New York Islanders
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- New York Islanders
| Franchise Valuation and Ownership History All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Value (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Hockey Franchise Valuation Rank |
| 1972-73 | $11,000,000 | $79,672,406 | |
| On November 1971, Roy Boe was awarded a NHL franchise for a $6M franchise fee and a $5M indemnity to the New York Rangers to place an expansion team in New York. | |||
| Source(s): American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success / The Sporting News | |||
| 1991-92 | $53,000,000 | $117,877,230 | 10 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1992-93 | $55,000,000 | $118,725,057 | 10 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1993-94 | $53,000,000 | $111,129,032 | 13 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1994-95 | $53,000,000 | $108,309,945 | 19 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1995-96 | $60,000,000 | $119,267,620 | 19 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1996-97 | $165,000,000 | $318,638,827 | 1 |
| John Spanos purchased the team from John Pickett for $165M but Spano was eventually forced to relinquish the team to Pickett having misrepresented his net worth. (The franchise was valued at $74M by Financial World.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: We Want Fishsticks | |||
| 1997-98 | $195,000,000 | $367,963,494 | 1 |
| Steven Gluckstern purchased the team from John Pickett for $195M. According to the book American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success, the franchise was values at $111M. | |||
| Source(s): Book: We Want Fishsticks | |||
| 1998-99 | $111,000,000 | $206,256,671 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1999-00 | $187,500,000 | $340,939,789 | 5 |
| In 2000, Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar purchased the franchise from Howard Milstein and Steven Gluckstern for $187.5M. (It was valued at $142M by Forbes.) | |||
| Source(s): Forbes / The New York Times | |||
| 2000-01 | $139,000,000 | $244,501,161 | 13 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2001-02 | $156,000,000 | $266,857,175 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2002-03 | $156,000,000 | $262,688,459 | 13 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2003-04 | $151,000,000 | $248,629,593 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2004-05 | $160,000,000 | $256,586,192 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2006-07 | $140,000,000 | $210,357,657 | 24 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2007-08 | $150,000,000 | $219,132,825 | 26 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2008-09 | $154,000,000 | $216,658,616 | 29 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2009-10 | $149,000,000 | $210,366,831 | 27 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2010-11 | $151,000,000 | $209,749,152 | 26 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2011-12 | $149,000,000 | $200,640,615 | 29 |
| (The franchise was worth $155M according to the book Sports and Labor in the United States.) | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2012-13 | $155,000,000 | $204,492,791 | 27 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2013-14 | $195,000,000 | $253,543,527 | 26 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2014-15 | $300,000,000 | $383,838,811 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2015-16 | $325,000,000 | $415,334,149 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2016-17 | $385,000,000 | $485,881,838 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2017-18 | $395,000,000 | $488,109,905 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2018-19 | $440,000,000 | $530,747,481 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2019-20 | $520,000,000 | $616,083,861 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2020-21 | $520,000,000 | $608,608,964 | 16 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2021-22 | $950,000,000 | $1,061,826,568 | 10 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was between $800M and $899M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2022-23 | $1,020,000,000 | $1,055,544,927 | 12 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $1B. It was $920M according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2023-24 | $1,550,000,000 | $1,550,000,000 | 10 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $1.75B. It was $1.13B according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||