SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks will go up for sale after the Super Bowl, according to a report from ESPN.
They could set a record for an NFL team price: $7-$8 billion, according to ESPN’s report.
ESPN Reporters Seth Wickersham and Brady Henderson cited sources, saying sale discussions have taken place at ownership and league levels for at least the past week.
Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died in 2018 following a years-long battle with cancer. After his death, his younger sister Jody Allen took over as executor of the Paul G. Allen Estate and its two teams — the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers.
A plan was always in place from her late brother to eventually sell both teams and donate the proceeds to charity, according to ESPN.
In May 2025, KOMO News reported the Paul G. Allen Estate announced the Trail Blazers were for sale. In September 2025, an agreement was reached to sell the NBA team to a group of investors led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon.
It has widely been believed that the estate was required to sell the Blazers and Seahawks within a given period of time. The Seahawks situation was complicated by a provision in the deal to build Lumen Field that banned the sale of the franchise unless a new owner paid the state 10% of the sale price. That provision expired in 2024.
Allen purchased the Seahawks in 1997 after a public-private partnership was crafted and approved by Washington voters to build a new stadium, which is now Lumen Field. The team made back-to-back Super Bowl appearances in 2014 and 2015, winning its only title in 2014 with a 43-8 win against the Denver Broncos.
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KOMO News is working to gather more information and this story will be updated.