Football Securitization: Arsenal kicks off public ticket receivables deals

Club’s £260 million deal could be joined by securitizations from UK Premiership rivals Liverpool and Man Utd.

Too good to resist: Arsenal’s new Emirates Stadium

For those suffering withdrawal symptoms after the end of the World Cup, RBS and Barclays Capital’s offer of a free trip to the new Emirates Stadium in north London must have been too good to resist. The roadshow for Arsenal Football Club’s £260 million ($474.5 million) ticket-receivables-backed securitization was – not surprisingly given its novelty value – very popular and the deal (which is the first public securitization of such assets) was very well bid.

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