Real Madrid is now the world's most valuable sports franchise, worth $3.3 billion!
Real Madrid headed a trio of European soccer clubs at the top of a list
of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams released by Forbes on
Monday, which was dominated by National Football League franchises.
The
nine-times European champions were worth $3.3 billion, up from $1.88
billion last year, due in large part to increased revenue from deals
with Adidas and Emirates Airlines, Forbes said in a statement.
Manchester United (3.17 billion)
swapped places with Real and sit in second spot while Spanish soccer
champions Barcelona (2.6 billion) moved up five places to third.
New
York Yankees ($2.3 billion) fell one spot to fourth, followed by the
Dallas Cowboys ($2.1 billion) and New England Patriots ($1.6 billion).
Rounding
out the top 10 were MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers ($1.6 billion), the NFL's
Washington Redskins and New York Giants, and London-based soccer club
Arsenal ($1.3 billion).
With 30 teams in the top 50, the NFL
occupies 60 percent of this year's list. The average value of the top 50
teams is $1.24 billion, which is a 16 percent increase from last year.
The
20 non-NFL teams in the top 50 are comprised of seven each from MLB and
soccer, three from the National Basketball Association, two from motor
racing and one from the National Hockey League.
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