Editing Paul Allen (section)

===Sports team ownership===
====Portland Trail Blazers====
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Allen purchased the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team in 1988 from California real estate developer [[Larry Weinberg (businessman)|Larry Weinberg]] for $70&nbsp;million.<ref name="trailblazers">{{cite web|access-date=March 31, 2008 |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/features/Learn_More_About_Larry_Weinber-44362-41.html |title=Learn More About Larry Weinberg |work=NBA.com |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306192329/http://www.nba.com/blazers/features/Learn_More_About_Larry_Weinber-44362-41.html |archive-date=March 6, 2008 }}</ref> He was instrumental in the development and funding of the [[Moda Center]] (previously known as the Rose Garden), the arena where the Blazers play. He purchased the arena on April 2, 2007, and stated that this was a major milestone and a positive step for the franchise.<ref name="before microsoft"/><ref name="quiet owner">{{Cite magazine|access-date=March 30, 2008 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/the_bonus/11/27/paul.allen1203/ |title=The Quiet Owner: Paul Allen |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=November 27, 2007 |last=Wertheim |first=L. Jon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201044646/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/the_bonus/11/27/paul.allen1203/ |archive-date=December 1, 2007 }}</ref> The Allen-owned Trail Blazers reached the playoffs 19 times including the [[NBA Finals]] in [[1990 NBA Finals|1990]] and [[1992 NBA Finals|1992]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/ |title=Portland Trail Blazers Franchise Index |publisher=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-date=August 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810002007/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''Forbes'', the Blazers were valued at $2.09&nbsp;billion in 2021 and ranked No. 13 out of 30 NBA teams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portland Trail Blazers on the Forbes NBA Team Valuations List |url=https://www.forbes.com/teams/portland-trail-blazers/ |access-date=January 20, 2023 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

====Seattle Seahawks====
{{Main|Seattle Seahawks}}
Allen purchased the [[National Football League]]'s [[Seattle Seahawks]] in [[1997 Seattle Seahawks season|1997]] from owner [[Ken Behring]],<ref name=astdl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u-4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=2623%2C150112 |work=Eugene Register-Guard  |agency=Associated Press |last=Klass |first=Tim |title=Allen seals the deal to buy Seahawks from Behring |date=July 1, 1997 |page=1D}}</ref><ref name=comsspu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=58ReAAAAIBAJ&pg=4106%2C113195 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|agency=(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)|last=Boren |first=Rebecca |title=Allen completes purchase |date=July 1, 1997 |page=1B}}</ref> who had attempted to move the team to [[southern California]] the [[1996 Seattle Seahawks season|previous year]].<ref name="seahawks">{{Cite news|access-date=March 31, 2008|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n13_v220/ai_18129768|title=Behring straits&nbsp;– Seattle Seahawks owner Ken Behring|work=[[Sporting News]]|date=March 25, 1996|last=Attner|first=Paul|archive-date=November 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115231539/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n13_v220/ai_18129768/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=bvows>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s21XAAAAIBAJ&pg=1415%2C1542452 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=(Orange County Register) |last=Smith |first=Elliot Blair |title=Behring vows never to play in Seattle again |date=February 4, 1996 |page=C1}}</ref><ref name=bdwart>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DIokAAAAIBAJ&pg=2813%2C483322 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |agency=(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)|last1=Boren |first1=Rebecca |last2=Penhale |first2=Ed |last3=Bruscas |first3=Angelo |title=Behring sets up bidding war for team in transit |date=February 6, 1996 |page=1C}}</ref> Herman Sarkowsky, a former Seahawks minority owner, told ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' about Allen's decision to buy the team, "I'm not sure anybody else in this community would have done what [Allen] did."<ref>{{cite news|access-date=October 28, 2013|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/seahawks/2022126162_seahawks27xml.html|title=How the Seahawks were saved from California's clutches|work=The Seattle Times|last=Jenks|first=Jayson|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213721/http://seattletimes.com/html/seahawks/2022126162_seahawks27xml.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2002, the team moved into Seahawks Stadium (now known as [[Lumen Field]]), after Allen invested into the upgrade of the stadium.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/obituaries/paul-allen-dead.html|title=Paul G. Allen, Microsoft's Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65|last=Lohr|first=Steve|date=October 15, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 30, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104060324/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/obituaries/paul-allen-dead.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Acquired for US$200&nbsp;million in 1997,<ref name=astdl/><ref name=comsspu/> the Seahawks were valued at $1.33&nbsp;billion in August 2014 by ''[[Forbes]]'', which says the team has "one of the most rabid fan bases in the NFL".<ref>{{cite magazine| url = https://www.forbes.com/teams/seattle-seahawks/| title = Seattle Seahawks| magazine = [[Forbes]]| date = August 2014| access-date = September 7, 2017| archive-date = October 16, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171016195309/https://www.forbes.com/teams/seattle-seahawks/| url-status = live}}</ref> Under the helm of Allen, the Seahawks made the [[Super Bowl]] three times following [[NFC Championship Game|NFC Championship]] victories ([[2005 Seattle Seahawks season|2005]], [[2013 Seattle Seahawks season|2013]], [[2014 Seattle Seahawks season|2014]]), and won [[Super Bowl XLVIII]] in February 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Branch |first=John |date=February 3, 2014 |title=For Seattle, the Fun May Be Just Starting |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/sports/football/after-doing-it-their-way-seahawks-savor-the-moment.html |access-date=January 20, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

====Seattle Sounders FC====
{{Main|Seattle Sounders FC}}
Allen's Vulcan Sports & Entertainment is part of the ownership team of Seattle Sounders FC, a [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) franchise that began play in 2009 at [[CenturyLink Field]], a stadium which was also controlled by Allen.<ref name="soccer">{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=480678&cc=5901 |title=Seattle to Get Expansion MLS Franchise for 2009 |access-date=November 10, 2007 |date=November 9, 2007 |work=ESPN |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525154957/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=480678&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ownership team also includes film producer [[Joe Roth]], businessman [[Adrian Hanauer]], and comedian [[Drew Carey]]. The Sounders sold out every home game during its first season, setting a new MLS record for average match attendance.<ref>{{cite news |first=José Miguel|last= Romero |title=Sounders success story, by the numbers |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2010203684_soundersnumbers05.html |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=November 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108012102/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2010203684_soundersnumbers05.html|archive-date=November 8, 2009}}</ref>