In late 1976, a Warner company jet fetched Bushnell and Valentine from California. On board, they were greeted by Clint Eastwood and his girlfriend, Sondra Locke; Eastwood graciously made Bushnell a sandwich.41 When the plane touched down in Teterboro Airport, a limo ferried the Atari people to suites in the Waldorf Towers hotel. That evening there was a dinner at Steve Ross’s palatial apartment, and the group watched an unreleased Eastwood movie together. By the end of the day, a starstruck Bushnell had agreed to sell Atari for $28 million.
