Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Montreal Canadiens Officially For Sale


The Montreal Canadiens and the Bell Center are officially for sale according to SRC (Radio-Canada). They have learned today that about 10 buyers are showing interest in purchasing the arena and the NHL franchise team.

BMO Capital Markets, who was asked to evaluate the future of the Montreal Canadiens and the Bell Center, have identified 50 potential buyers. They would have until 5:00 pm Thursday to submit their offer to the Gillett family.

SRC have also learned that 10 companies have signed a confidentiality agreement to analyse the case.

Here is the list of the interested buyers :
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
  • Guy Laliberté of Cirque du Soleil
  • Productions Feeling of René Angelil
  • Joey Saputo owner of the Montreal Impact
  • Claridge of Stephen Bronfman
  • Québecor
  • Roustan Capital from Bauer
  • Aldo Group
  • Spectrum Equity
  • Molson Family

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