fifty million dollars, and he also believed that Malcolm Glazer's First Allied Corporation wouldn't come up with such a high price.

Even if they could match the price, Hugh didn't think Malcolm Glazer could come up with that amount in cash within three months.

But Arthur Smith was different; Galaxy's main business was in film and entertainment, with sufficient cash flow.

The summer movie results this year were explosive, which meant funds were definitely not an issue.

"A week, of course," Arthur knew Hugh Culverhouse II wanted to talk to other buyers to see if there was a higher offer.

Catherine Zeta-Jones was still in Miami, so Arthur wasn't in a rush.

Moreover, Bad Boys was currently being filmed in Miami, and Monica Bellucci was also part of the cast!

As the cultural center of Latin America and Central America, Miami was the most important city for Spanish speakers in the United States. Sunny skies, golden beaches, tall palm trees, and beautiful, sexy bikini girls were the real picture of Miami.

In the evening, South Miami, Coconut Grove, Arthur took Monica Bellucci away from the set of Bad Boys.

They arrived at a nightclub on the coastal road by Miami Beach, filled with dynamic Latin music and sexy, passionate bikini girls.

"I didn't expect you to come to Miami. The movie has been shooting for over a month now. Next month, we'll shoot in Atlanta for two weeks, and then back to the studio in Los Angeles," Monica Bellucci, in a simple shirt outfit, showed off her sexy figure.

"Yes, I understand. The shooting will wrap up around October," Arthur felt Monica Bellucci's curvy body as he embraced her.

Monica Bellucci kissed Arthur, her hot lips making the man intoxicated. The shooting of Bad Boys had many explosive scenes.

It was entirely different from the Italian dramas she had shot before, and she herself looked forward to this character transformation.

"Arthur, do you like the sexy Latin girls here in Miami? Blonde hair, blue eyes, and fiery hot!"

Monica Bellucci, pressed close to Arthur's chest, couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Arthur smiled, his hand feeling the roundness of the girl's 36D, "They're okay, but I don't like those overly busty women!"

"Pfft, aren't many men into big-breasted women with fat butts?" Monica Bellucci was puzzled.

Arthur, speaking, gave her a squeeze on the buttocks, "You are just right, you're plump but not fat."

Monica Bellucci laughed, "Do you like my figure now?"

Arthur massaged the 36D, "Your figure is great now, no need to deliberately lose weight!"

"Got it," Monica Bellucci understood that Hollywood valued women's figures highly. She was plump but couldn't afford to gain more weight.

"By the way, how do you feel about filming with the Bad Boys crew?" Arthur asked.

"Well, it's fine. Both lead actors, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, are very lively, and the director, though new, has a tight shooting schedule."

"Compared to previous movies, filming Bad Boys is more tiring, a new attempt for me," Monica Bellucci was taking a main role in a commercial film for the first time.

With two black actors responsible for the comedy and action elements, Monica Bellucci played the sexy beauty, acting as the film's eye-candy.

Michael Bay, filming action scenes, was indeed quite exhausting.

"You didn't run into any trouble, did you?"

Monica Bellucci shook her head, "No, I haven't. After all, you arranged for me!"

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