Aaron Rodgers Joins Milwaukee Bucks Ownership Group As A Limited Partner

The purchase was announced by the Bucks in between first and second quarter of what turned out to be a playoff win against the Boston Celtics on Friday, as Rodgers and girlfriend Danica Patrick sat courtside with Bucks majority owner Wes Edens. In his own statement to local Fox Sports affiliate, Rodgers spoke on his decision to take up a piece of his favorite basketball team: The move likely makes good financial sense, too. In 2014, the team was purchased from Herb Kohl for $550 million by Marc Lasry, Jamie Dinan, and the aforementioned Wes Edens, but a recent valuation of the franchise has it as now being worth more than a billion dollars in total. And the team’s financial success has been showing recently, with a new practice facility that opened at the beginning of the current season, as well as the announcement of a brand new arena in downtown Milwaukee, which is under construction now. It’s scheduled to be open for business as the new home of the Bucks by the beginning of the 2018-19 NBA season.