LA Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly has spoken about buying Chelsea this week.
Boehly, part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was an invited speaker at the four-day Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, appearing for the first time since being named as Chelsea's preferred bidder last week.
"There's nothing like sports to excite passion," Boehly said. "And if you have passion, then you have people who care about things.
"And if you have people who care about things, you have great opportunity. And really, it's about curating that experience, that access, that opportunity.
"For example, we'll have four million people coming out to Dodger Stadium this year. So, our goal is to give them the best possible experience. We still have the most affordable tickets in the league basically, for a stadium that's full regularly.
"In some sports like the NFL, they share all the media money. In baseball, you're really a derivative of your local market.
"The Premier League's similar. If you look at the way it works, to be one of the big brands, you have a structural advantage. And for us, we're always looking for structural advantages."
Boehly's consortium was named as the preferred bidder to take over at Chelsea last week by the Raine Group, the American bank who are overseeing the sale. He has partnered with fellow Dodgers owner Mark Walter and the Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss.
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