The Seahawks got put up for sale just 10 days after winning Super Bowl LX
With a second Lombardi Trophy behind it, the franchise could fetch a record-breaking $8 billion, per execs.
After weeks of speculation, and even less time from a Super Bowl win, the Seattle Seahawks have officially been put up for sale, the Paul G. Allen Estate confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.
Having defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 to win the team’s second-ever NFL title on February 8, the Seahawks are now underway with a sales process that’s expected to continue through the 2026 offseason, per CNBC.
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Following the death of longtime owner Paul Allen — who bought the Seahawks for $200 million nearly 30 years ago — the franchise was placed in a trust in 2018, headed by the Microsoft cofounder’s sister, Jody Allen, with a directive that it would eventually be sold and the proceeds given to charity.
It’s worth pointing out that league rules require an individual, rather than a group or trust, be the controlling owner of a franchise, leading to reports that the Seahawks were hit with a $5 million fine for their current structure. The NFL commissioner has since denied the fine reports.
Of course, with the way sports team valuations (especially in the NFL) have soared in the years since Allen’s initial investment, the Seahawks will fetch many magnitudes more than they did in 1997, when the takeover bid helped the team out of a particularly turbulent passage in its history.
Given that Forbes was already valuing the team at $6.7 billion by the end of 2025 — before they had a second Super Bowl win to their name — the franchise could likely end up with one of the biggest price tags in sporting history. Indeed, the 2025 valuation had already put the Hawks as the joint 21st-most-valuable sports team in the world alongside NBA team the Boston Celtics... though this was still about half the value of the Dallas Cowboys, which has held Forbes’ top spot for 10 consecutive years.
But, in light of another Lombardi Trophy on the shelf at Lumen Field, the sale looks poised to break the NFL record for a franchise purchase, with a team exec telling ESPN that the deal could fetch up to $8 billion. The current record was set in 2023, when the Washington Commanders were sold for $6.05 billion.
