Arctos has held a $4.1 billion final close for its Arctos Sports Partners Fund II (Fund II), the latest iteration of its flagship sports fund.
Fund II, along with co-investment and parallel affiliated vehicles, closed with more than $4.1 billion in capital commitments from a diverse group of global investors, including some of the world’s leading pension funds, retirement systems, endowments, insurance companies, family offices and global wealth platforms, bringing Arctos’ aggregate sports-related assets under management to approximately $7 billion. Fund II and its predecessor fund, Arctos Sports Partners Fund I, represent the world’s largest aggregation of institutional capital dedicated exclusively to professional sports franchise investments.
Approximately 30 percent of Fund II’s capital has been deployed across several investments, including Smith Entertainment Group, the holding company that owns the Utah Jazz; Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment, the owne