Seahawks reportedly haven't drawn as much interest as expected from buyers despite Super Bowl win
The Seahawks are still expected to fetch a ton of money from a potential buyer.
The Seattle Seahawks might be coming off a Super Bowl victory, but that hasn’t led to extreme interest from buyers looking to purchase the franchise. With the franchise officially up for sale, the Seahawks reportedly haven’t drawn as much attention as the NFL had hoped now that the team is on the market, according to ESPN. Multiple sources, including an anonymous owner and various other football executives, told ESPN that interest in the team was “soft.
” "It's soft," a team owner said of the market for the Seahawks. "There isn't as much action as there was with Denver and Washington," another executive said, referring to the most recent past two franchise sales. That doesn’t mean the franchise has no buyers, however.
Canadian Steve Apostolopoulos — who made his money in real estate — is reportedly among the potential buyers, per ESPN. Apostolopoulos was also mentioned as a potential buyer when the Washington Commanders went up for sale in 2023. In addition to Apostolopoulos, Aditya Mittal and Wyc Grousbeck are reportedly preparing a bid, as is Vinod Khosla.
Mittal is the CEO of a steel manufacturing company and has ownership shares in the Boston Celtics with Grousbeck, the team’s co-lead owner. Khosla is a limited partner of the San Francisco 49ers, per ESPN. Despite the perceived lack of buyers, however, those who spoke with ESPN said they still expect the Seahawks to sell for around $9 billion, which would be an NFL record.