The Nebraska native kept the party going after purchasing Michael Jordan's Chicago-area mansion earlier this month.
Lincoln resident John Cooper bought Jordan's 56,000-square-foot mansion in Highland Park for $9.5 million, ending its 11-year run on the market after the NBA legend lowered the price from $29 million in 2012. The period of coming and going came to an end. According to the Lincoln Journal Star.
Jordan built this massive mansion and lived there during his playing days with the Bulls, who won six NBA championships in the 1990s.
The 7-acre property features nine bedrooms and 19 bathrooms (15 of them full), a putting green, tennis court, cigar lounge, and regulation-sized basketball court. According to Zillow.
The mansion became a tourist attraction, including the iconic “23” gate, a nod to Jordan's NBA jersey number.
Cooper, who has been a partner at real estate firm HAN Capital for 12 years, celebrated his 42nd birthday at the property with friends within two weeks of becoming a homeowner.
He told the Lincoln Journal Star that the party with close friends included basketball and golf games.
Cooper, who is married with three children, moved to Chicago more than a decade ago.
“I remember seeing a house for sale and thinking how great it would be for the person buying the house,” he said, adding that he was a big fan of Jordan's game.
“Jordan was always my favorite player to watch. He made shots that seemed impossible and he did it on defense,” Cooper said.
Mr Cooper said he would announce “some exciting plans” for the property in January.
But Jordan's “23” gate remains untouched.
“We will be announcing some exciting plans for this property in January,” Cooper said.
“There are no major renovation plans. I respect the heritage of this property. This place is great just the way it is.”
Cooper added that the house is not his full-time residence.
Jordan's real estate portfolio includes multiple properties in his home state of North Carolina and properties in Florida.
Jordan typically spends his summers overseas, including in Europe, with his wife, Yvette Prieto.
The couple, who were spotted sailing across Italy this summer, married in 2013.
