Private equity mogul Tom Gores purchased a 27 percent stake of the Los Angeles Chargers from the Spanos Family, the NFL confirmed on Thursday. Owners voted in favor of the transaction to bring to a close a years-long tiff between siblings.
Tom Gores, the owner of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons has a deal in place to buy a 27% stake in the Los Angeles Chargers. While the exact dollar figure of the deal is not yet known, Forbes estimates the value of the Chargers at $5.1 billion in 2024, making 27% of the franchise worth around $1.3 billion.
Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has agreed to buy a 27% stake in the Los Angeles Chargers, according to a report from ESPN on Friday. This deal includes 24% owned by Dea Spanos Berberian and 1% each from her three siblings, Dean, Michael, and Alexis Spanos Ruhl.
How many of the offensive skill-position players to be named a Pro Bowler for the 2025-26 season (including the players replaced AND their alternates) can you name in five minutes?
The Los Angeles Chargers have named two new members to the team's Hall of Fame — former owners Alex and Faye Spanos. The late Alex Spanos, father of current Chargers' owner Dean Spanos, originally purchased the team back in 1984.
Some franchises' best efforts have not led to victory parades or even Super Bowl berths. Because of untimely injuries, unfortunate circumstances, or myriad other reasons, many teams' plans throughout NFL history have not produced the desired result.
LA Chargers fans had a shared disdain for the team's ownership prior to the 2024 offseason. However, the Bolts then went out and hired Jim Harbaugh before opening a brand-new state-of-the-art training facility to completely squash the "cheap" allegations.
It was 25 years ago that the Los Angeles Chargers played a bit further south. Fans in that not-to-be-named city had to deal with an owner in Alex Spanos who was leading an absolute laughingstock of an organization.