Hollywood producer Andrew Hauptman's investment firm Andell Holdings has
bought Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire franchise from Philip Anschutz's AEG
sports entertainment empire. While the purchase price was not disclosed, the
Chicago
Sun-Times speculated that the likely price was about $30 million. Timothy
J. Leiweke, president and CEO of AEG, which also controls the MLS' Los Angeles
Galaxy and Houston Dynamo teams, said the company decided to sell the Fire to
reduce the number of teams operated by AEG,
according
to Variety. —Matthew Wurtzel
