http://www.sacbee.com/kings/story/2378296.html Two weeks after folding the Monarchs, the Kings' owners have agreed to sell a New Mexico beer distributorship that's been the foundation of the family's business empire since 1937. 在关掉君主後的两个礼拜，马老板又关了一个事业，就是新墨西哥啤酒的供应商权力，那 是家族的根。 Joe and George Maloof said Monday the family is selling the Joe G. Maloof Co. beer distributing business for an undisclosed sum. The purchaser is a wholesaler in Wyoming. 买家是一个批发商。 The sale follows the recent shutdown of the Monarchs WNBA franchise and, earlier this year, payroll reductions throughout the Maloof organization. Joe Maloof and his mother, Colleen, have sold multimillion-dollar homes in the Los Angeles area in recent months. 还没完，近几个月还将在洛城的数百万的家卖掉。 But the Maloof brothers said the family isn't retrenching in the face of a weak economy. Instead, the Maloofs are "prioritizing our businesses" around the Kings and a few other enterprises, said Joe Maloof. 但马老板说这跟经济没关系啦，而是跟事业的重心有关。 "We want to concentrate on our other businesses in Sacramento, L.A. and Las Vegas," said Maloof, who runs the Kings with his brother Gavin. Among other things, he sees great promise in the Maloof Money Cup, a 2-year-old skateboarding championship the family sponsors. 「我们希望将重心放在沙城、洛城和赌城的事业」马老板说，他还看到了马兄弟钱钱盃的 前景，这项运动才两年。 Despite the family's lengthy history with the distributorship, the family has fielded numerous offers for the beer company over the years. The sale "was a good deal for us, frankly," said George Maloof. 尽管这项家族事业已经很久了，但马老板说「很明显卖掉对我们是好的」 His brother downplayed the significance of the real estate sales in Los Angeles. "We buy and sell homes all the time," Joe Maloof said. 他的兄弟说「我们随时都在买卖房屋」 The recession has clearly affected the Maloofs, though. The Kings imposed layoffs in May and were among a dozen NBA franchises that borrowed money via a line of credit arranged by the league. Ticket sales at Arco Arena have been soft this season despite the team's promising start. 虽然经济衰退很明显已经影响到马兄弟。国王裁员还有跟NBA借钱，尽管球队战绩有起色， 但票房还是软趴趴。 Nonetheless, Joe Maloof said the Kings are operating "probably around break-even right now" through their cost-cutting. 但是，马老板说国王透过节省支出所以没有亏啦。 The family also faces a tough economy in Las Vegas, where the value of its Palms Casino Resort has fallen from $386 million to about $20 million in the past two years, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings by minority partner Station Casinos Inc. The Maloofs have said Station's figures woefully underestimate the true value of the Palms, which they say has held its own despite the rough economy. 家族在赌城也面对了经济严峻的考验，过去两年赌场的价值从386M掉到大概20M(干....)， 这资料是由某某公司提供，马老板说他们低估了赌场真正的价值。 As for the beer business, an industry consultant said wholesalers are feeling the impact of the recession like most other businesses. "This is one of the toughest markets in a long time," said Michael Bellas, chief executive of New York consulting firm Beverage Marketing Corp. 「这是长时间内最严峻的市场之一」 But Bellas said the Maloofs' company, which holds exclusive rights to distribute Coors products in New Mexico, has probably held up pretty well. He said the company's annual revenue is likely well more than $100 million. 但他也说马老板的公司维持地非常好，每年的收入可能多过100M The company's monopoly status has helped it weather the recession. "They were not (under) any pressure at all to sell," said Harry Schuhmacher, publisher of trade publication Beer Business Daily. 公司的独占情况已经帮助它渡过衰退。「他们卖掉它一点压力都没有」Harry说。 Schuhmacher and Bellas said they couldn't estimate how much the Maloofs are getting for the business. A story in The Bee in 2002 estimated that the distributorship was worth $45 million. 02年时估计这供应权值45m Officials with Admiral Beverage Corp., the Wyoming firm that's buying the Maloof company, couldn't be reached for comment. Until the beer distributorship came along, the Maloof business consisted of a general store in Las Vegas, N.M., east of Santa Fe. In 1937, four years after the repeal of Prohibition, the family obtained one of the first Adolph Coors Co. distributorships outside of Colorado. A decade later, the family obtained the Coors franchise for the entire state and eventually started a trucking business to haul product from Coors' headquarters in Golden, Colo. In the 1960s, the family expanded into wine and hard liquor. Despite this history, Joe Maloof said the family's ties to the distributorship had waned in the past decade. "We haven't been back to the state in many years," he said. "Since we bought the Kings, we haven't really been involved in the beer business." The Maloofs became majority owners of the Kings in 1999. 「我们很多年没有回去了，自从我们买了国王，我们还真的没有用心在啤酒生意上」 He said it isn't unusual for the Maloofs to sell off a business. The family once owned 10 hotels and an Albuquerque bank. 他说马兄弟卖掉一个事业并不是什麽稀奇的事，家族也曾经拥有10家旅馆和一家银行。 "We've been in business for a long time," said George Maloof, who runs the Palms. "We buy and sell businesses." 「我们已经在商场打滚很久了，我们买卖生意」 -- --

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