Lurie's announcement, the team had finished with a 72-90 record. When no credible offers surfaced from Bay Area interests, Lurie eventually agreed to sell the Giants for $115 million to an ownership group headed by Vince Naimoli (original owner of the Tampa Bay Rays) with plans to move the club to St. Petersburg, Florida. However, the National League nixed the deal, pressuring Lurie to sell the club to Bay Area investors. In an 11th hour effort to save the team from moving, a group of local investors headed by Safeway chairman Peter Magowan, offered Lurie $100 million for the Giants. Post-Giants Ownership Since selling the Giants, Lurie has focused his efforts on his real estate firm, the Lurie Co., buying and selling properties and branching out beyond its core office holdings totalling over , not including two hotels, a theater and a parking facility it owns. He is also involved in various philanthropic activities, which include the $20 million Louis R. Lurie Foundation. Lurie is an adviser of the Alternative Golf Association (known as "Flogton"). References External links Lurie for Selling Giants — New York Times article San Jose mayor seeks major league team — ESPN.com Giants to Open Stadium Talks — New York Times article Giants Will Stay Put — New York Times article Giants history and timeline — Official Giants website Bob Lurie ownership chronology — Baseball America Executive Database Bob Lurie trades Giants for new real estate lineup — San Francisco Business Times Bye-Bye, Baby, Lurie's speech to the Commonwealth Club of California in 1976 on keeping the Giants in San Francisco. - Foundation Center profile 1929 births Living people Jewish American baseball people Major League Baseball owners San Francisco Giants owners American real estate businesspeople 21st-century American Jews