{"id":852439,"date":"2026-08-12T09:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852439\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:08:25","slug":"yankees-receive-2-6-billion-in-financing-deal-with-apollo-sports-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852439\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees receive $2.6 billion in financing deal with Apollo Sports Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Yankees have struck a $2.6 billion deal with Apollo Sports Capital. Hal Steinbrenner and his family will retain majority control of the team after the transaction is finalized. Dustin Satloff \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Aug. 11, 2026 Updated 11:28 am EDT<\/p>\n

The New York Yankees have received a massive capital infusion through a deal with an arm of Apollo Global Management, a New York-based alternative asset manager.<\/p>\n

Yankee Global Enterprises is receiving $2.6 billion from Apollo Sports Capital. The financing agreement, announced Tuesday, is a mix of debt and equity and will allow the Yankees to refinance or retire much of their existing debt, then pursue new ventures.<\/p>\n

The Steinbrenners will maintain full control of the Yankees, with Hal Steinbrenner continuing as the team\u2019s managing general partner. Apollo Sports Capital\u2019s CEO, Al Tylis, will join the board of Yankee Global Enterprises, in a newly added seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are continually seeking ways to strengthen our positioning, and this partnership allows us to explore pursuing strategic opportunities,\u201d Steinbrenner said in the news release.<\/p>\n

MLB rules limit the stake an individual private equity fund can hold in a club to 15 percent. The precise size of Apollo\u2019s equity investment in the Yankees was not immediately clear, and the structure of the $2.6 billion transaction makes it difficult to infer a valuation from the deal. The transaction also includes debt financing, and Yankee Global Enterprises contains assets beyond the baseball team. The parent company includes the YES Network and Legends Hospitality, and stakes in the Italian soccer club AC Milan and the MLS club New York City FC.<\/p>\n

Apollo has nearly $1 trillion in assets under management, and in 2025 became the majority stakeholder in Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, the Spanish soccer giant.<\/p>\n

The Yankees have long carried some debt tied to the construction of Yankee Stadium. They refinanced roughly $1 billion of that in 2016 and are believed to be carrying under $100 million in debt at this point.<\/p>\n

In Forbes\u2019 annual list<\/a> of the world\u2019s most valuable sports teams, released in December, the Yankees were the only MLB team in the top 10 and tied for 10th place with the Chicago Bears with a valuation of $8.2 billion. The team was most recently valued<\/a> at $8.5 billion in March.<\/p>\n

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