10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars...

10. BARRY BONDS

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

Situated in the ultra-exclusive guard-gated North Beverly Park, Baseball legend Barry Bond is the proud owner of this huge Italian-style mansion. The home has 30-foot ceilings, hand-painted Trompe L’oeil murals, Italian Travertine and imported limestone flooring. It even has a 12-seat movie theater, commercial-grade gym, spa and massive outdoor kitchen. This Robert Sinclair-designed estate covers 17,100 square feet of living space including seven bedrooms, 13 baths, a wood-paneled library, and a full-service spa along with circular motor court, water fountain and a separate two-story guest house.The property also has a 2,100-square foot sports court that can be used to play different sports, including basketball and paddle tennis.

9. WAYNE ROONEY

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

The wealthy Manchester United striker, who also owns a £5 million house in Barbados and an apartment in Florida,currently lives in his Prestbury palace with his wife Coleen Rooney and his baby boy Kai.The English (one of all time best striker in football) superstar has also achieved quite a lot in his private life, being the owner of a mega-mansion in Cheshire which is not far from teammates like Van Persie, Rio Ferdinand’s home. This huge property costs an estimated $17.83 million; about $1.57 million alone was spent on preparing the build-site.Inside Wayne Rooney’s house lie a cinema, conservatory, sports stadium and statues.Its bathrooms are decorated with gold-plated taps and lavatory seats. A large games room also adds to the value of the mansion, with video games, pinball machines, a 1950s style jukebox and golf simulator completing it.

8. PETE SAMPRAS

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

This former Tennis legend and one of all time Greatest is always on the top lists when it comes to sports career or the passion to buy luxury homes. He scooped a lavish property in Lake Sherwood, California. This marvelous property comes with 7 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, breakfast bar, theater room, pool, gym, and spa for this legend.This whole property covers with a long private driveway, while the main house spans approx. 13,000 square feet, there is also a separate 2000 sq. ft. gym, and a 1200 square ft. fully contained guest house. The entire estate covers 16,177 square feet of luxury place, while it comes with a price tag of $19.9 Million. This architectural work of art features a wonderful blend of teak, white oak and Angier woods. There are imported stones and the absolute highest quality finishes available in the mansion.

7. TROY AIKMAN

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

The former NFL superstar and two-time Super Bowl winner scooped up not one, but two multi-million mansions in the Dallas area, just three months apart.He booked a custom-built, 10,000-square-foot home in Highland Park’s discreet Mount Vernon neighborhood. It has a huge collection of unusual rooms, such as a wine tasting room, “morning room” with fireplace, game room, and media room with a concessions bar counter. This 10,520Square feet property also equipped with 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 4 car garages, basketball court and alsoa pool.The property overlooks Connor Lake and boasts vista views from every angle. But while being not satisfied with this property, he again bought a charming 73-year-old brick-lined home down the street for $4.3 million. Aikman will reportedly demolish it and build his dream home.

6. ANNA KOURNIKOVA

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

20,000 square feet of paradise on the water, that’s where Anna Kournikova and her long-time musician boyfriend Enrique Iglesias live together off Biscayne Bay in the exclusive Bay Point Miami neighborhood. Fellow “Millionaires Row” neighbors include Cher, Lil Wayne, Ricky Martin, Matt Damon, Billy Joel, Rosie O’Donnell, and Gloria Estefan.The two bought the place recently, which comes with sweeping bay views, lush greenery, a long dock for their yacht, and a lap pool, a Jacuzzi and a dock for speedboats. Of course there is a tennis court for Anna too. It also decorated with two-story guest house while outside of the entire mansion is covered with Spanish moss. According to high value real estate agents, this mansion costs around 25 Million.

5. TOM BRADY

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

Located in the elite Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, Brady and his model wife Gisele Bündchen celebrate a year in their new home. This estate comes with eight bedrooms, a six-car garage, a lagoon-shaped swimming pool with a spa, and a weight room where Brady can train. In this massive 22,000 square-foot property the homes walls are a blend of three types of Texas limestone with a whooping price tag of $27.2 Million. His girlfriend Bündchen, who is a global ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program, wanted to make sure that, despite the size of the home, it is environmentally friendly, and the roof is lined with solar panels. The Brady-Bündchen pair reportedly also has a new mansion in Brookline, Chestnut Hill neighborhood, near where the Pats play, but it’s still under construction.

4. MICHAEL JORDAN

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

This former basketball legend and all time greatest player never thinks twice when it comes to property as he took over a huge mansion in Chicago, Illinois. It comes with all the best accoutrements, including a pool with a grass island in the middle, a door from the Playboy Mansion, a table designed to evoke the streets of Baghdad, and MJ-branded golf flags. It also equipped with 9 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a 3-bedroom guesthouse, 3 garages, pool, tennis court and an entire lake. This property also has a cigar room and a garage big enough to hold 14 cars along with a huge home gym. The estimated value of this property is around $29 Million. But some controversies arrived according to Zillow after he tried twice to sell it at auction; Michael Jordan has relisted his Highland Park mansion estate for $16 million.

3. DAVID BECKHAM

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

In October David and Victoria Beckham reportedly sold their 12-acre Hertfordshire estate for £12 million and started to construct a new “Beck’ingham Palace” in Kensington & Chelsea. The reported £30 million they paid for it, plus the £5million set aside for renovation. The current price of this property would be a value of US$57.1 million.The home is beautiful while it islargely unaltered for the last 150 years.The 9,000 square-foot home has seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, and even a panic room. There is a woodland chapel, remodeled ancient ruins forming a playground, gardens including a Capability Brown-style maze, barbecue area and professionally tended football pitch. Victoria Beckham is in charge of redecorating, and is said to have recruited the talent of friend and interior designer Kelly Hoppen to bring her super rich posh vision to life.

2. TIGER WOODS

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

This famous golf star never stepped back while spending money. After his high-profile divorce in 2011 which is rumored to have cost Woods $100 million, Tiger wood purchased the Jupiter Island Florida mansion. The property comes impressive with its huge ocean-view windows along with a four-hole 3.5 acre golf course. Property-side luxuries like running track and massive wine cellar are also there. A Daily Mail article reported a sinkhole in the dining room due to the place being structurally unsound. Regardless, this home is one of the costliest properties around the world as a recent Daily Mail article pegs the homes current value at $60 million. Scores of tall trees and high boundary walls surround the plot, ensuring the privacy this legend golfer craves.

1. GREG NORMAN

10 Most Expensive Mansion of Sports Stars

Golf stars are always good at spending money if Greg Norman and many others from this sport are considered. He bought a mansion beside his neighbor Tiger Wood in Jupiter Island, Florida. This large property includes six buildings in total with some ocean front property as well. With seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, and six half-baths, the near-30,000 square-foot home out of which 16,000 square feet of air-conditioned spacehas four floors, a 10-car garage, and greenery all around as far as the eye can see. The gourmet kitchen features appliances by Wolf, Miele, Traulsen, Subzero and Bosch. This lavish property also equipped with a two-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse on the shores of the Atlantic. According to reality agents this mansion also costs around 65 Million.

This list will continue to grow in price or personality in future as the sport stars are well known as frequent buyer and seller of real estate. The world is eager to see more of this kind of huge mansion in the pocket of their favorite athletes. With huge balance in their bank they never stepped back when it comes to living or just for entertainment. Athletes are huge in popularity and as history tells, they are and will be huge when it comes to their living space.

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