Rogers, Bell buy MLSE

Posted Dec 9, 2011 09:13:11 AM.

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TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced today that it, along with Bell Canada, is jointly acquiring a just under 80 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

MLSE is Canada’s largest sports and entertainment company and owner of the premier professional sports teams in Canada’s largest marketplace: The Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Marlies and Toronto FC.

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