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Rice University Owned Yankee Stadium Until Eminent Domain Forced a Sale
“Although Yankee Stadium, which was owned by Rice, was given to us by an alumni in the sixties, we probably would have kept holding it, and I would have inherited it, if not for eminent domain. So it was recaptured for a giant renovation project, and Rice was f…”
Thacker: Enterprise software valuation multiples have returned to 5x–7x revenue
“We went from five to seven times EV to revenue multiples for enterprise software companies to 20 times, and now we're back to five to seven times.”
Thacker: Rice University still owns 50,000 acres of Louisiana timberland
“We still own the original forest that William R. Rice gave us in Louisiana, 50,000 acres of timber forest, and we own parcels of land that notable Houstonians gave to the university, and that's just how boards do it, I think.”