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To back the Bank of Boston loan, Lurie put up millions of dollars worth of personal stock in Harcourt General and GC Companies Inc. as equity. [9] He and his mother also put up stock in the family trust as collateral so Lurie could borrow the rest. [9] In 2017, Forbes valued the Eagles at $2.65 billion, ranking them 10th among NFL teams in ...
One of Jeffrey Lurie’s first jobs was cooking hot dogs and selling soda at General Cinema, his family’s chain of drive-in movie theaters. When not working the grill or pouring fountain drinks ...
Christina Weiss Lurie is a Mexican-American documentary producer, philanthropist and minority owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. Weiss Lurie is president of the Eagles Youth Partnership, the team's charitable foundation, [ 1 ] and co-founder of three independent film companies- Vox3 Films, Tango Pictures [ 2 ] and Screen Pass Pictures.
Jeffrey Lurie (grandson) Philip Smith (died 1961) was an American businessman and founder of Midwest Drive-In Theaters (which later became General Drive-In Corporation and then General Cinema ) who was one of the largest operators of drive-in movie theaters in the United States.
On April 6, 1994, Braman agreed to sell the team to a group led by movie producer Jeffrey Lurie. The reported selling price was $185 million, a record for a sports team franchise at that time. The reported selling price was $185 million, a record for a sports team franchise at that time.
His nephew is Jeffrey Lurie; in 1994, he and his sister provided collateral for a $185 million loan enabling Jeff to purchase the Philadelphia Eagles. [ 5 ] Smith died on September 9, 2020, aged 95.
[31] [32] He later resolved his differences with Lurie. [16] He was a consistent critic of several league issues, including his pension, today's salaries, and one-way players. During Eagles training camp in the summer of 2006, Bednarik and the Eagles reconciled, seemingly ending the feud between Bednarik and Lurie.
On December 31, 2012, the day after the season ended with a 42–7 loss to the New York Giants, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie announced that Reid's contract would not be renewed. [57] [9] Reid was the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL prior to his release. [58] Reid provided encouragement to his successor as Eagles head coach, Chip Kelly. [59]