Edmonton Oilers
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- Edmonton Oilers
- Alberta Oilers
| 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 | $174,976 | |
| Bill Hunterbought the original Alberta Oilers WHA franchise for $25,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Rebel League | |||
| 1979-80 | $0 | $0 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $0. Prior to the season, as the WHA folded, paid $US 6M as entry rights to the NHL to join the league. Peter Pocklington, owner of the team, was quoted as estimated the value of the team at $100M, which seems overly exagerated given the value of other teams in the 1980s. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Les Nordiques / Book: Slim and None | |||
| 1997-98 | $72,200,000 | $131,653,003 | 5 |
| Value in Canadian currency: $100,000,000. In May 1998, the Edmonton Investors Group, led by Cal Nichols, purchased the franchise for $C 100M. (The franchise was worth $67M according to the book American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success.) | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1998-99 | $67,000,000 | $120,304,889 | 27 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1999-00 | $72,000,000 | $126,512,186 | 27 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2000-01 | $77,000,000 | $130,882,114 | 30 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2001-02 | $81,000,000 | $133,894,505 | 29 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2002-03 | $86,000,000 | $139,938,848 | 30 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2003-04 | $91,000,000 | $144,790,715 | 30 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2004-05 | $104,000,000 | $161,164,761 | 26 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2006-07 | $146,000,000 | $211,985,714 | 19 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2007-08 | $200,000,000 | $282,338,188 | 12 |
| On January 28, 2008, Daryl Katz purchased the Edmonton Oilers from a group of 38 investors for $200M, pending NHL approval that came in during the summer. (The franchise was valued at $158M by Forbes.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: The McDavid Effect | |||
| 2008-09 | $175,000,000 | $237,912,216 | 20 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2009-10 | $166,000,000 | $226,476,182 | 23 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2010-11 | $183,000,000 | $245,639,274 | 20 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2011-12 | $212,000,000 | $275,862,008 | 15 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2012-13 | $225,000,000 | $286,848,295 | 14 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2013-14 | $400,000,000 | $502,575,549 | 14 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2014-15 | $475,000,000 | $587,279,294 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2015-16 | $455,000,000 | $561,887,183 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2016-17 | $445,000,000 | $542,691,971 | 14 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2017-18 | $520,000,000 | $620,936,684 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2018-19 | $540,000,000 | $629,437,298 | 13 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2019-20 | $575,000,000 | $658,305,953 | 14 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2020-21 | $550,000,000 | $622,044,049 | 14 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2021-22 | $1,100,000,000 | $1,188,081,181 | 7 |
| 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 | $1,275,000,000 | $1,275,000,000 | 7 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $1.3B. It was $1.29B according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||