A Professional Sports Team and Related Items (Including a Stadium)were

question 9

Essay

A professional sports team and related items (including a stadium)were bought by an exceedingly wealthy investor and sports fan. The negotiated price was $225,000,000. Details of what was purchased and the agreed fair values are as follows:
The team has been less than successful in its professional sports league and has been recording losses of $1,000,000 to $8,000,000 per year on its audited financial statements for the past five years. It was these losses that prompted the last owner to sell the team and related assets.
Required:
a. Of the $225 million purchase price, how much of it relates to tangible assets? What percentage of the purchase price relates to tangible assets?
b. Describe the nature of the future economic benefits associated with each of the intangible assets acquired. For example, for the cablevision broadcasting contract, this would be the present value of the future payments expected from contracts for the broadcast of games on cablevision channels plus potential renewal contracts thereafter.

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Definitions:

Inflation

The rate at which the widespread price level of goods and services rises, impairing the purchasing power.

Taxes

Mandatory financial charges or levies imposed by a government on individuals, corporations, or other entities to finance government spending and various public expenditures.

Government Spending

Government spending includes all expenditures by government bodies and institutions, ranging from infrastructure investment to public services and welfare benefits.

Reserve Ratio

This is the fraction of deposits that banks must hold in reserve and not lend out, as stipulated by central banking authorities.