Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to acquire Grey Cup Champion Toronto Argonauts
(WorldNews Canada)

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - TORONTO - Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) today announced an agreement to acquire the Toronto Argonauts Football Club of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Crowned CFL champions at the 105th Grey Cup on November 26, the Argos are currently jointly owned by Bell Canada and the Kilmer Group. Financial terms of the MLSE acquisition, expected to close in January 2018 pending approval by the CFL Board of Governors, were not disclosed. Joining MLSE brings numerous advantages to the Argonauts, including financial scale and promotional, ticketing and...