Los Angeles Dodgers Sale: The Most Expensive Sports Franchise Sales Ever

A group led by Magic Johnson had a $2.15 billion dollar bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers accepted yesterday, the highest price ever paid for a sports franchise anywhere in the world.

The deal is worth $500 million more than anyone has ever spent on a franchise, and exceeds the baseball record by more than $1 billion. In fact, this is the second time anyone has ever spent more than a billion dollars on a team.

Here are the top 5 sales of pro sports franchises before the monster deal for the Dodgers yesterday.