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What could you buy for $450 million?

 

 
  • You could buy this house in north Fulton County, and have plenty of cash to buy a few more mansions. Dean Gardens was once priced at $40 million. The 50 acre estate houses a wedding chapel, an amphitheater, a grass tennis court, numerous gardens and a golf course.
  • You could buy a fleet of this Swedish sports car. The Koenigsegg Agera R sells for just $1.7 million dollars, but Forbes lists it as the most expensive car in the world. The car goes from 0-60 mph in less than three seconds. You can upgrade to a carbon fiber model for an extra $270,000
  • Remember the Atlanta Thrashers? You could have saved the hockey team for $540 million. The Thrashers were sold to TrueNorth in Winnipeg for $170 million.
  • You couldn't buy the Los Angeles Dodgers. The formerly bankrupt baseball team was sold to a group of investors for $2 billion. The group includes Magic Johnson and former Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten.
  • You could buy the Bank of America tower(left) in Atlanta twice. The building was sold in 2006 for $436 million but sold in February at a foreclosure auction for $250 million -- back to the bank that held the building's mortgage.
  • $540 million is enough to build a pair of Georgia Domes. The dome was constructed at the cost of $214 million in 1992. You wouldn't be able to build the new stadium that could host the Atlanta Falcons in the future. That's estimated to cost $1 billion.
  • You could have Alex Rodriguez play third base on your softball team. A-Rod has been in Major League Baseball since 1994 and has pocketed $296 million in salary over 17 years. He still has five years left on a 10-year, $275 million contract.
  • You could buy your own Airbus A380. The double-deck jet is the world's largest passenger plane. The jumbo jet carries a price tag of $390 million dollars.
  • You could make a down payment on your very own cruise ship. The Disney Fantasy launched earlier this year. The ship holds 4,000 passengers, weighs 128,000 gross tons and cost an estimated $900 million.
  • You'd have a hard time running for president and winning with $450 million. Barack Obama raised and spent about $750 million in the 2008 campaign. It's estimated the president and Mitt Romney spent a combined $1.7 billion this year.
 

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