Utah Hockey Club
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- Utah Hockey Club
- Arizona Coyotes
- Phoenix Coyotes
- Winnipeg Jets
| 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 | $25,000 | $187,948 | |
| Ben Hatskins and Saul Simken bought the original Winnipeg Jets WHA franchise for $25,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Rebel League / Book: American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success | |||
| 1979-80 | $0 | $0 | |
| Prior to the season, as the WHA folded, paid $US 6M as entry rights to the NHL to join the league as the Winnipeg Jets. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Les Nordiques / Book: Slim and None | |||
| 1991-92 | $30,000,000 | $69,256,186 | 21 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1992-93 | $35,000,000 | $78,420,753 | 23 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1993-94 | $35,000,000 | $76,173,335 | 25 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1994-95 | $35,000,000 | $74,240,993 | 25 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1995-96 | $67,500,000 | $139,270,245 | 17 |
| In December 1995, the Winnipeg Jets were sold to a group in Phoenix for $US 67.5M. The team moved and became the Phoenix Coyotes for the 1996-87 season. (According to the books Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey and The Devil and Bobby Hull, the team was sold for $68M. The franchise was valued at $34M by Financial World.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Rebel League | |||
| 1996-97 | $43,000,000 | $86,191,903 | 26 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1997-98 | $87,000,000 | $170,401,196 | 4 |
| Source(s): Book: American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success | |||
| 1998-99 | $87,000,000 | $167,798,295 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1999-00 | $89,000,000 | $167,976,948 | 23 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2000-01 | $86,000,000 | $157,017,422 | 24 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2001-02 | $79,000,000 | $140,269,950 | 30 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2002-03 | $117,000,000 | $204,496,331 | 24 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2003-04 | $120,000,000 | $205,088,063 | 20 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2004-05 | $136,000,000 | $226,378,653 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2006-07 | $143,000,000 | $223,022,967 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2007-08 | $146,000,000 | $221,387,094 | 28 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2008-09 | $142,000,000 | $207,360,892 | 30 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2009-10 | $138,000,000 | $202,233,616 | 29 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2010-11 | $134,000,000 | $193,201,871 | 29 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2011-12 | $134,000,000 | $187,292,611 | 30 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Sports and Labor in the United States | |||
| 2012-13 | $134,000,000 | $183,499,281 | 29 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2013-14 | $201,000,000 | $271,267,170 | 25 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2014-15 | $225,000,000 | $298,808,820 | 27 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2015-16 | $220,000,000 | $291,823,475 | 29 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2016-17 | $240,000,000 | $314,386,901 | 28 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2017-18 | $300,000,000 | $384,791,123 | 31 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2018-19 | $290,000,000 | $363,091,872 | 31 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2019-20 | $300,000,000 | $368,927,482 | 32 |
| Alex Meruelo purchased the Arizona Coyotes franchise for $300M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes / ESPN | |||
| 2020-21 | $285,000,000 | $346,228,748 | 31 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2021-22 | $400,000,000 | $464,059,041 | 32 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was between $650M and $699M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2022-23 | $450,000,000 | $483,361,804 | 32 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $800M. It was $465M according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2023-24 | $1,200,000,000 | $1,238,201,510 | 15 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $1.1B. It was $625M according to Sportico and $500M according to Forbes. On April 18, 2024, the NHL announced that Smith Entertainment Group had purchased the team and its hockey assets for $1.2M: $1M to ALex Meruelo and $200M to be shared between the NHL owners as a relocation fee to move to Salt Lake City, UT. | |||
| Source(s): ESPN / CNBC | |||
| 2024-25 | $1,200,000,000 | $1,200,000,000 | 28 |
| Source(s): CNBC | |||