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Billionaire Wayne Rothbaum is reportedly interested in purchasing the New York Mets, but only at a "fire sale" price of $1 billion, according to Thornton McEnery of the New York Post.
"I think he likes the idea of $1 billion," one source said. "It's a round number and the Wilpons are not holding any cards without SNY."
Fred and Jeff Wilpon had initially planned to sell the team to Steve Cohen for $2.6 billion but the deal fell through in February. That deal also would not have included SNY, the organization's cable channel owned by the Wilpons.