Question: The Ontario Raiders were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 1998 NLL season, which professional sports and commercial real estate company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, considered purchasing the team, but ultimately a group which included Bill Watters, the then Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Paul Beeston, former president of the Toronto Blue Jays, Tie Domi, player for the Maple Leafs, and Bobby Orr, former NHL player, bought it for $250,000?

The Toronto Maple Leafs were a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse Association.  The team started out in the senior A league in 1966.  In 1968, the professional NLA was launched and the Maple Leafs joined the league, playing their home games at Maple Leaf Gardens.  Stafford Smythe and Harold Ballard, part owners of the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs, were two of the five founding partners of the pro club, but financial difficulties forced Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. to take over ownership of the club midway though the season.  The NLA suspended operations prior to the following season.  However, the eastern division of the NLA reconstituted itself as the Eastern Professional Lacrosse Association, in which the Maple Leafs competed in 1969.  By 1970 the pro league league had disbanded.  Toronto would be without pro box lacrosse until the arrival of the Toronto Tomahawks in 1974. <SEP> The Toronto Rock is a professional lacrosse franchise based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  They are members of the Eastern Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).  The team was the first Canadian franchise in the NLL.  Oakville resident Jamie Dawick is the current owner of the Rock, purchasing the team after the 2009 season.  Since 2014, Dawick has also served as their general manager.  Their head coach is Matt Sawyer.  The Rock play their home games at the Air Canada Centre which they currently share with both the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL and the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. <SEP> Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) is a professional sports and commercial real estate company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  With assets that include franchises in three of the six major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, it is the largest sports and entertainment company in Canada, and one of the largest in North America. <SEP> The Ontario Raiders were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 1998 NLL season.  Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment considered purchasing the team, but ultimately a group which included Bill Watters, the then Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Paul Beeston, former president of the Toronto Blue Jays, Tie Domi, player for the Maple Leafs, and Bobby Orr, former NHL player, bought it for $250,000 and promptly relocated the team to Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens where they rebranded it the Toronto Rock.  The franchise was founded as an expansion team in Hamilton, Ontario, and played their home games at Copps Coliseum.  Former Buffalo Bandits coach Les Bartley was hired to coach the new team, and he lured former Bandit Jim Veltman to join him, becoming the Raiders' captain.  The team finished a respectable 6-6 in their inaugural season, but missed the playoffs on a tie-breaker.  Following the season, losses of $250,000 forced owner Chris Fritz to look for partners.