Chicago Blackhawks
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- Chicago Blackhawks
| 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 |
| 1925-26 | $12,000 | $220,502 | |
| In May 1926, Huntington Hardwick paid an expansion fee of $12,000 to join the NHL. | |||
| Source(s): Chicago Tribune / La Presse | |||
| 1926-27 | $120,000 | $2,185,085 | |
| Less than a month after buying an expansion team, on June 1, 1926, XYZ sold the franchise to a group of 100 locals, led by Frederic McLaughlin, for $US 120,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Net Worth | |||
| 1954-55 | $1,027,000 | $12,327,825 | |
| Arthur Wirtz purchased the franchise for $1M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes / CNBC | |||
| 1986-87 | $16,000,000 | $47,046,802 | |
| The franchise was worth near the bottom end of the US $16M and $20M bracket. | |||
| Source(s): Fortune | |||
| 1991-92 | $61,000,000 | $144,359,351 | 5 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1992-93 | $67,000,000 | $153,891,819 | 6 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1993-94 | $80,000,000 | $178,485,394 | 6 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1994-95 | $102,000,000 | $221,795,979 | 5 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1995-96 | $122,000,000 | $258,043,050 | 3 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1996-97 | $151,000,000 | $310,279,248 | 2 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1998-99 | $170,000,000 | $336,120,483 | 5 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1999-00 | $185,000,000 | $357,939,128 | 6 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2000-01 | $197,000,000 | $368,717,189 | 7 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2001-02 | $200,000,000 | $364,036,822 | 8 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2002-03 | $218,000,000 | $390,601,512 | 8 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2003-04 | $192,000,000 | $336,386,171 | 8 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2004-05 | $178,000,000 | $303,734,646 | 10 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2006-07 | $168,000,000 | $268,596,657 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2007-08 | $180,000,000 | $279,801,293 | 17 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2008-09 | $205,000,000 | $306,881,096 | 14 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2009-10 | $258,000,000 | $387,589,261 | 7 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2010-11 | $300,000,000 | $443,410,071 | 7 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2011-12 | $306,000,000 | $438,444,919 | 6 |
| (The franchise was worth $350M according to the book Sports and Labor in the United States.) | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2012-13 | $350,000,000 | $491,332,375 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2013-14 | $625,000,000 | $864,687,071 | 5 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2014-15 | $825,000,000 | $1,123,162,541 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2015-16 | $925,000,000 | $1,257,815,796 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2016-17 | $925,000,000 | $1,242,146,161 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2017-18 | $1,000,000,000 | $1,314,866,188 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2018-19 | $1,050,000,000 | $1,347,676,317 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2019-20 | $1,085,000,000 | $1,367,814,676 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2020-21 | $1,085,000,000 | $1,351,219,088 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2021-22 | $1,400,000,000 | $1,665,018,450 | 4 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was between $1.5B and $2B. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2022-23 | $1,500,000,000 | $1,651,691,151 | 4 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was 1.8B. It was 1.44B according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2023-24 | $1,875,000,000 | $1,983,303,249 | 6 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was 2.25B. It was 1.84B according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2024-25 | $2,450,000,000 | $2,517,166,082 | 7 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $2.75B. It was $2.39B according to Sportico and $2.6B according to CNBC. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2025-26 | $2,740,000,000 | $2,740,000,000 | 7 |
| Source(s): Sportico | |||