Friday, February 21, 2025
Time: 7:54 AM
Song: Anyone for Tennis
Artist: Cream
Mode of Consumption: Listening to MP3s on the way to work.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/6vJ7Eh9EnJ8i4RXUV1usRz?si=a5cfe39cf64f41bf
Michael Jordan’s former estate in Highland Park, IL, is
available for rent for $230,000 a month. We’ve joked this week that maybe that
could be a vacation for us and several others. A month at the Jordan estate
with our closest friends and family.
It’s a 7-plus acre estate featuring an indoor basketball
court, a full gym, tennis courts, a putting green, and a mansion complete with
all the amenities one would expect to find in the home of the world’s most
famous professional athlete and sneaker peddler.
Celebrity and athlete homes have always drawn interest. I
remember it being a topic in the 90s when it got out that White Sox slugger
Frank Thomas had 20-some restrooms in his home. Ludicrous. As was the fake
outrage. Who cares how many bathrooms the guy has? If you don’t have to clean
them, why does it matter?
I always think about it another way when it comes to athletes.
When did they use all this stuff? I assume Michael Jordan lived in this house
during his tenure as Bull, but likely not that much since leaving the team in
the late 90s.
During his career, Jordan was fully involved in the season
from October through June. That schedule included traveling around the country
on a weekly basis. Even during homestands, he was probably rushing between the games,
practice, and other training and media requirements. In the offseason, I
suspect he didn’t stick around the Midwest that much. I am sure there were
vacations to the islands. Likely he was on one coast or another often, making
promotional deals, shooting commercials and movies, and doing whatever else is
required of being famous.
So, did Michael Jordan ever use the tennis court? Were there
rooms in the mansion that he never spent a minute in?
I mean, we have a much smaller house and there are still
parts of it I don’t see that regularly, much less spend time in.
I think when the history of our civilization is written, it
will conclude that there was a lot of wasted space and unnecessary luxury.
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